List of National Sports Award recipients in Olympic sports explained

National Sports Awards in Olympic sports
Subheader:Various civilian awards for contributions to Sports (Individual/Team)
Awarded For:Various sports honour of India
Sponsor:Government of India
Location:Rashtrapati Bhavan
Country:Republic of India
Presenter:President of India
Firstawarded:1961
Lastawarded:2022
Award1 Type:Total awarded
Award1 Winner:827
Award2 Type:Awards

The National Sports Awards is the collective name given to the six sports awards of Republic of India. It is awarded annually by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. They are presented by the President of India in the same ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhavan usually on 29 August each year along with the national adventure award., a total of eight hundred and twenty-seven individuals have been awarded the various National Sports Awards in Olympic sports. The four awards presented in Olympic sports are Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award, Arjuna Award, Dhyan Chand Award and Dronacharya Award.

First presented in the year 1961, a total of six hundred and twenty-nine individuals have been honoured with the Arjuna Award in Olympic sports for their "good performance at the international level" over the period of last four years, with twenty individuals being awarded for their lifetime contribution. First presented in the year 1985, a total of hundred coaches have been honoured with the Dronacharya Award in Olympic sports for their "outstanding work on a consistent basis and enabling sportspersons to excel in international events" over the period of last four years, with thirty coaches being awarded in the lifetime contribution category. First presented in the year 1994–1995, a total of thirty-one sportspersons have been honoured with the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, the highest sporting honour of India, in Olympic sports for their "most outstanding performance at the international level" over the period of last four years. First presented in the year 2002, a total of sixty-seven retired sportspersons have been honoured with the Dhyan Chand Award, the lifetime achievement sporting honour of India, in Olympic sports for their "good performance at the international level and their continued contributions to the promotion of sports even after their career as a sportsperson is over." Five awardees have been honoured posthumously including Sachin Nag, who was awarded Dhyan Chand Award posthumously in the year 2020 in the discipline of swimming.

Recipients

Archery

Key
Year! scope="col" style="width:30%"
RecipientAwardGender
1981Arjuna Award Female
1989Arjuna Award Male
1991Arjuna Award Male
1992Arjuna Award Male
2005Arjuna Award Female
2005Arjuna Award Male
2006Arjuna Award Male
2009Arjuna Award Male
2011Arjuna Award Male
2012Arjuna Award Female
2012Arjuna Award Female
2013Arjuna Award Female
2014Arjuna Award Male
2015Arjuna Award Male
2016Arjuna Award Male
2017Arjuna Award Female
2020Arjuna Award Male
2018Dhyan Chand Award Male
2019Dhyan Chand Award Male
2020Dronacharya Award Male
2007Dronacharya Award Male
2013Dronacharya Award Female
2022Dronacharya Award Male

Athletics

See main article: List of National Sports Award recipients in athletics.

Aquatics

Key
Year! scope="col" style="width:30%"
RecipientAwardGender
1961Arjuna Award Male
1966Arjuna Award Female
1967Arjuna Award Male
1969Arjuna Award Male
1971Arjuna Award Male
1973Arjuna Award Male
1974Arjuna Award Female
1974Arjuna Award Male
1975Arjuna Award Female
1975Arjuna Award Male
1982Arjuna Award Female
1983Arjuna Award Male
1984Arjuna Award Male
1988Arjuna Award Male
1990Arjuna Award Female
1996Arjuna Award Male
1998Arjuna Award Male
1999Arjuna Award Female
2000Arjuna Award Male
2000Arjuna Award Male
2005Arjuna Award Female
2010Arjuna Award Male
2011Arjuna Award Male
2012Arjuna Award Male
2011Dhyan Chand Award Male
2014Dhyan Chand Award Male
2020Dhyan Chand Award Male
2015Dronacharya Award Male
2016Dronacharya Award Male
2021Dronacharya Award Male

Badminton

See main article: List of National Sports Award recipients in badminton.

Basketball

Key
Year! scope="col" style="width:30%"
RecipientAwardGender
1961Arjuna Award Male
1967Arjuna Award Male
1968Arjuna Award Male
1969Arjuna Award Male
1970Arjuna Award Male
1971Arjuna Award Male
1973Arjuna Award Male
1974Arjuna Award Male
1975Arjuna Award Male
1977–1978Arjuna Award Male
1979–1980Arjuna Award Male
1982Arjuna Award Male
1983Arjuna Award Female
1983Arjuna Award Male
1999Arjuna Award Male
2001Arjuna Award Male
2014Arjuna Award Female
2017Arjuna Award Female
2020Arjuna Award Male
2002Dhyan Chand Award Female
2003Dhyan Chand Award Male

Boxing

See main article: List of National Sports Award recipients in boxing.

