Arjuna Award 2020: Indian cricketer Ishant Sharma, track & field athlete Dutee Chand, table tennis player Madhurika Patkar, ONGC basketball player Vishesh Bhriguvanshi & others received the Arjuna Award 2020 trophies today. The Sports Ministry physically handed over trophies to all the winners of last year’s National Sports Awards during a function at the Ashoka Hotel. Follow InsideSport.in for more updates
Arjuna Award 2020: Ishant Sharma, Dutee Chand, Vishesh Bhriguvanshi & others receive Arjuna Award trophies – Check out
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Congratulations to all the Awardees of Khel Ratna 2020, Arjuna Award 2020, Dronacharya Award 2020 (Lifetime & Regular category).
Wishing you even greater success ahead !#NationalSportsAward2020 pic.twitter.com/hFOiUUSWkm
— Anurag Thakur (@ianuragthakur) November 1, 2021
According to an official of the Sports Ministry, all the winners of the 2020 National Awards had already received the cash awards and received their trophies today, November 01.
On August 29 last, the Sports Ministry had conferred 74 National Sports Awards, including five Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna (now renamed as Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna) and 27 Arjuna awards.
Tokyo Olympics bronze medallist boxer Lovlina Borgohain, cricketer Ishant Sharma, sprinter Dutee Chand, archer Atanu Das and shuttlers Satwik Sairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Chandrasekhar Shetty collected their Arjuna trophies. Some of the athletes took to their social media accounts to share the memorable moment. Check out –
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Today I received the trophy of Arjuna Award, though the award I have already received last year on virtual mode. Thanks to @Naveen_Odisha Sir, @achyuta_samanta Sir, @sports_odisha & @IndiaSports for all their support in building my career. pic.twitter.com/rInPjqWbvz
— Dutee Chand (@DuteeChand) November 1, 2021
Women’s hockey captain Rani Rampal, star wrestler Vinesh Phogat and 2016 Paralympics gold winner Thangavelu Mariyappan, who were handed the prestigious Khel Ratna.
Receiving the Khel Ratna award today was surreal. As I walked back to my seat, holding the award, I was transported back to the years when I toiled for basic equipments, sometimes even basic nutrition required to become a hockey player. pic.twitter.com/tLFGVmVgmI
— Rani Rampal (@imranirampal) November 1, 2021
Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC) received the Khel Protsahan Puraskar 2020.
#ONGC gets Rashtriya #Khel Protsahan Puraskar 2020. #ArjunaAward for ONGC Basketball player @vishesh_9, Cricketer @ImIshant, Table Tennis player @MadhurikaPatkar; #DhyanchandAward for ONGC Kabaddi Player Manpreet Singh. @PetroleumMin @HardeepSPuri @Rameswar_Teli @Media_SAI pic.twitter.com/LatpYjvMoD
— Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC) (@ONGC_) November 1, 2021
Last year, the National Sports Awards ceremony was held virtually owing to the COVID-19 pandemic. The National Sports Awards include the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna award (earlier Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna), Arjuna Award, Dronacharya Award, Dhyan Chand award among others.
List of National Sports Awardees for 2020:
Khel Ratna Award: Rohit Sharma (Cricket), Mariyappan Thangavelu (Para-Athletics), Manika Batra (Table Tennis), Vinesh Phogat (Wrestling), Rani Rampal (Hockey).
Arjuna Award: Atanu Das (Archery), Dutee Chand (Athletics), Satwik Sairaj Rankireddy (Badminton), Chirag Chandrasekhar Shetty (Badminton), Vishesh Bhriguvanshi (Basketball), Manish Kaushik (Boxing), Lovlina Borgohain (Boxing), Ishant Sharma (Cricket), Deepti Sharma (Cricket), Sawant Ajay Anant (Equestrian), Sandesh Jhingan (Football), Aditi Ashok (Golf), Akashdeep Singh (Hockey), Deepika (Hockey), Deepak (Kabaddi), Kale Sarika Sudhakar (Kho Kho), Dattu Baban Bhokanal (Rowing), Manu Bhaker (Shooting), Saurabh Chaudhary (Shooting), Madhurika Patkar (Table Tennis), Divij Sharan (Tennis), Shiva Keshavan (Winter Sports), Divya Kakran (Wrestling), Rahul Aware (Wrestling), Suyash Narayan Jadhav (Para-Swimming), Sandeep (Para-Athletics), Manish Narwal (Para Shooting).
Dronacharya Award (Life-Time Category): Dharmendra Tiwary (Archery), Purushotham Rai (Athletics), Shiv Singh (Boxing), Romesh Pathania (Hockey), Krishan Kumar Hooda (Kabaddi), Vijay Bhalchandra Munishwar (Para Powerlifting), Naresh Kumar (Tennis), Om Parkash Dahiya (Wrestling).
Dronacharya (Regular Category): Jude Felix (Hockey), Yogesh Malviya (Mallakhamb), Jaspal Rana (Shooting), Kuldeep Kumar Handoo (Wushu), Gaurav Khanna (Para Badminton).
Dhyan Chand Award: Kuldip Singh Bhullar (Athletics), Jincy Philips (Athletics), Pradeep Shrikrishna Gandhe (Badminton), Trupti Murgunde (Badminton), N Usha (Boxing), Lakha Singh (Boxing), Sukhvinder Singh Sandhu (Football), Ajit Singh (Hockey), Manpreet Singh (Kabaddi), J Ranjith Kumar (Para-Athletics), Satyaprakash Tiwari (Para Badminton), Manjeet Singh (Rowing), Late Shri Sachin Nag (Swimming), Nandan Bal (Tennis), Netarpal Hooda (Wrestling).
Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Awards: Anita Devi (Land Adventure), Col Sarfraz Singh (Land Adventure), Taka Tamut (Land Adventure), Keval Hiren Kakka (Land Adventure), Satendra Singh (Water Adventure), Gajanand Yadava (Air Adventure), Late Magan Bissa (Life Time Achievement).
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (MAKA) Trophy: Panjab University, Chandigarh.
Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar:
Identification and Nurturing of Budding and Young Talent: Lakshya Institute, Army Sports Institute.
Encouragement to sports through Corporate Social Responsibility: Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) Ltd.
Employment of sportspersons and sports welfare measures: Air Force Sports Control Board.
Sports for Development: International Institute of Sports Management (IISM).
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