National Sports Awards 2019
Khel Ratna Award
The Khel Ratna is given for the most spectacular and outstanding performance by a sportsperson over a period of four years immediately preceding the year during which award is to be given. The awardee is given a medal, a certificate, ceremonial dress and cash prize of Rs 7.50 lakh.
Dronacharya Award
Dronacharya Awards are given to honour eminent coaches who have successfully trained sportspersons or teams and enabled them to achieve outstanding results in international competitions. The award carries a cash prize of Rs 5 lakh.
Dhyan Chand Award
Dhyan Chand Award is given to honour those sportspersons who have contributed through their performance and continue to promote sports even after their retirement. The award carries a cash prize of Rs 5 lakh.
Award Winners
Khel Ratna Award:
- Bajrang Punia (wrestling)
- Deepa Malik (para-athletics)
Arjuna Award:
- Tajinder Pal Singh Toor (athletics)
- Mohammed Anas Yahiya (athletics)
- S Bhaskaran (body building)
- Sonia Lather (boxing), Ravindra Jadeja (cricket)
- Chinglensana Kangujam (hockey)
- Ajay Thakur (kabaddi)
- Gaurav Singh Gill (motor sports)
- Pramod Bhagat (para sports-badminton)
- Anjum Moudgil (shooting)
- Harmeet Rajul Desai (table tennis)
- Pooja Dhanda (wrestling)
- Fouaad Mirza (equestrian)
- Gurpreet Singh Sandhu (football)
- Poonam Yadav (cricket)
- Swapna Burman (athletics)
- Sundar Singh Gurjar (para sports-athletics)
- Bhamidipati Sai Praneeth (badminton)
- Simran Singh Shergill (polo)
Dronacharya Award (regular category):
- Vimal Kumar (badminton)
- Sandeep Gupta (table tennis)
- Mohinder Singh Dhillon (athletics)
Dronhacarya Award (lifetime category):
- Mezban Patel (hockey)
- Rambir Singh Khokar (kabaddi)
- Sanjay Bhardwaj (cricket)
Dhyan Chand Award:
- Manuel Fredricks (hockey)
- Arup Basak (table tennis)
- Manoj Kumar (wrestling)
- Nitten Kirrtane (tennis)
- C Lalremsanga (archery)
The Awards will be bestowed by the President of India at the Rashtrapati Bhawan on the occasion of National Sports Day, which commemorates the birth anniversary of hockey wizard Major Dhyan Chand.
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