Khel Ratna Award- 2021 Khel Ratna Award List: The National Sports Awards will be presented in New Delhi on November 13. During it, 12 players, including Neeraj Chopra, who made history by winning gold at the Tokyo Olympics, will be honored with the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna award. Besides Neeraj, boxer Lovlina Borgohain, who brought laurels to the country at the Olympics, wrestler Ravi Kumar and hockey team player Sreejesh PR will also be honored with this award. All of these players performed well and showcased their talent among players around the world. Khel Ratna Award
The captain of the Indian men’s hockey team, Olympic bronze medalist, Manpreet Singh, was on the list of winners of Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna on Tuesday, bringing the tally of the country’s highest sporting honor to 12. The awards ceremony will take place on November 13 at Rashtrapati Bhavan. . Most of the Arjuna winners are Paralympic Games silver medalists. These include cricketer Shikhar Dhawan. According to the Sports Ministry, “The Indian President will present the prizes to the winners at a specially organized function at Durbar Hall in Rashtrapati Bhavan on November 13, 2021 (Saturday) from 4.30 p.m.” The ceremony took place online last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
A total of 10 coaches were selected for the Dronacharya Award.
In the Lifetime Achievement category, TP Osef (Athletics), Sarkar Talwar (Cricket), Sarpal Singh (Hockey), Ashan Kumar (Kabaddi) and Tapan Kumar Panigrahi (Swimming) were selected for this award. The winners in the regular Dronacharya category are Radhakrishnan Nair P (athletics), Sandhya Gurung (boxing), Pritam Siwach (hockey), Jai Prakash Nautiyal (para shooting) and Subramaniam Raman (table tennis). Sajjan Singh (Wrestling) as well as former World Champion and Asian Champion Lekha KC, Abhijit Kunte (Chess), Davinder Singh Garcha (Hockey) and Vikas Kumar (Kabaddi) were shortlisted for the Dhyanchand Award for Lifetime Achievement.
List of laureates of Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna
Neeraj Chopra (Athletics), Ravi Kumar (Wrestling), Lovlina Borgohain (Boxing), PR Sreejesh (Hockey), Avani Lekhara (Para shooting), Sumit Antil (Para Athletics), Pramod Bhagat (Para Badminton), Krishna Nagar (Para Badminton) ), Manish Narwal (Tir Para), Mithali Raj (Cricket), Sunil Chhetri (Football), Manpreet Singh (Hockey).
List of Arjuna winning players
Arpinder Singh (Athletics), Simranjit Kaur (Boxing), Shikhar Dhawan (Cricket), CA Bhavani Devi (Fencing), Monika (Hockey), Vandana Kataria (Hockey), Sandeep Narwal (Kabaddi), Himani Uttam Parab (Mallakhamb), Abhishek Verma (shooting), Ankita Raina (tennis), Deepak Poonia (wrestling), Dilpreet Singh (hockey), Harmanpreet Singh (hockey), Rupinder Pal Singh (hockey), Surendra Kumar (hockey), Amit Rohidas (hockey), Birender Lakra (hockey), Sumit (hockey), Neelkant Sharma (hockey), Hardik Singh (hockey), Vivek Sagar Prasad (hockey), Gurjant Singh (hockey), Mandeep Singh (hockey), Shamsher Singh (hockey), Lalit Kumar Upadhyay ( Hockey), Varun Kumar (Hockey), Simranjit Singh (Hockey), Yogesh Kathunia (Para-athletics), Nishad Kumar (Para-athletics), Praveen Kumar (Para-athletics), Suhash Yatiraj (Para-badminton), Singhraj Adhana ( Para-shooting), Bhavna Patel (Para Table Tennis), Harvinder Singh (Para Archery) and Sharad Kumar (Para Athletics).
Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puraskar
Manav Rachna Educational Institution and Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. for the promotion of sport through corporate social responsibility.
Do you know how much players receive in this prize?
The Khel Ratna Prize has a cash prize of Rs 25 lakh and a citation. While the Arjuna laureates receive a cash prize of 15 lakhs and a citation. Before the year 2020, laureate Khel Ratna received Rs 7.50 lakh while laureate Arjuna received Rs 5 lakh.
