Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports Announced the National Sports Awards 2023

Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports Announced the National Sports Awards 2023

The Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports announced the National Sports Awards 2023, honouring individuals and institutions that have excelled in their respective fields. The awards ceremony, held at Rashtrapati Bhavan, witnessed the presentation of various awards to sportspersons, coaches, and entities for their outstanding contributions to sports in the country.

National Sports Award 2023

President Droupadi Murmu has conferred the Arjuna Awards to various sports personalities at the Rashtrapati Bhawan. The second-highest athletic honour in India, the Arjuna Award, is given for demonstrating leadership, sportsmanship, and discipline along with good performance over the preceding four years.

Several athletes across various sports were selected for the National Sports and Adventure Awards 2023, including World Cup star Mohammed Shami, Asian Games heroes Ojas Pravin Deotale, shooter Aishwarya Pratap Singh Tomar and Parul Chaudhary. The Sports Ministry in December had declared nominees for the annual sports awards, confirming the prestigious Khel Ratna honour for badminton players Satwik Sairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty and the Arjuna award for 26 sports persons.

Full list of National Sports Awards 2023

Here is the complete list of winners who got National Sports Awards, for his/her remarkable contribution to their respective sports:

Name

Sport

Mohammed Shami

Cricket

Pawan Sehrawat

Kabaddi

Ritu Negi

Kabaddi

Vaishali Rameshbabu

Chess

Murali Sreeshankar

Athletics

Parul Chaudhary

Athletics

Krishan Bahadur Pathak

Hockey

Sushila Chanu

Hockey

Sunil Kumar

Wrestling

Antim Panghal

Wrestling

Aditi Gopichand Swami

Archery

Ojas Pravin Deotale

Archery

Ayhika Mukherjee

Table Tennis

Mohammad Hussamuddin

Boxing

Esha Singh

Shooting

Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar

Shooting

Naorem Roshibina Devi

Wushu

Diksha Dagar

Golf

Harinder Pal Sandhu

Squash

Sheetal Devi

Para-Archery

Anush Agarwalla

Equestrian

Divyakriti Singh

Equestrian Dressage

Nasreen Shaikh

Kho-Kho

Pinki Singh

Lawn bowls

Illuri Ajay Kumar Reddy

Blind cricket

Prachi Yadav

Para Canoeing

 

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