He won three gold medals and a silver at the Birmingham CWG and is the sole recipient of India’s highest sporting honour this year.
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President Droupadi Murmu presented awards to all the winners at an official ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhawan in on Wednesday.
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Boxing world champion Nikhat Zareen and CWG gold medallist shuttler Lakshya Sen are among 25 sportspersons who were presented with the Arjuna Award for their consistent performances over a period of four years.
Zareen, who became the boxing world champion in May, was given the Arjuna Award while badminton ace Lakshya and the 2019 world silver medallist boxer Amit Panghal were among the recipients of the Arjuna Award.
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India cricket team captain Rohit Sharma’s coach Dinesh Lad received the Dronacharya Award in the lifetime category.
Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award
Sharath Kamal Achanta (Table Tennis)
Arjuna Award for the year 2022
Seema Punia (Athletics)
Aldous Paul (Athletics)
Avinash Mukund Sable (Athletics)
Lakshmi Sen (Badminton)
Prannoy HS (Badminton)
Amit (Boxing)
Nikhat Zareen (Boxing)
Bhakti Pradeep Kulkarni (Chess)
R Pragyanananda (Chess)
Deep Grace Ekka (Hockey)
Sushila Devi (Judo)
Sakshi Kumari (Kabaddi)
Nayan Moni Saikia (Lawn Ball)
Sagar Kailas Ovalkar (Mallamb)
Elavenil Valarivan (Shooting)
Om Prakash Mitharwal (Shooting)
Sreeja Akula (Table Tennis)
Vikas Thakur (Weightlifting)
Anshu (Wrestling)
Sarita (Wrestling)
Parveen (Wushu)
Mansi Girishchandra Joshi (Para Badminton)
Tarun Dhillon (Para Badminton)
Swapnil Sanjay Patil (Para Badminton)
Jerlin Anika J (DAF Badminton)
Dronacharya Award
Jiwanjot Singh Teja (Archery)
Mohammad Ali Qamar (Boxing)
Suma Siddharth Shirur (Para Shooting)
Sujit Mann (Wrestling)
Dronacharya Award (Lifetime)
Dinesh Jawahar Lad (Cricket)
Bimal Prafulla Ghosh (Football)
Raj Singh (Wrestling)
Dhyan Chand Award for Lifetime Achievement
Ashwini Akkunji (Athletics)
Dharamvir Singh (Hockey)
BC Suresh (Kabaddi)
Neer Bahadur Gurung (Para Athletics)
Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar
TransStadia Enterprises Private Limited
Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology
Ladakh Ski and Snowboard Association
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (MAKA) Trophy
Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar