National Sports Awards 2024 Winners
Key Takeaway
he Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports (MYAS) has announced the recipients of the National Sports and Adventure Awards for 2024 on January 2, 2025.
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he Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports (MYAS) has announced the recipients of the National Sports and Adventure Awards for 2024 on January 2, 2025.
These prestigious awards will be presented at a ceremony on January 17, 2025, at 11:00 am at Rashtrapati Bhavan, where President Droupadi Murmu will confer the honors.
- Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award &
- Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (MAKA) Trophy.
- Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puraskar
Applications were accepted exclusively online via a dedicated portal, allowing athletes, coaches, and entities to self-nominate.
The winners were chosen from a vast pool of nominations by a Selection Committee chaired byJustice (Retd.) V. Ramasubramanian of the Supreme Court of India, along with distinguished athletes, sports journalists, and sports administrators as committee members.
In November 2024, the Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports (MYAS) has announced the discontinuation of Dhyan ChandLifetime Achievement Award and introducedArjuna Award (Lifetime).
The list of National Sports Awards 2024Â Winners is particularly relevant for aspirants preparing for competitive exams like theKerala PSC, as questions on the National Sports Awards 2024 may appear in the upcoming Kerala PSC examinations.
National Sports Awards 2024
The below tables list all the National Sports Awards Winners of the year 2024.
List of Dronacharya Award Winners 2024(6)
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| First Awarded in | 1985 (Regular) & 2011 (Lifetime) |
| Award | Lifetime–₹15 lakh, certificate, ceremonial dress and a bronze statue of Dronacharya |
| Regular | â‚ą10 lakh, certificate, ceremonial dress and a bronze statue of Dronacharya |
| First Winners | Lifetime–Kunal Roy (Athletics) & Rajinder Singh (Hockey) |
| Regular | O. M. Nambiar (Athletics), Om Prakash Bhardwaj (Boxing) & Bhalchandra Bhaskar Bhagwat (Wrestling) |
| The first woman to win the Dronacharya Award | Hansa Sharma (Weightlifting, 2000).No. of Recipients in 2024– 2 (Lifetime) & 3 (Regular)* |
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Lifetime Achievement Award
Name | Discipline ---------------------------------------- Name: S. Muralidharan Discipline: Badminton --- Name: Armando Agnelo Colaco Discipline: Football ---
Regular Awards
Name | Discipline ---------------------------------------- Name: Sandeep Sangwan Discipline: Hockey --- Name: Subhash Rana Discipline: Para-Shooting --- Name: Deepali Deshpande Discipline: Shooting ---
Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award Award 2024(4)
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| First Awarded in | 1991 |
| First Winner | Viswanathan Anand (Chess) |
| Award | â‚ą25 lakh, certificate and a medallion |
| Former name | Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna (renamed on August, 2021)The Youngest Player to get Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna –Gukesh D(18 years old).No. of Recipients in 2024– 4* |
* Time-sensitive data — verify for latest information
List of Arjuna Awards Winners 2024(13)
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| First Awarded in | 1964 |
| Award | â‚ą15 lakh, certificate, ceremonial dress and a bronze statue of Arjuna |
| Former name | Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna (renamed on August, 2021)No. of Recipients in 2024– 32* |
| *Malayali who received Arjuna Award 2024 | Sajan Prakash |
| First Awarded in | 1956 |
| First Winners | Bombay UniversityAwards –₹15 lakh & Trophy.2024 Winners –Chandigarh University (Overall winning university),Lovely Professional University, Punjab (1st Runner Up),Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar(2nd Runner Up)* |
| First Awarded in | 2009 |
| First Winners | Tata Steel & Railways Sports Promotion Board |
| Award | Trophy & Citation.2024 Winners –Physical Education Foundation of IndiaAlso Refer:National Sports Awards 2024National Sports Awards 2022National Sports Awards 2021📝SideNotes:Minister of Youth Affairs & Sports (MYAS) –Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya* |
| The Youngest World Chess Champion at the 2024 World Chess Championship held at Singapore | Gukesh D |
| The first Indian woman to win a medal in Shooting in the Olympic games | Manu Bhaker |
| TheCaptainof theIndian hockey teamthat won theBronzemedal at theParis Olympics | Harmanpreet Singh.(2nd consecutive bronze medal)Name the para athlete who wonGold medalinmen's high jump T64 disciplineat theParis Paralympics – Praveen Kumar |
| The first Indian swimmer to achieve the Olympic Qualification Timing (OQT) 'A' standard and subsequently qualified for Tokyo Olympics | Sajan Prakash |
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