Cycling

Year! scope="col" style="width:30%"
RecipientAwardGender
1975Arjuna Award Male
1978–1979Arjuna Award Female
1983Arjuna Award Female

Equestrian

Year! scope="col" style="width:30%"
RecipientAwardGender
1973Arjuna Award Male
1976Arjuna Award Male
1982Arjuna Award Male
1982Arjuna Award Male
1984Arjuna Award Male
1987Arjuna Award Male
1991Arjuna Award Male
2003Arjuna Award Male
2004Arjuna Award Male
2019Arjuna Award Male
2020Arjuna Award Male

Fencing

Year! scope="col" style="width:30%"
RecipientAwardGender
2021Arjuna Award Female

Football

Year! scope="col" style="width:30%"
RecipientAwardGender
2021Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Male
1961Arjuna Award Male
1962Arjuna Award Male
1963Arjuna Award Male
1964Arjuna Award Male
1965Arjuna Award Male
1966Arjuna Award Male
1967Arjuna Award Male
1969Arjuna Award Male
1970Arjuna Award Male
1971Arjuna Award Male
1973Arjuna Award Male
1978–1979Arjuna Award Male
1979–1980Arjuna Award Male
1980–1981Arjuna Award Male
1981Arjuna Award Male
1983Arjuna Award Female
1989Arjuna Award Male
1997Arjuna Award Male
1998Arjuna Award Male
2001Arjuna Award Male
2002Arjuna Award Male
2010Arjuna Award Male
2011Arjuna Award Male
2016Arjuna Award Male
2017Arjuna Award Female
2019Arjuna Award Male
2020Arjuna Award Male
2011Dhyan Chand Award Male
2017Dhyan Chand Award Male
2020Dhyan Chand Award Male
1990Dronacharya Award Male
2022Dronacharya Award Male

Golf

Year! scope="col" style="width:30%"
RecipientAwardGender
1961Arjuna Award Male
1963Arjuna Award Male
1967Arjuna Award Male
1972Arjuna Award Female
1973Arjuna Award Male
1975Arjuna Award Male
1977–1978Arjuna Award Female
1982Arjuna Award Male
1987Arjuna Award Female
1991Arjuna Award Male
1996Arjuna Award Male
1997Arjuna Award Male
1999Arjuna Award Male
2002Arjuna Award Male
2004Arjuna Award Male
2007Arjuna Award Male
2013Arjuna Award Male
2014Arjuna Award Male
2017Arjuna Award Male
2018Arjuna Award Male
2020Arjuna Award Female

Gymnastics

Key
Year! scope="col" style="width:30%"
RecipientAwardGender
2016Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Female
1961Arjuna Award Male
1975Arjuna Award Male
1985Arjuna Award Female
1989Arjuna Award Female
2000Arjuna Award Female
2011Arjuna Award Male
2015Arjuna Award Female
2011Dronacharya Award Male
2016Dronacharya Award Male

Hockey

See main article: List of National Sports Award recipients in hockey.

Judo

Key
Year! scope="col" style="width:30%"
RecipientAwardGender
1992Arjuna Award Male
1993Arjuna Award Male
1996Arjuna Award Female
1998Arjuna Award Male
2003Arjuna Award Male
2004Arjuna Award Female
2007Arjuna Award Female
2012Arjuna Award Male
2022Arjuna Award Female
2014Dronacharya Award Male
2018Dronacharya Award Male

Lawn Tennis

Key
Year! scope="col" style="width:30%"
RecipientAwardGender
1996–1997Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Male
2015Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Female
1961Arjuna Award Male
1962Arjuna Award Male
1966Arjuna Award Male
1967Arjuna Award Male
1974Arjuna Award Male
1978–1979Arjuna Award Female
1980–1981Arjuna Award Male
1985Arjuna Award Male
1990Arjuna Award Male
1995Arjuna Award Male
1996Arjuna Award Male
1997Arjuna Award Male
2000Arjuna Award Male
2001Arjuna Award Male
2004Arjuna Award Female
2011Arjuna Award Male
2017Arjuna Award Male
2018Arjuna Award Male
2020Arjuna Award Male
2021Arjuna Award Female
2014Dhyan Chand Award Male
2015Dhyan Chand Award Male
2019Dhyan Chand Award Male
2020Dhyan Chand Award Male
2020Dronacharya Award Male

Rowing

Key
Year! scope="col" style="width:30%"
RecipientAwardGender
1983Arjuna Award Male
1984Arjuna Award Male
1991Arjuna Award Male
1994Arjuna Award Male
1996Arjuna Award Male
1999Arjuna Award Male
2000Arjuna Award Male
2001Arjuna Award Male
2002Arjuna Award Male
2004Arjuna Award Male
2007Arjuna Award Male
2009Arjuna Award Male
2014Arjuna Award Male
2015Arjuna Award Male
2020Arjuna Award Male
2003Dhyan Chand Award Female
2016Dhyan Chand Award Male
2020Dhyan Chand Award Male
2014Dronacharya Award Male
2005Dronacharya Award Male

Shooting

See main article: List of National Sports Award recipients in shooting.

