Double Olympic-medallist shooter Manu Bhaker and teenage chess world champion D Gukesh received the prestigious Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna from President Droupadi Murmu at the National Sports Awards ceremony held at the prestigious Rashtrapati Bhavan on Friday, January 17. (More Sports News)
The other two recipients of the country's highest sporting honour were men's hockey captain Harmanpreet Singh and Paralympic gold-winning high jumper Praveen Kumar.
The annual honours are decided by a points system in which the maximum emphasis is on performances delivered at the Olympics and the World Championships.
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
Thirty-two athletes are being honoured with the Arjuna Award out of which an unprecedented 17 are para-athletes.
(With PTI inputs)
