Olympic medallists Manu Bhaker, Harmanpreet Singh, chess world champion Gukesh D and para-athlete Praveen Kumar have been named recipients of the prestigious Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna. The Khel Ratna is India’s highest sporting honour in the National Sports Awards given annually by India’s Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. Nominated sportspersons will receive their awards from the President of India at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on January 17.
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National Sports Awards 2024 winners list:
Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award 2024 winners
- Gukesh D – Chess
- Harmanpreet Singh – Hockey
- Praveen Kumar – Para-Athletics
- Manu Bhaker – Shooting
Arjuna Award 2024 winners
- Jyothi Yarraji – Athletics
- Annu Rani – Athletics
- Nitu Ghanghas – Boxing
- Saweety Boora – Boxing
- Vantika Agrawal – Chess
- Salima Tete – Hockey
- Abhishek – Hockey
- Sanjay – Hockey
- Jarmanpreet Singh – Hockey
- Sukhjeet Singh – Hockey
- Rakesh Kumar – Para-Archery
- Preeti Pal – Para-Athletics
- Jeevanji Deepthi – Para-Athletics
- Ajeet Singh – Para-Athletics
- Sachin Sarjerao Khilari – Para-Athletics
- Dharambir – Para-Athletics
- Pranav Soorma – Para-Athletics
- Hokato Hotozhe Sema – Para-Athletics
- Simran Sharma – Para-Athletics
- Navdeep Singh – Para-Athletics
- Nitesh Kumar – Para-Badminton
- Thulasimathi Murugesan – Para-Badminton
- Nithya Sre Sivan – Para-Badminton
- Manisha Ramadass – Para-Badminton
- Kapil Parmar – Para-Judo
- Mona Agarwal – Para-Shooting
- Rubina Francis – Para-Shooting
- Swapnil Kusale – Shooting
- Sarabjot Singh – Shooting
- Abhay Singh – Squash
- Sajan Prakash – Swimming
- Aman Sehrawat – Wrestling
Arjuna Awards (Lifetime) 2024 winners
- Sucha Singh – Athletics
- Murlikant Petkar – Para-Swimming
Dronacharya Award 2024 winners
Regular Category
- Subhash Rana – Para-Shooting
- Deepali Deshpande – Shooting
- Sandeep Sangwan – Hockey
Lifetime Category
- S Muralidharan – Badminton
- Armando Colaco – Football
Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puraskar 2024 winner
- Physical Education Foundation of India
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (MAKA) Trophy 2024 winners
- Chandigarh University – Overall winner University
- Lovely Professional University, (PB) – 1st runner up University
- Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar – 2nd runner up University
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