List of Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award recipients explained

Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award
Subheader:Civilian award for achievements in the field of adventure
Awarded For:Highest adventure honour in India
Sponsor:Government of India
Firstawarded:1994
Lastawarded:2021
Award1 Type:Total awarded
Award1 Winner:146

The Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award, formerly known as National Adventure Awards, is the highest adventure sports honour of Republic of India. The award is named after Tenzing Norgay, a Nepali-Indian Sherpa mountaineer and one of the first two individuals to reach the summit of Mount Everest along with Edmund Hillary in 1953.[1] It is awarded annually by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. The recipients are honoured for their "outstanding achievement in the field of adventure activities on land, sea and air" over the previous three years. The lifetime achievement is awarded to individuals who have demonstrated excellence in and devoted themselves in the promotion of adventure sports., the award comprises "a bronze statuette of Tenzing Norgay along with a cash prize of ".

Instituted in 1993–1994, the first awards were given for the year 1994. The stature of this award is considered to be equivalent to Arjuna Award conferred in the field of sport. Since the year 2004, this award, along with all the other six National Sports Awards, are conferred in the same presidential ceremony at the Presidential Palace, usually on 29 August each year. The nominations for a given year are accepted until 20 June. Typically, one award in each of the four categories—Land adventure, Water (Sea) adventure, Air adventure, and Lifetime achievement—are given. The number may increase in a particular year for appropriate reasons and after approval. A five-member committee evaluates the achievements of a candidate in a particular category of adventure, taking into consideration their last three years of performance for the first three categories. The committee later submits its recommendations to the Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports for further approval.

, there have been 146 recipients. In the first year 1994, 22 awards were given, of which 19 were bestowed on the Indian members of the 1993 Indo-Nepalese Women's Everest Expedition. In 2017, ten awards were given, of which six were given to the members of Navika Sagar Parikrama, an all-woman sailing team for the circumnavigation of the globe. Chandraprabha Aitwal is the only double recipient of the award, in 1994 for land adventure and in 2009 for lifetime achievement.

