Olympic medallist Manu Bhaker and chess world champion D. Gukesh are among four athletes who will be honoured with the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award on January 17, India's Sports Ministry announced on Thursday.
Here's the complete list of winners:
Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award 2024:
Shri Gukesh – Chess
Shri Harmanpreet Singh – Hockey
Shri Praveen Kumar – Para-Athletics
Ms. Manu Bhaker – Shooting
Arjuna Awards for Outstanding Performance in Sports and Games 2024
Ms. Jyothi Yarraji – Athletics
Ms. Annu Rani – Athletics
Ms. Nitu – Boxing
Ms. Saweety – Boxing
Ms. Vantika Agrawal – Chess
Ms. Salima Tete – Hockey
Shri Abhishek – Hockey
Shri Sanjay – Hockey
Shri Jarmanpreet Singh – Hockey
Shri Sukhjeet Singh – Hockey
Shri Rakesh Kumar – Para-Archery
Ms. Preeti Pal – Para-Athletics
Ms. Jeevanji Deepthi – Para-Athletics
Shri Ajeet Singh – Para-Athletics
Shri Sachin Sarjerao Khilari – Para-Athletics
Shri Dharambir – Para-Athletics
Shri Pranav Soorma – Para-Athletics
Shri H Hokato Sema – Para-Athletics
Ms. Simran – Para-Athletics
Shri Navdeep – Para-Athletics
Shri Nitesh Kumar – Para-Badminton
Ms. Thulasimathi Murugesan – Para-Badminton
Ms. Nithya Sre Sumathy Sivan – Para-Badminton
Ms. Manisha Ramadass – Para-Badminton
Shri Kapil Parmar – Para-Judo
Ms. Mona Agarwal – Para-Shooting
Ms. Rubina Francis – Para-Shooting
Shri Swapnil Suresh Kusale – Shooting
Shri Sarabjot Singh – Shooting
Shri Abhay Singh – Squash
Shri Sajan Prakash – Swimming
Shri Aman – Wrestling
Arjuna Awards (Lifetime) 2024:
Shri Sucha Singh – Athletics
Shri Murlikant Rajaram Petkar – Para-Swimming
Dronacharya Award for Outstanding Coaches 2024Regular Category
Shri Subhash Rana – Para-Shooting
Ms. Deepali Deshpande – Shooting
Shri Sandeep Sangwan – Hockey
Lifetime Category
Shri S. Muralidharan – Badminton
Shri Armando Agnelo Colaco – Football
Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puraskar
Physical Education Foundation of India
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (MAKA) Trophy 2024
Chandigarh University – Overall Winner
Lovely Professional University (PB) – First Runner-Up
Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar – Second Runner-Up
