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Khel Ratna Award Winners List

The Khel Ratna Award, widely known as the Major Dhyan Chand sports Ratna Award, this is the highest Sports Award of India. A twelve-member committee decides the performance of the winner at various International sports like Olympic Games, Paralympic Games, Asian Games, and Commonwealth Games and the winner receives a Medal,Certificate of Excellence along with a cash reward of Rs.25Lakh and the honour is done by Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India. Here is the list of our Proud winners.

List of Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award Recipients Name, Year & Sports

Name Year Sport
Sharath Kamal 2022 Table tennis
Neeraj Chopra 2021 Athletics
Ravi Kumar Dahiya 2021 Freestyle wrestling
Lovlina Borgohain 2021 Boxing
P. R. Sreejesh 2021 Hockey
Avani Lekhara 2021 Paralympic shooting
Sumit Antil 2021 Para-athletics
Pramod Bhagat 2021 Para-badminton
Krishna Nagar 2021 Para-badminton
Manish Narwal 2021 Paralympic shooting
Name Year Sport
Mithali Raj 2021 Cricket
Sunil Chhetri 2021 Football
Manpreet Singh 2021 Hockey
Rohit Sharma 2020 Cricket
Mariyappan Thangavelu 2020 Paralympic high jump
Manika Batra 2020 Table tennis
Vinesh Phogat 2020 Freestyle wrestling
Rani Rampal 2020 Hockey
Deepa Malik 2019 Paralympic (shot put, javelin, others)
Bajrang Punia 2019 Freestyle wrestling
Name Year Sport
Saikhom Mirabai Chanu 2018 Weightlifting
Virat Kohli 2018 Cricket
Devendra Jhajharia 2017 Paralympic javelin
Sardara Singh 2017 Hockey
P. V. Sindhu 2016 Badminton
Dipa Karmakar 2016 Gymnastics
Jitu Rai 2016 Shooting
Sakshi Malik 2016 Freestyle wrestling
Sania Mirza 2015 Tennis
Ronjan Sodhi 2013 Shooting
Vijay Kumar 2012 Shooting
Yogeshwar Dutt 2012 Freestyle wrestling
Gagan Narang 2011 Shooting
Saina Nehwal 2010 Badminton
Mary Kom 2009 Boxing
Vijender Singh 2009 Boxing
Sushil Kumar 2009 Freestyle wrestling
Mahendra Singh Dhoni 2007 Cricket
Manavjit Singh Sandhu 2006 Shooting
Pankaj Advani 2005 Billiards and Snooker
Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore 2004 Shooting
Anju Bobby George 2003 Athletics
K. M. Beenamol 2002 Athletics
Anjali Bhagwat 2002 Shooting
Abhinav Bindra 2001 Shooting
Pullela Gopichand 2000 Badminton
Dhanraj Pillay 1999 Hockey
Jyotirmoyee Sikdar 1998 Athletics
Sachin Tendulkar 1997 Cricket
Leander Paes 1996 Tennis
Nameirakpam Kunjarani 1995 Weightlifting
Karnam Malleswari 1994 Weightlifting
Homi Motivala 1993 Yachting (Team event)
Pushpendra Kumar Garg 1993 Yachting (Team event)
Geet Sethi 1992 Billiards
Viswanathan Anand 1991 Chess
Source: ECI
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The information provided on this page about the current and previous elections in the constituency is sourced from various publicly available platforms including https://old.eci.gov.in/statistical-report/statistical-reports/ and https://affidavit.eci.gov.in/. The ECI is the authoritative source for election-related data in India, and we rely on their official records for the content presented here. However, due to the complexity of electoral processes and potential data discrepancies, there may be occasional inaccuracies or omissions in the information provided.

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