2018 National Sports Awards
National Sports Awards are given every year to recognize and reward excellence in sports. Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award is given for the spectacular and most outstanding performance in the field of sports by a sportsperson over a period of four year, Arjuna Award is given for consistency outstanding performance for four years, Dronacharya Award for coaches for producing medal winners at prestigious International sports events, Dhyan Chand Award for life time contribution to sports development and Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar is given to the corporate entities (both in private and public sector) and individuals who have played a visible role in the area of sports promotion and development. Overall top performing university in inter-university tournaments is given Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (MAKA) Trophy.
Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna 2018 Winners
- Ms. S. Mirabai Chanu - Weightlifting
- Shri Virat Kohli - Cricket
Dronacharya Awards 2018 winners
- Subedar Chenanda Achaiah Kuttappa - Boxing
- Shri Vijay Sharma - Weightlifting
- Shri A. Srinivasa Rao - Table Tennis
- Shri Sukhdev Singh Pannu - Athletics
- Shri Clarence Lobo - Hockey (Life Time)
- Shri Tarak Sinha - Cricket (Life Time)
- Shri Jiwan Kumar Sharma - Judo (Life Time)
- Shri V. R. Beedu - Athletics (Life Time)
Arjuna Awards 2018
- Shri Neeraj Chopra - Athletics
- Naib Subedar Jinson Johnson - Athletics
- Ms. Hima Das - Athletics
- Ms. Nelakurthi Sikki Reddy - Badminton
- Subedar Satish Kumar - Boxing
- Ms. Smriti Mandhana - Cricket
- Shri Shubhankar Sharma - Golf
- Shri Manpreet Singh - Hockey
- Ms. Savita - Hockey
- Col. Ravi Rathore - Polo
- Ms. Rahi Sarnobat - Shooting
- Shri Ankur Mittal - Shooting
- Ms. Shreyasi Singh - Shooting
- Ms. Manika Batra - Table Tennis
- Shri G. Sathiyan - Table Tennis
- Shri Rohan Bopanna - Tennis
- Shri Sumit - Wrestling
- Ms. Pooja Kadian - Wushu
- Shri Ankur Dhama - Para-Athletics
- Shri Manoj Sarkar - Para-Badminton
Dhyan Chand Award 2018
- Shri Satyadev Prasad - Archery
- Shri Bharat Kumar Chetri - Hockey
- Ms. Bobby Aloysius - Athletics
- Shri Chougale Dadu Dattatray - Wrestling
Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar 2018
- Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited - Identification and Nurturing of Budding & Young Talent
- JSW Sports - Encouragement to Sports through Corporate Social Responsibility
- Isha Outreach - Sports for Development
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (MAKA) Trophy 2017-18
Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar
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