List of National Sports Award Winners 2020
The National Sports Awards 2020 were announced by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports India on August 21, 2020. The selection committee which was headed by Retd. Justice Mukundakam Sharma, the Government of India has decided to confer the awards this year to all the deserving sports persons, the coaches and other entities under several sports categories.
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Here is the complete list of National Sports Awards winners 2020:
RAJIV GANDHI KHEL RATNA AWARD 2020 —
Number of Awardees — 5
1. Rohit Sharma — Cricket
2. Mariyappan Thangavelu — Para Athletics
3. Manika Batra — Table Tennis
4. Vinesh Phogat — Wrestling
5. Rani Rampal — Hockey
ARJUNA AWARD 2020 —
Number of Awardees — 27
1. Atanu Das — Archery
2. Dutee Chand — Athletics
3. Satwik Sairaj Rankireddy — Badminton
4. Chirag Chandrasekhar Shetty — Badminton
5. Vishesh Bhriguvanshi — Basketball
6. Subedar Manish Kaushik — Boxing
7. Lovlina Borgohain — Boxing
8. Ishant Sharma — Cricket
9. Deepti Sharma — Cricket
10. Sawant Ajay Anant — Equestrian
11. Sandesh Jhingan — Football
12. Aditi Ashok — Golf
13. Akashdeep Singh — Hockey
14. Deepika — Hockey
15. Deepak — Kabaddi
16. Kale Sarika Sudhakar — Kho Kho
17. Dattu Baban Bhokanal — Rowing
18. Manu Bhaker — Shooting
19. Saurabh Chaudhary — Shooting
20. Madhurika Suhas Patkar — Table Tennis
21. Divij Sharan — Tennis
22. Shiva Keshavan — Winter Sports
23. Divya Kakran — Wrestling
24. Rahul Aware — Wrestling
25. Suyash Narayan Jadhav —ParaSwimming
26. Sandeep — Para Athletics
27. Manish Narwal — Para Shooting
DRONACHARYA AWARD 2020 —
Life- Time Category :
Number of Awardees — 8
1. Dharmendra Tiwary — Archery
2. Purushotham Rai — Athletics
3. Shiv Singh — Boxing
4. Romesh Pathania — Hockey
5. Krishan Kumar Hooda — Kabaddi
6. Vijay Bhalchandra Munishwar — Para Powerlifting
7. Naresh Kumar — Tennis
8. Om Parkash Dahiya — Wrestling
Regular Category :
Number of Awardees — 5
1. Jude Felix Sebastian — Hockey
2. Yogesh Malviya — Mallakhamb
3. Jaspal Rana — Shooting
4. Kuldeep Kumar Handoo — Wushu
5. Gaurav Khanna — Para Badminton
DHYAN CHAND AWARD 2020 —
Number of Awardees — 15
1. Kuldip Singh Bhullar — Athletics
2. Jincy Philips — Athletics
3. Pradeep Shrikrishna Gandhe — Badminton
4. Trupti Murgunde — Badminton
5. N. Usha — Boxing
6. Lakha Singh — Boxing
7. Sukhvinder Singh Sandhu — Football
8. Ajit Singh — Hockey
9. Manpreet Singh — Kabaddi
10. J. Ranjith Kumar — Para Athletics
11. Satyaprakash Tiwari — Para Badminton
12. Manjeet Singh — Rowing
13. Late Shri Sachin Nag — Swimming
14. Nandan P Bal — Tennis
15. Netarpal Hooda — Wrestling
But due to the COVID-19 pandemic the awardees received their awards this year from President Ram Nath Kovind through a virtual mode from Rashtrapati Bhawan on August 29, 2020.
