Kolkata : Indian gems Manu Bhaker, Harmanpreet Singh, Gukesh D, Praveen Kumar are the 4 athletes to receive Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Awards for outstanding achievements in their respective fields. This is the highest Sporting Honour.
Manu Bhaker bagged double Bronze medals at the Paris Olympics in Shooting.
Gukesh became the youngest world chess champion at 18 in December at FIDE World Chess Championship.
Harmanpreet Singh led Indian men’s hockey team to their second-consecutive bronze medal at the Paris Olympics 2024.
Praveen Kumar, the iconic para-jumper was crowned the T64 champion in the Paris Paralympics, with record breaking High Jump of 2.08 meters. The T64 classification is for athletes who have one or both legs missing below the knee and rely on a prosthetic leg for running. More awards followed too.
The winners will receive their respective awards from the President of India, Droupadi Murmu, at a special function at Rashtrapati Bhavan on Friday (January 17, 2025) at 11 AM IST.
COMPLETE LIST OF ALL AWARDS :
Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award 2024 :
Gukesh D – Chess
Harmanpreet Singh- Hockey
Praveen Kumar -Para-Athletics
Manu Bhaker- Shooting
Arjuna Award :
Jyothi Yarraji -Athletics
Annu Rani – Athletics
Nitu – Boxing
Saweety – Boxing
Vantika Agrawal – Boxing
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 Khilari – Para-Athletics
Dharambir – Para-Athletics
Pranav Soorma – Para-Athletics
H Hokato Sema – Para-Athletics
Simran -Para-Athletics
Navdeep- Para-Athletics
Nitesh Kumar- Para-Badminton
Thulasimathi Murugesan- Para-Badminton
Nithya Sre Sumathy 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 Award (Lifetime) :
Sucha Singh – Athletics
Murlikant Petkar – Para-Swimming
Dronacharya Award :
Subhash Rana- Para-Shooting
Deepali Deshpande- Shooting
Sandeep Sangwan- Hockey
Dronacharya Award (Lifetime) :
S Muralidharan- Badminton
Armando Agnelo Colaco- Football
