National Sports Awards 2021 announced

The National Sports Awards for the year 2021 were announced by the Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports. President of India Shri Ramnath Kovind will felicitate the awardees on November 13, 2021. The National Sports Awards are given every year to recognize and reward excellence in sports. Given below is the list of selected sportsperson who will receive these awards this year.

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Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award 2021:

Name of the Sportsperson	Discipline
Neeraj Chopra	Athletics
Ravi Kumar	Wrestling
Lovlina Borgohain	Boxing
Sreejesh P.R	Hockey
Avani Lekhara	Para Shooting
Sumit Antil	Para Athletics
Pramod Bhagat	Para-Badminton
Krishna Nagar	Para-Badminton
Manish Narwal	Para Shooting
Mithali Raj	Cricket
Sunil Chhetri	Football
Manpreet Singh	Hockey

Arjuna Awards for outstanding performance in Sports and Games 2021:

Name of the Sportsperson	Discipline
Arpinder Singh	Athletics
SimranjitKaur	Boxing
Shikhar Dhawan	Cricket
Bhavani Devi Chadalavada Anandha Sundhararaman	Fencing
Monika	Hockey
VandanaKatariya	Hockey
SandeepNarwal	Kabaddi
HimaniUttamParab	Mallakhamb
Abhishek Verma	Shooting
Ankita Raina	Tennis
Deepak Punia	Wrestling
Dilpreet Singh	Hockey
Harman Preet Singh	Hockey
Rupinder Pal Singh	Hockey
Surender Kumar	Hockey
AmitRohidas	Hockey
BirendraLakra	Hockey
Sumit	Hockey
Nilakanta 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
Simranjeet Singh	Hockey
YogeshKathuniya	Para Athletics
Nishad Kumar	Para Athletics
Praveen Kumar	Para Athletics
SuhashYathiraj	Para-Badminton
SinghrajAdhana	Para Shooting
Bhavina Patel	Para Table Tennis
Harvinder Singh	Para Archery
Sharad Kumar	Para Athletics

Dronacharya Award for outstanding coaches in Sports and Games 2021 (Life-Time Category):

Name of the Coach	Discipline
T. P. Ouseph	Athletics
SarkarTalwar	Cricket
Sarpal Singh	Hockey
Ashan Kumar	Kabaddi
Tapan Kumar Panigrahi	Swimming

Dronacharya Award for outstanding coaches in Sports and Games 2021 (Regular Category):

Name of the Coach	Discipline
Radhakrishnan Nair P	Athletics
SandhyaGurung	Boxing
PritamSiwach	Hockey
Jai PrakashNautiyal	Para Shooting
Subramanian Raman	Table Tennis

Dhyan Chand Award for Lifetime Achievement in Sports and Games 2021:

Name	Discipline
Lekha K.C.	Boxing
AbhijeetKunte	Chess
Davinder Singh Garcha	Hockey
Vikas Kumar	Kabaddi
Sajjan Singh	Wrestling

Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar 2021:

Category	Entity recommended for RashtriyaKhelProtsahanPuraskar, 2021
Identification and Nurturing of Budding and Young Talent	ManavRachna Educational Institution
Encouragement to sports through Corporate Social Responsibility	Indian Oil Corporation Limited