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 years; Arjuna Award is given for consistently 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.
Overall top performing university in inter-university tournaments is given Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (MAKA) Trophy.
This year’s Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award will be conferred on Shuttler P V Sindhu, Gymnast Dipa Karmakar, Shooter Jitu Rai and Wrestler Sakshi Malik for their performance in Rio Olympics.
Khel Ratna is the highest sporting honour in India. PV Sindhu, Sakshi Malik won medals in Rio 2016 while Dipa Karmakar and Jitu Rai did well in the Olympics
- PV Sindhu won the Silver Medal in Badminton women's singles
- Sakshi became the First Indian woman ever to win a Wrestling medal
- Dipa Karmakar missed the bronze medal & became 4th in Gymnastics. she had already created history when she became the First Indian to qualify for the final of a gymnastics event in the Olympics.
Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ranta 2016:
1 Ms. P.V. Sindhu Badminton 2 Ms. Dipa Karmakar Gymnastics 3 Shri Jitu Rai Shooting 4 Ms. Sakshi Malik Wrestling
Fifteen sportspersons have been awarded the Arjuna Award 2016.
1 Shri Rajat Chauhan Archery 2 Ms. Lalita Babar Athletics 3 Shri Sourav Kothari Billiards & Snooker 4 Shri Shiva Thapa Boxing 5 Shri Ajinkya Rahane Cricket 6 Shri Subrata Paul Football 7 Ms. Rani Hockey 8 Shri Raghunath V.R. Hockey 9 Shri Gurpreet Singh Shooting 10 Ms. Apurvi Chandela Shooting 11 Shri Soumyajit Ghosh Table Tennis 12 Ms. Vinesh Phogat Wrestling 13 Shri Amit Kumar Wrestling 14 Shri Sandeep Singh Mann Para-Athletics 15 Shri Virender Singh Wrestling (Deaf)
Dronacharya Award for 2016 will be given to:
1 Shri Nagapuri Ramesh Athletics 2 Shri Sagar Mal Dhayal Boxing 3 Shri Raj Kumar Sharma Cricket 4 Shri Bishweshwar Nandi Gymnastics 5 Shri S. Pradeep Kumar Swimming (Lifetime) 6 Shri Mahabir Singh Wrestling (Lifetime)
Dhyan Chand Award 2015 has gone to:
1 Ms. Satti Geetha Athletics 2 Shri Sylvanus Dung Dung Hockey 3 Shri Rajendra Pralhad Shelke Rowing
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (MAKA) Trophy 2015-16:
Punjabi University, Patiala
The Awards will be presented at a special function at the Rashtrapati Bhawan on National Sports Day - 29 August 2016.
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