List of National Sports Award recipients in Olympic sports

Template:Infobox award The National Sports Awards is the collective name given to the six sports awards of Republic of India. It is awarded annually by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. They are presented by the President of India in the same ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhavan usually on 29th August each year along with the national adventure award. Template:As of, a total of eight hundred and twenty-seven individuals have been awarded the various National Sports Awards in Olympic sports. The four awards presented in Olympic sports are Khel Ratna Award, Arjuna Award, Dhyan Chand Award and Dronacharya Award.^[1]

First presented in the year 1961, a total of six hundred and twenty-nine individuals have been honoured with the Arjuna Award in Olympic sports for their "good performance at the international level" over the period of last four years, with twenty individuals being awarded for their lifetime contribution.^[2] First presented in the year 1985, a total of hundred coaches have been honoured with the Dronacharya Award in Olympic sports for their "outstanding work on a consistent basis and enabling sportspersons to excel in international events" over the period of last four years, with thirty coaches being awarded in the lifetime contribution category.^[3] First presented in the year 1994–1995, a total of thirty-one sportspersons have been honoured with the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, the highest sporting honour of India, in Olympic sports for their "most outstanding performance at the international level" over the period of last four years.^[4] First presented in the year 2002, a total of sixty-seven retired sportspersons have been honoured with the Dhyan Chand Award, the lifetime achievement sporting honour of India, in Olympic sports for their "good performance at the international level and their continued contributions to the promotion of sports even after their career as a sportsperson is over."^[5] Five awardees have been honoured posthumously including Sachin Nag, who was awarded Dhyan Chand Award posthumously in the year 2020 in the discipline of swimming.^[1]

Recipients

Archery

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List of National Sports award recipients, showing the year, award, and gender^[1]
Year	Recipient	Award	Gender
1981	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Female
1989	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1991	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1992	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
2005	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Female
2005	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
2006	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
2009	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
2011	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
2012	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Female
2012	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Female
2013	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Female
2014	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
2015	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
2016	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
2017	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Female
2020	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
2018	Template:Sortname	Dhyan Chand Award	Male
2019	Template:Sortname	Dhyan Chand Award	Male
2020	Template:Sortname Template:Sup	Dronacharya Award	Male
2007	Template:Sortname	Dronacharya Award	Male
2013	Template:Sortname	Dronacharya Award	Female

Athletics

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Aquatics

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List of National Sports award recipients, showing the year, award, and gender^[1]
Year	Recipient	Award	Gender
1961	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1966	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Female
1967	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1969	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1971	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1973	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1974	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Female
1974	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1975	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Female
1975	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1982	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Female
1983	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1984	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1988	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1990	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Female
1996	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1998	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1999	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Female
2000	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
2000	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
2005	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Female
2010	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
2011	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
2012	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
2011	Template:Sortname	Dhyan Chand Award	Male
2014	Template:Sortname	Dhyan Chand Award	Male
2020	Template:Sortname Template:Sup	Dhyan Chand Award	Male
2015	Template:Sortname Template:Sup	Dronacharya Award	Male
2016	Template:Sortname Template:Sup	Dronacharya Award	Male

Badminton

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Basketball

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List of National Sports award recipients, showing the year, award, and gender^[1]
Year	Recipient	Award	Gender
1961	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1967	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1968	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1969	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1970	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1971	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1973	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1974	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1975	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1977–1978	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1979–1980	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1982	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1983	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Female
1983	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1999	Template:Sortname Template:Sup	Arjuna Award	Male
2001	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
2014	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Female
2017	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Female
2020	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
2002	Template:Sortname	Dhyan Chand Award	Female
2003	Template:Sortname	Dhyan Chand Award	Male

Boxing

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Cycling

List of National Sports award recipients, showing the year, award, and gender^[1]
Year	Recipient	Award	Gender
1975	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1978–1979	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Female
1983	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Female

Equestrian

List of National Sports award recipients, showing the year, award, and gender^[1]
Year	Recipient	Award	Gender
1973	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1976	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1982	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1982	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1984	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1987	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1991	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
2003	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
2004	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
2019	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
2020	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male

Football

List of National Sports award recipients, showing the year, award, and gender^[1]
Year	Recipient	Award	Gender
1961	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1962	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1963	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1964	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1965	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1966	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1967	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1969	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1970	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1971	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1973	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1978–1979	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1979–1980	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1980–1981	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1981	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1983	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Female
1989	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1997	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1998	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
2001	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
2002	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
2010	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
2011	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
2016	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
2017	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Female
2019	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
2020	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
2011	Template:Sortname	Dhyan Chand Award	Male
2017	Template:Sortname	Dhyan Chand Award	Male
2020	Template:Sortname	Dhyan Chand Award	Male
1990	Template:Sortname	Dronacharya Award	Male

Golf

List of National Sports award recipients, showing the year, award, and gender^[1]
Year	Recipient	Award	Gender
1961	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1963	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1967	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1972	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Female
1973	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1975	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1977–1978	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Female
1982	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1987	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Female
1991	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1996	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1997	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1999	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
2002	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
2004	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
2007	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
2013	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
2014	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
2017	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
2018	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
2020	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Female

