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National Sports Awards 2021: Sports and Adventure Awards 2021 and List of Winners

National Sports Awards 2021- Relevance for UPSC Exam

  • GS Paper 2: Issues relating to development and management of Social Sector/Services relating to- Health, Education and Human Resources.

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National Sports Awards 2021- Context

  • Recently, the President of India presented the National Sports award 2021 (also named as the Sports and Adventure Awards 2021) at a function held at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
    • Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award 2021 were given to 12 Sportspersons
    • 35 Sportspersons received Arjuna Awards for outstanding performance in Sports and Games 2021.

UPSC Current Affairs

 

National Sports Awards- Key Points

  • About: National Sports Awards are given by the ministry of sports every year to recognize and reward excellence in sports.
  • Selection Process: The Selection Committee headed by a former Judge of Supreme Court considers nominations received each year for National Sports Awards.
    • Other members include members from eminent sportspersons and persons having experience in sports journalism & sports administrator etc.

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National Sports Awards- Categories

National Sports Awards are given under the following six categories. They are-

  1. Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Awards: It is given for the spectacular and most outstanding performance in the field of sports by a sportsperson over a period of the previous four years.
  2. Dronacharya Awards: It is given to coaches for doing outstanding and meritorious work on a consistent basis and enabling sportspersons to excel in international events.
  3. Arjuna Awards: It is given for good performance over the previous four years and shows qualities of leadership, sportsmanship, and a sense of discipline.
  4. Dhyan Chand Awards: It is given to honour sportspersons who have contributed to sports by their performance and continue to promote sports events after their retirement.
  5. Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar: It is given to corporate entities (both in the private and public sector), sports control boards, NGOs including sports bodies at the State and National level who have played a visible role in the area of sports promotion and development.
  6. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Trophy: Overall top performing university in inter-university tournaments is given Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (MAKA) Trophy.

 

National Sports Awards 2021- Winners in Various Categories

  1. Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award 2021
S. No. Name of the Sportsperson Discipline
1. Neeraj Chopra Athletics
2. Ravi Kumar Wrestling
3. LovlinaBorgohain Boxing
4. Sreejesh P.R Hockey
5. AvaniLekhara Para Shooting
6. SumitAntil Para Athletics
7. Pramod Bhagat Para Badminton
8. Krishna Nagar Para Badminton
9. Manish Narwal Para Shooting
10. Mithali Raj Cricket
11. Sunil Chhetri Football
12. Manpreet Singh Hockey

 

(ii)        Arjuna Awards for outstanding performance in Sports and Games 2021

S. No. Name of the Sportsperson Discipline
 1. Arpinder Singh Athletics
 2. Simranjit Kaur Boxing
 3. Shikhar Dhawan Cricket
 4. Bhavani Devi ChadalavadaAnandhaSundhararaman Fencing
 5. Monika Hockey
 6. Vandana Katariya Hockey
 7. Sandeep Narwal Kabaddi
 8.  HimaniUttamParab Mallakhamb
 9.  Abhishek Verma Shooting
 10. Ankita Raina Tennis
 11. Deepak Punia Wrestling
 12. Dilpreet Singh Hockey
 13. Harman Preet Singh Hockey
 14. Rupinder Pal Singh Hockey
 15. Surender Kumar Hockey
 16. Amit Rohidas Hockey
 17. Birendra Lakra Hockey
 18. Sumit Hockey
 19. Nilakanta Sharma Hockey
 20. Hardik Singh Hockey
 21. Vivek Sagar Prasad Hockey
 22. Gurjant Singh Hockey
 23. Mandeep Singh Hockey
 24.  Shamsher Singh Hockey
 25. Lalit Kumar Upadhyay Hockey
 26. Varun Kumar Hockey
 27. Simranjeet Singh Hockey
 28. Yogesh Kathuniya Para Athletics
 29. Nishad Kumar Para Athletics
 30. Praveen Kumar Para Athletics
 31. SuhashYathiraj Para Badminton
 32. SinghrajAdhana Para Shooting
 33. Bhavina Patel Para Table Tennis
 34. Harvinder Singh Para Archery
 35. Sharad Kumar Para Athletics

 

(iii)       Dronacharya Award for outstanding coaches in Sports and Games 2021

  1. Life-Time Category:
S. No. Name of the Coach Discipline
 1. T. P. Ouseph Athletics
 2. Sarkar Talwar Cricket
 3. Sarpal Singh Hockey
 4. Ashan Kumar Kabaddi
 5. Tapan Kumar Panigrahi Swimming

 

  1. Regular Category:
S. No. Name of the Coach Discipline
 1. Radhakrishnan Nair P Athletics
 2. Sandhya Gurung Boxing
 3.   Pritam Siwach Hockey
 4. Jai Prakash Nautiyal Para Shooting
 5. Subramanian Raman Table Tennis

 

 (iv)      Dhyan Chand Award for Lifetime achievement in Sports and Games 2021

S.No. Name Discipline
  1. Lekha K.C. Boxing
  2. Abhijeet Kunte Chess
  3.  Davinder Singh Garcha Hockey
  4.  Vikas Kumar Kabaddi
  5. Sajjan Singh Wrestling

 

(v) Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar 2021

 

S. No. Category Entity recommended for Rashtriya Khel ProtsahanPuraskar, 2021
1. Identification and Nurturing of Budding and Young Talent Manav Rachna Educational Institution
2. Encouragement to sports through Corporate Social Responsibility Indian Oil Corporation Limited

 

(vi)      Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (MAKA) Trophy 2021: Panjab University – Chandigarh

 

 

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