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

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.
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
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:
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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