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Khel Ratna Legacy: A Complete List Of Awardees From 1991 To 2024

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The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports announced the list of winners for the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award 2024 on Thursday.

This year, the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award will be given to shooter Manu Bhaker (who won a bronze at the Paris Olympics), Indian hockey captain Harmanpreet Singh (also a bronze medalist at the Paris Olympics), World Chess Champion D Gukesh, and high jumper Praveen Kumar (who won a gold at the Paris Paralympics).

The ministry also named 17 para-athletes in 32 Arjuna awardees, recognizing their outstanding achievements at the Paris Paralympics.

The President will present the sports awards at Rashtrapati Bhavan at 11 a.m. on January 17.

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Here is the list of all the winners of the Khel Ratna Award:

Year – Athlete – Sport

1991-92: Vishwanathan Anand – Chess

1992-93: Geet Sethi – Billiards

1993-94: Homi Motivala – Yachting

1993-94: PK Garg – Yachting

1994-95: Karnam Malleshwari – Weightlifting

1995-96: Nameirakpam Kunjarani – Weightlifting

1996-97: Leander Paes – Tennis

1997-98: Sachin Tendulkar – Cricket

1998-99: Jyotirmoyee Sikdar – Athletics

1999-00: Dhanraj Pillay – Hockey

2000-01: Pullela Gopichand – Badminton

2001: Abhinav Bindra – Shooting

2002: KM Beenamol – Athletics

2002: Anjali Bhagwat – Shooting

2003: Anju Bobby George – Athletics

2004: Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore – Shooting

2005: Pankaj Advani – Billiards and Snooker

2006: Manavjit Singh Sandhu – Shooting

2007: MS Dhoni – Cricket

2009: Mary Kom – Boxing

2009: Vijender Singh – Boxing

2009: Sushil Kumar – Freestyle Wrestling

2010: Saina Nehwal – Badminton

2011: Gagan Narang – Shooting

2012: Vijay Kumar – Shooting

2012: Yogeshwar Dutt – Freestyle Wrestling

2013: Ronjan Sodhi – Shooting

2015: Sania Mirza – Tennis

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2016: PV Sindhu – Badminton

2016: Dipa Karmakar – Gymnastics

2016: Jitu Rai – Shooting

2016: Sakshi Malik – Freestyle Wrestling

2017: Devendra Jhajaria – Para-athletics

2017: Sardara Singh – Hockey

2018: Saikhom Mirabai Chanu – Weightlifting

2018: Virat Kohli – Cricket

2019: Deepa Malik – Para-athletics

2019: Bajrang Punia – Freestyle Wrestling

2020: Rohit Sharma – Cricket

2020: Mariyappan Thangavelu – Para-athletics

2020: Manika Batra – Table Tennis

2020: Vinesh Phogat – Freestyle Wrestling

2020: Rani Rampal – Hockey

2021: Neeraj Chopra – Athletics

2021: Ravi Kumar Dahiya – Freestyle Wrestling

2021: Lovlina Borgohain – Boxing

2021: PR Sreejesh – Hockey

2021: Avani Lekhara – Paralympic Shooting

2021: Sumit Antil – Para-athletics

2021: Pramod Bhagat – Para-badminton

2021: Krishna Nagar – Para-badminton

2021: Manish Narwal – Shooting Para Sport

2021: Mithali Raj – Cricket

2021: Sunil Chhetri – Football

2021: Manpreet Singh – Hockey

2022: Sharath Kamal – Table Tennis

2023: Chirag Shetty – Badminton

2023: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy – Badminton

2024: Praveen Kumar – Para-athletics

2024: Manu Bhaker – Shooting

2024: D Gukesh – Chess

2024: Harmanpreet Singh – Hockey

Khel Ratna And Arjuna Awards 2024: Manu Bhaker, Gukesh, And Record 17 Para-Athletes Recognized

Khel Ratna:

D Gukesh (chess)
Harmanpreet Singh (hockey)
Praveen Kumar (para athletics)
Manu Bhaker (shooting)

Arjuna Award:

Jyothi Yarraji, Annu Rani (athletics)
Nitu Ghanghas, Saweety Boora (boxing)
Vartika Agrawal (chess)
Salima Tete, Abhishek Nain, Sanjay Rana, Jarmanpreet Singh, Sukhjeet Singh (hockey)
Rakesh Kumar, Preeti Pal, Jeevanji Deepthi, Ajeet Singh, Sachin Khilari, Dharambir Nain, Pranav Soorma, Hokato Sema, Simran Sharma, Navdeep Singh, Nitesh Kumar, Thulasimathi Murugesan, Nithya Sivan, Manisha Ramadass, Kapil Parma, Mona Agarwal, Rubina Francis (para-sports)
Swapnil Kusale, Sarabjot Singh (shooting)
Abhay Singh (squash)
Sajan Prakash (swimming)
Aman Sehrawat (wrestling)

Arjuna Award (Lifetime):

Sucha Singh (athletics)
Murlikant Petkar (para swimming)

Dronacharya Award:

Subhash Rana (para shooting)
Deepali Deshpande (shooting)
Sandeep Sangwan (hockey)
Dronacharya (Lifetime):

S Muralidharan (badminton)
Armando Colaco (football)

Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puraskar:

Physical Education Foundation of India

Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Trophy:

Chandigarh University

 

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