India’s best-performing athletes of 2023 are honoured for their remarkable sports presence by the President of India Droupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhawan. Several sports personalities are awarded the Arjuna Award which is the second highest athletic honour in India. However, Khel Ratna Award winners Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty weren't present to receive the award due to their international commitment. Check out the list of other athletes here.
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Arjuna Award is given to the athletes for demonstrating leadership, sportsmanship and discipline along with an incredible performance in sports over the preceding four years. This year the Arjuna Award is given to the following athletes:
Ojas Pravin Deotale (archery)
Aditi Swami (archery)
M Sreeshankar (athletics)
Parul Chaudhary (athletics)
Mohammad Hussamuddin (boxing)
R Vaishali (chess)
Mohammed Shami (cricket)
Anush Agarwalla (equestrian)
Divyakriti Singh (equestrian dressage)
Diksha Dagar (golf)
Krishan Bahadur Pathak (hockey)
Pukhrambam Sushila Chanu (hockey)
Pawan Kumar (kabaddi)
Ritu Negi (kabaddi)
Nasreen (kho-kho)
Pinki (lawn bowls)
Aishwarya Pratap Singh Tomar (shooting)
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Esha Singh (shooting)
Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu (squash)
Ayhika Mukherjee (table tennis)
Sunil Kumar (wrestling)
Antim Panghal (wrestling)
Naorem Roshibina Devi (wushu)
Sheetal Devi (para archery)
Illuri Ajay Kumar Reddy (blind cricket)
Prachi Yadav (para canoeing)
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Named after hockey legend Major Dhyan Chand, this award (actresses who won national award) is the highest sporting honour in India. This award is given to the sports personnel with spectacular and outstanding performance in the field of sports for over four years. This award comprises a medallion, certificate and a cash prize of Rs 25,00,000. Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (badminton) and Chirag Shetty (badminton) won this award in 2023.
Dhyan Chand Award for Lifetime Achievement is given to Kavitha Selvaraj (kabaddi), Manjusha Kanwar (badminton) and Vineet Kumar Sharma (hockey).
The Dronacharya Award is given to the coaches for their contribution to a particular sport. Here is the list of award winners for 2023:
Ganesh Prabhakaran (mallakhamb)
Mahavir Saini (para athletics)
Lalit Kumar (wrestling)
RB Ramesh (chess)
Shivendra Singh (hockey)
Jaskirat Singh Grewal (golf)
Bhaskaran E (kabaddi)
Jayanta Kumar Pushilal (table tennis)
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Named after Abul Kalam Azad, this award (womenpreneur award 2023) is given to the overall top performing University in sports and promoting competitive sports in the University over the preceding year. Here is the list of universities that received this award:
Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar (Winner)
Lovely Professional University, Punjab (1st runner-up)
Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra (2nd runner-up)
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