National Sports Awards 2019 and National Adventure Awards 2018 Winners List

The President of India Ram NathKovind conferred National Sports Awards 2019and National Adventure Awards, 2018 in a ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhawan. Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Youth Affairs and Sports KirenRijiju was among the dignitaries present on the occasion.

Following sportspersons were conferred with Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna 2019:

 
S.No.Name of the SportspersonDiscipline
1.Deepa MalikPara Athletics
 
Following sportspersons were conferred with Dronacharya Awards for the year 2019:

Regular Category
S.No.Name of the CoachDiscipline
1.Vimal KumarBadminton
2.Sandeep GuptaTable tennis
 
Life-Time Category
S.No.Name of the CoachDiscipline
1.Merzban PatelHockey
2.Rambir Singh KhokharKabaddi
3.Sanjay BhardwajCricket
 
Following sportspersons were conferred with Arjuna Awards for the year 2019:
 
S.No.Name of the SportspersonDiscipline
1.S. BhaskaranBody Building
2.Sonia LatherBoxing
3.Chinglensana Singh KangujamHockey
4.Ajay ThakurKabaddi
5.Gaurav Singh GillMotor Sports
6.PramodBhagatPara Sports (Badminton)
7.HarmeetRajul DesaiTable Tennis
8.Pooja DhandaWrestling
9.Fouaad MirzaEquestrian
10.Gurpreet Singh SandhuFootball
11.Poonam YadavCricket
12.Swapna BarmanAthletics
13.Bhamidipati Sai PraneethBadminton
14.Simran Singh ShergillPolo
 
Following sportspersons were conferred with Dhyan Chand Awards for the year 2019:
 
S.No.NameDiscipline
1.Manuel FredricksHockey
2.Arup BasakTable Tennis
3.Manoj KumarWrestling
4.NittenKirrtaneTennis
5.C. LalremsangaArchery
 
Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Awards, 2018 were conferred on the following:
 
Sl. No.NameCategory
1.Aparna KumarLand Adventure
2.Late Dipankar Ghosh (Award received by his family member)Land Adventure
3.Manikandan K.Land Adventure
4.Prabhat Raju KoliWater Adventure
5.RameshwerJangraAir Adventure
6.Wangchuk SherpaLife Time Achievement
 
Following entities were conferred with Rashtriya Khel ProtsahanPuruskar for the year 2019:
 
S. No.CategoryEntity recommended for Rashtriya Khel ProtsahanPuruskar, 2019
1.Identification and Nurturing of Budding and Young Talent’
  • Gagan Narang Sports Promotion Foundation
  • GoSports Foundation
2.Sports for Development
 
Rayalaseema Development Trust
 
MAULANA ABUL KALAM AZAD (MAKA) TROPHY, 2019 has been conferred on Punjab University, Chandigarh.

Apart from a medal and a citation, Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Awardees have received a cash prize of Rs. 7.5 lakh. Arjuna, Dronacharya and Dhyan Chand Awardees received statuettes, certificates and a cash prize of Rs. 5 lakh each. A trophy and citation have been given to the entity in the Rashtriya Khel ProtsahanPuruskar, 2019. Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Awardees have received a statuette, certificates and cash award of Rs. 5 lakh each. Punjab University which is overall top performing university in inter-university tournaments has been given MAKA Trophy, award money of Rs. 15 lakh and certificate.

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