New Delhi: World Chess champion Gukesh D and Paris Olympics and Paralympics medallists - Manu Bhaker (shooting), Harmanpreet Singh (hockey) and Praveen Kumar (para-athlete) are to be conferred with Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award 2024 by President of India Droupadi Murmu at a specially organised function at Rashtrapati Bhavan on January 17, the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports announced on Thursday.
Gukesh recently became the youngest-ever World Chess Champion after outclassing China’s Ding Liren in the title battle in Singapore.
Manu became the first Indian athlete to win twin medals in a single edition of the Games in Paris, following a double bronze in the 10 m air pistol and 10 m air pistol mixed team event.
On the other hand, Harmanpreet led India to their second successive bronze medal in men’s hockey while Praveen bagged gold in the high jump T64 in the Paralympics.
Apart from the Khel Ratna, the Sports Ministry also named a 32-athlete list for the Arjuna Awards for outstanding performance in Sports and Games 2024. The list includes Jyothi Yarraji, Annu Rani, Nitu, Saweety, Vantika Agrawal, Salima Tete, Abhishek, Sanjay, Jarmanpreet Singh, Sukhjeet Singh, Rakesh Kumar, Preeti Pal, Jeevanji Deepthi, Ajeet Singh, Sachin Sarjerao Khilari, Dharambir, Pranav Soorma, H Hokato Sema, Simran, Navdeep, Nitesh Kumar, Thulasimathi Murugesan, Nithya Sre Sumathy Sivan, Manisha Ramadass, Kapil Parmar, Mona Agarwal, Rubina Francis, Swapnil Suresh Kusale, Sarabjot Singh, Abhay Singh, Sajan Prakash and Aman.
Former cyclist Sucha Singh and former para-swimmer Murlikant Rajaram Petkar were awarded Arjuna Awards (Lifetime) for outstanding performance in Sports and Games.
Subhash Rana (para-shooter), Deepali Deshpande (shooting) and Sandeep Sangwan (hockey) were named Dronacharya Award 2024 recipients.
S Muralidharan (badminton) and Armando Agnelo Colaco (football) were awarded the Dronacharya Award in the lifetime category.
Physical Education Foundation of India was given the Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puraskar while Chandigarh University (overall winner), Lovely Professional University (first runner-up) and Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar (second runner-up) were awarded Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (MAKA) Trophy 2024.
The overall top-performing university in Khelo India University Games is given the Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (MAKA) Trophy. IANS
List of all the winners of the Khel Ratna award:
Year Athlete Sport
1991-92 Vishwanathan Anand Chess
1992-93 Geet Sethi Billiards
1993-94 Homi Motivala Yachting
1993-94 PK Garg Yachting
1994-95 Karnam Malleshwari Weightlifting
1995-96 Nameirakpam Kunjarani Weightlifting
1996-97 Leander Paes Tennis
1997-98 Sachin Tendulkar Cricket
1998-99 Jyotirmoyee Sikdar Athletics
1999-00 Dhanraj Pillay Hockey
2000-01 Pullela Gopichand Badminton
2001 Abhinav Bindra Shooting
2002 KM Beenamol Athletics
2002 Anjali Bhagwat Shooting
2003 Anju Bobby George Athletics
2004 Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore Shooting
2005 Pankaj Advani Billiards and Snooker
2006 Manavjit Singh Sandhu Shooting
2007 MS Dhoni Cricket
2009 Mary Kom Boxing
2009 Vijender Singh Boxing
2009 Sushil Kumar Freestyle wrestling
2010 Saina Nehwal Badminton
2011 Gagan Narang Shooting
2012 Vijay Kumar Shooting
2012 Yogeshwar Dutt Freestyle wrestling
2013 Ronjan Sodhi Shooting
2015 Sania Mirza Tennis
2016 PV Sindhu Badminton
2016 Dipa Karmakar Gymnastics
2016 Jitu Rai Shooting
2016 Sakshi Malik Freestyle wrestling
2017 Devendra Jhajaria Para-athletics
2017 Sardara Singh Hockey
2018 Saikhom Mirabai Chanu Weightlifting
2018 Virat Kohli Cricket
2019 Deepa Malik Para-athletics
2019 Bajrang Punia Freestyle wrestling
2020 Rohit Sharma Cricket
2020 Mariyappan Thangavelu Para-athletics
2020 Manika Batra Table tennis
2020 Vinesh Phogat Freestyle wrestling
2020 Rani Rampal Hockey
2021 Neeraj Chopra Athletics
2021 Ravi Kumar Dahiya Freestyle wrestling
2021 Lovlina Borgohain Boxing
2021 PR Sreejesh Hockey
2021 Avani Lekhara Paralympic shooting
2021 Sumit Antil Para-athletics
2021 Pramod Bhagat Para-badminton
2021 Krishna Nagar Para-badminton
2021 Manish Narwal Shooting Para Sport
2021 Mithali Raj Cricket
2021 Sunil Chhetri Football
2021 Manpreet Singh Hockey
2022 Sharath Kamal Table tennis
2023 Chirag Shetty Badminton
2023 Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Badminton
2024 Praveen Kumar Para-athletics
2024 Manu Bhaker Shooting
2024 D Gukesh Chess
2024 Harmanpreet Singh Hockey
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