Table Tennis

Key
Year! scope="col" style="width:30%"
RecipientAwardGender
2020Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Female
2022Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Male
1961Arjuna Award Male
1964Arjuna Award Male
1966Arjuna Award Female
1967Arjuna Award Male
1969Arjuna Award Male
1970Arjuna Award Male
1971Arjuna Award Female
1973Arjuna Award Male
1976Arjuna Award Female
1979–1980Arjuna Award Female
1980–1981Arjuna Award Male
1982Arjuna Award Male
1985Arjuna Award Male
1987Arjuna Award Female
1989Arjuna Award Female
1990Arjuna Award Male
1997Arjuna Award Male
1998Arjuna Award Male
2002Arjuna Award Female
2004Arjuna Award Male
2005Arjuna Award Male
2006Arjuna Award Male
2009Arjuna Award Female
2013Arjuna Award Female
2016Arjuna Award Male
2017Arjuna Award Male
2018Arjuna Award Female
2018Arjuna Award Male
2019Arjuna Award Male
2020Arjuna Award Female
2022Arjuna Award Female
2019Dhyan Chand Award Male
2012Dronacharya Award Male
2018Dronacharya Award Male
2019Dronacharya Award Male
2021Dronacharya Award Male

Volleyball

Key
Year! scope="col" style="width:30%"
RecipientAwardGender
1961Arjuna Award Male
1962Arjuna Award Male
1972Arjuna Award Male
1973Arjuna Award Female
1974Arjuna Award Male
1975Arjuna Award Female
1975Arjuna Award Male
1976Arjuna Award Male
1977–1978Arjuna Award Male
1978–1979Arjuna Award Male
1979–1980Arjuna Award Male
1982Arjuna Award Male
1983Arjuna Award Female
1984Arjuna Award Female
1986Arjuna Award Male
1989Arjuna Award Male
1990Arjuna Award Male
1991Arjuna Award Male
1999Arjuna Award Male
2000Arjuna Award Male
2001Arjuna Award Male
2002Arjuna Award Male
2010Arjuna Award Male
2011Arjuna Award Male
2014Arjuna Award Male
2003Dhyan Chand Award Male
2015Dhyan Chand Award Male
1990Dronacharya Award Male
1995Dronacharya Award Male
2007Dronacharya Award Male

Weightlifting

Year! scope="col" style="width:30%"
RecipientAwardGender
1994–1995Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Female
1995–1996Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Female
2018Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Female
1961Arjuna Award Male
1962Arjuna Award Male
1963Arjuna Award Male
1965Arjuna Award Male
1966Arjuna Award Male
1967Arjuna Award Male
1970Arjuna Award Male
1971Arjuna Award Male
1972Arjuna Award Male
1974Arjuna Award Male
1975Arjuna Award Male
1976Arjuna Award Male
1977–1978Arjuna Award Male
1978–1979Arjuna Award Male
1981Arjuna Award Male
1982Arjuna Award Male
1983Arjuna Award Male
1985Arjuna Award Male
1986Arjuna Award Male
1987Arjuna Award Male
1989Arjuna Award Female
1990Arjuna Award Male
1990Arjuna Award Female
1991Arjuna Award Female
1993Arjuna Award Female
1994Arjuna Award Male
1997Arjuna Award Female
1997Arjuna Award Male
1998Arjuna Award Male
1999Arjuna Award Male
2000Arjuna Award Female
2002Arjuna Award Male
2006Arjuna Award Female
2011Arjuna Award Male
2012Arjuna Award Female
2014Arjuna Award Female
2015Arjuna Award Male
2022Arjuna Award Male
2010Dhyan Chand Award Female
1996Dronacharya Award Male
1999Dronacharya Award Male
2000Dronacharya Award Female
2018Dronacharya Award Male

Winter Sports

Year! scope="col" style="width:30%"
RecipientAwardGender
2020Arjuna Award Male

Wrestling

See main article: List of National Sports Award recipients in wrestling.

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