Gymnastics

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List of National Sports award recipients, showing the year, award, and gender^[1]
Year	Recipient	Award	Gender
2016	Template:Sortname	Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna	Female
1961	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1975	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1985	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Female
1989	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Female
2000	Template:Sortname Template:Sup	Arjuna Award	Female
2011	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
2015	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Female
2011	Template:Sortname	Dronacharya Award	Male
2016	Template:Sortname	Dronacharya Award	Male

Hockey

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Judo

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List of National Sports award recipients, showing the year, award, and gender^[1]
Year	Recipient	Award	Gender
1992	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1993	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1996	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Female
1998	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
2003	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
2004	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Female
2007	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Female
2012	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
2014	Template:Sortname Template:Sup	Dronacharya Award	Male
2018	Template:Sortname Template:Sup	Dronacharya Award	Male

Lawn Tennis

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List of National Sports award recipients, showing the year, award, and gender^[1]
Year	Recipient	Award	Gender
1996–1997	Template:Sortname	Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna	Male
2015	Template:Sortname	Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna	Female
1961	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1962	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1966	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1967	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1974	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1978–1979	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Female
1980–1981	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1985	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1990	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1995	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1996	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1997	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
2000	Template:Sortname Template:Sup	Arjuna Award	Male
2001	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
2004	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Female
2011	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
2017	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
2018	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
2020	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
2014	Template:Sortname	Dhyan Chand Award	Male
2015	Template:Sortname	Dhyan Chand Award	Male
2019	Template:Sortname	Dhyan Chand Award	Male
2020	Template:Sortname	Dhyan Chand Award	Male
2020	Template:Sortname Template:Sup	Dronacharya Award	Male

Rowing

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List of National Sports award recipients, showing the year, award, and gender^[1]
Year	Recipient	Award	Gender
1983	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1984	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1991	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1994	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1996	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1999	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
2000	Template:Sortname Template:Sup	Arjuna Award	Male
2001	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
2002	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
2004	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
2007	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
2009	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
2014	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
2015	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
2020	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
2003	Template:Sortname	Dhyan Chand Award	Female
2016	Template:Sortname	Dhyan Chand Award	Male
2020	Template:Sortname	Dhyan Chand Award	Male
2014	Template:Sortname Template:Sup	Dronacharya Award	Male
2005	Template:Sortname	Dronacharya Award	Male

Shooting

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Table Tennis

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List of National Sports award recipients, showing the year, award, and gender^[1]
Year	Recipient	Award	Gender
2020	Template:Sortname	Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna	Female
1961	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1964	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1966	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Female
1967	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1969	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1970	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1971	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Female
1973	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1976	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Female
1979–1980	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Female
1980–1981	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1982	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1985	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1987	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Female
1989	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Female
1990	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1997	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1998	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
2002	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Female
2004	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
2005	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
2006	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
2009	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Female
2013	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Female
2016	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
2017	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
2018	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Female
2018	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
2019	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
2020	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Female
2019	Template:Sortname	Dhyan Chand Award	Male
2012	Template:Sortname Template:Sup	Dronacharya Award	Male
2018	Template:Sortname	Dronacharya Award	Male
2019	Template:Sortname	Dronacharya Award	Male

Volleyball

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List of National Sports award recipients, showing the year, award, and gender^[1]
Year	Recipient	Award	Gender
1961	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1962	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1972	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1973	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Female
1974	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1975	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Female
1975	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1976	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1977–1978	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1978–1979	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1979–1980	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1982	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1983	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Female
1984	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Female
1986	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1989	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1990	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1991	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1999	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
2000	Template:Sortname Template:Sup	Arjuna Award	Male
2001	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
2002	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
2010	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
2011	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
2014	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
2003	Template:Sortname	Dhyan Chand Award	Male
2015	Template:Sortname	Dhyan Chand Award	Male
1990	Template:Sortname	Dronacharya Award	Male
1995	Template:Sortname	Dronacharya Award	Male
2007	Template:Sortname	Dronacharya Award	Male

Weightlifting

List of National Sports award recipients, showing the year, award, and gender^[1]
Year	Recipient	Award	Gender
1994–1995	Template:Sortname	Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna	Female
1995–1996	Template:Sortname	Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna	Female
2018	Template:Sortname	Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna	Female
1961	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1962	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1963	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1965	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1966	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1967	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1970	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1971	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1972	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1974	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1975	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1976	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1977–1978	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1978–1979	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1981	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1982	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1983	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1985	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1986	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1987	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1989	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Female
1990	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1990	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Female
1991	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Female
1993	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Female
1994	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1997	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Female
1997	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1998	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1999	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
2000	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Female
2002	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
2006	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Female
2011	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
2012	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Female
2014	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Female
2015	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
2010	Template:Sortname	Dhyan Chand Award	Female
1996	Template:Sortname	Dronacharya Award	Male
1999	Template:Sortname	Dronacharya Award	Male
2000	Template:Sortname	Dronacharya Award	Female
2018	Template:Sortname	Dronacharya Award	Male

Winter Sports

List of National Sports award recipients, showing the year, award, and gender^[1]
Year	Recipient	Award	Gender
2020	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male

Wrestling

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External links

Official Website

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