List of recipients

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RecipientGenderCategoryDiscipline
1994Female Land Adventure Mountaineering
1994Female Land Adventure Mountaineering
1994Female Land Adventure Mountaineering
1994Female Land Adventure Mountaineering
1994Female Land Adventure Mountaineering
1994Male Land Adventure Mountaineering
1994Female Land Adventure Mountaineering
1994Female Land Adventure Mountaineering
1994Female Land Adventure Mountaineering
1994Female Land Adventure Mountaineering
1994Female Land Adventure Mountaineering
1994Male Land Adventure Mountaineering
1994Female Land Adventure Mountaineering
1994Female Land Adventure Mountaineering
1994Female Land Adventure Mountaineering
1994Female Land Adventure Mountaineering
1994Female Land Adventure Mountaineering
1994Male Land Adventure Mountaineering
1994Male Water Adventure Sailing
1994Male Lifetime Achievement Mountaineering
1994Female Air Adventure Skydiving
1994Female Land Adventure Mountaineering
1995Female Water Adventure Open water swimming
1995Male Land Adventure Mountaineering
1995Female Water Adventure Open water swimming
1995Male Land Adventure Mountaineering
1995Male Air Adventure Skydiving
1995Male Lifetime Achievement Mountaineering
1995Male Land Adventure Mountaineering
1996Male Air Adventure Microlight aviation [2]
1996Male Land Adventure Mountaineering [3]
1996Female Water Adventure Open water swimming [4]
1996Female Water Adventure Open water swimming [5]
1996Male Lifetime Achievement Mountaineering
1996Male Land Adventure
1997Female Land Adventure Mountaineering
1998Male Lifetime Achievement Mountaineering [6]
1999Male Lifetime Achievement Mountaineering [7]
1999Male Land Adventure Mountaineering [8]
1999
1999Male Land Adventure Mountaineering [9] [10]
2000Male Land Adventure Mountaineering [11]
2000
2000Male Air Adventure Skydiving [12]
2000Male Land Adventure Mountaineering [13]
2001Male Land Adventure Mountaineering [14]
2001Female Water Adventure Open water swimming [15] [16]
2001Male Lifetime Achievement Mountaineering [17]
2001Male Lifetime Achievement Microlight aviation [18]
2001Male Land Adventure Mountaineering [19]
2002Female Lifetime Achievement Open water swimming [20]
2002Male Land Adventure Caving [21]
2002Male Water Adventure White water rafting [22]
2003Male Lifetime Achievement Mountaineering [23]
2003Male Water Adventure Open water swimming [24]
2003Male Land Adventure Mountaineering [25]
2004Male Lifetime Achievement Mountaineering [26]
2004Male Land Adventure Mountaineering [27]
2004Male Air Adventure Skydiving [28]
2005Male Water Adventure Sailing
2005Chhering Norbu BodhMale Land Adventure Mountaineering
2005Male Lifetime Achievement Mountaineering
2005Female Air Adventure Skydiving
2006Male Water Adventure Sailing [29]
2006Male Land Adventure Mountaineering [30]
2006Male Air Adventure Skydiving [31]
2006Male Lifetime Achievement Mountaineering
2007Male Land Adventure Mountaineering
2007Male Lifetime Achievement Mountaineering
2007Male Air Adventure Skydiving
2007Male Land Adventure Mountaineering [32]
2008Male Lifetime Achievement Mountaineering
2008Male Land Adventure Mountaineering [33]
2008Female Water Adventure Sailing [34]
2008Male Air Adventure Hang gliding [35]
2009Female Lifetime Achievement Mountaineering [36]
2009Male Land Adventure Mountaineering [37]
2009Male Air Adventure Skydiving [38]
2009Male Water Adventure Open water swimming [39]
2010Female Land Adventure Cross-country skiing [40]
2010Male Water Adventure Sailing [41]
2010Male Lifetime Achievement Mountaineering [42]
2010Female Land Adventure Mountaineering [43]
2011Male Land Adventure Mountaineering [44]
2011Female Water Adventure Open water swimming [45]
2011Male Lifetime Achievement Mountaineering [46]
2011Male Land Adventure Mountaineering [47]
2012Male Land Adventure Mountaineering
2012Male Lifetime Achievement Mountaineering
2012Male Land Adventure Mountaineering
2012Male Air Adventure Hang gliding
2012Male Lifetime Achievement Mountaineering
2012Male Water Adventure Sailing [48] [49]
2013Male Lifetime Achievement Skydiving
2013Male Land Adventure Mountaineering [50]
2013Male Land Adventure Mountaineering [51]
2013Male Air Adventure Skydiving
2014Male Lifetime Achievement Mountaineering
2014Male Land Adventure Mountaineering [52]
2014Male Water Adventure Open water swimming [53]
2014Female Land Adventure Mountaineering [54]
2014Male Air Adventure Skydiving
2015Male Land Adventure Mountaineering [55]
2015Female Water Adventure Open water swimming [56]
2015Female Land Adventure Mountaineering
2015Female Land Adventure Mountaineering
2015Male Air Adventure Skydiving
2015Male Lifetime Achievement Mountaineering [57]
2016Male Lifetime Achievement Mountaineering [58]
2016Female Land Adventure Mountaineering [59]
2016Male Water Adventure Open water swimming [60]
2016Male Lifetime Achievement Skydiving
2017Female Water Adventure Sailing
2017Female Water Adventure Sailing
2017Female Water Adventure Sailing
2017Female Land Adventure Mountaineering [61]
2017Female Water Adventure Sailing
2017Female Water Adventure Sailing
2017Male Land Adventure Mountaineering
2017Female Water Adventure Sailing
2017Male Air Adventure Skydiving
2017Male Lifetime Achievement Mountaineering
2018Male Land Adventure Mountaineering [62]
2018Male Air Adventure Skydiving
2018Male Land Adventure Mountaineering [63]
2018Male Water Adventure Open water swimming [64]
2018Female Land Adventure Mountaineering [65]
2018Male Lifetime Achievement Mountaineering [66]
2019Male Lifetime Achievement Mountaineering [67]
2019Female Land Adventure Mountaineering [68]
2019Male Land Adventure Mountaineering [69]
2019Male Water Adventure Open water swimming [70]
2019Male Land Adventure Mountaineering [71]
2019Male Land Adventure Mountaineering [72]
2019Male Air Adventure Skydiving [73]
2020SheetalFemaleLand AdventureMountaineering
2020FemaleLand AdventureMountaineering[74]
2020MaleLand AdventureMountaineering[75] [76]
2020MaleAir AdventureSkydiving[77]
2021FemaleLand AdventureMountaineering[78]
2021MaleWater AdventureOpen water swimming
2021MaleLife Time Achievement

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