National Sports Awards 2023 – The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports has announced the 2023 National Sports Awards. The awards will be presented by the President of India on January 9, 2024. 26 athletes will be honored with Arjuna Awards for excellent accomplishments in sports and games in 2023. In this article, information about the winners of the Major Dhyan Chandra Khel Ratna Award, Arjun Award, Dronacharya Award, Dhyan Chand Award, National Sports Promotion Award, and Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Trophy given under the National Sports Awards 2023 has been shared. You can download the PDF of this article by clicking on the Print PDF button given below.
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National Sports Awards 2023
- Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports announced the National Sports Awards 2023 today. The awardees will receive their awards from the President of India at a specially organized function at Rashtrapati Bhavan on 09th January 2024.
- Based on the recommendations of the Committee and after due scrutiny, the Government has decided to confer awards upon the following sportspersons, coaches, and entities:
Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award 2023
Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award is given for the spectacular and most outstanding performance in the field of sports by a sportsperson over the previous four years. Chirag Chandrashekhar Shetty and Rankireddy Satwik Sai Raj will receive the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award 2023.
| S. N. | Name of the Sportsperson* | Discipline |
| 1. | Shri Chirag Chandrashekhar Shetty | Badminton |
| 2. | Shri Rankireddy Satwik Sai Raj | Badminton |
* The Award has been conferred to both sportspersons having similar achievements on account of Team performance.
Arjuna Awards 2023
Arjuna Award for outstanding performance in Sports and Games’ is given for good performance over the previous four years and for showing qualities of leadership, sportsmanship, and a sense of discipline.
| S. N. | Name of the Sportsperson | Discipline |
| 1. | Shri Ojas Pravin Deotale | Archery |
| 2. | Ms. Aditi Gopichand Swami | Archery |
| 3. | Shri Sreeshankar M | Athletics |
| 4. | Ms Parul Chaudhary | Athletics |
| 5. | Shri Mohameed Hussamuddin | Boxing |
| 6. | Ms R Vaishali | Chess |
| 7. | Shri Mohammed Shami | Cricket |
| 8. | Shri Anush Agarwalla | Equestrian |
| 9. | Ms. Divyakriti Singh | Equestrian Dressage |
| 10. | Ms Diksha Dagar | Golf |
| 11. | Shri Krishan Bahadur Pathak | Hockey |
| 12. | Ms Pukhrambam Sushila Chanu | Hockey |
| 13. | Shri Pawan Kumar | Kabaddi |
| 14. | Ms Ritu Negi | Kabaddi |
| 15. | Ms Nasreen | Kho-Kho |
| 16. | Ms. Pinki | Lawn Bowls |
| 17. | Shri Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar | Shooting |
| 18. | Ms. Esha Singh | Shooting |
| 19. | Shri Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu | Squash |
| 20. | Ms Ayhika Mukherjee | Table Tennis |
| 21. | Shri Sunil Kumar | Wrestling |
| 22. | Ms. Antim | Wrestling |
| 23. | Ms. Naorem Roshibina Devi | Wushu |
| 24. | Ms Sheetal Devi | Para Archery |
| 25. | Shri Illuri Ajay Kumar Reddy | Blind Cricket |
| 26. | Ms Prachi Yadav | Para Canoeing |
Dronacharya Awards 2023
‘The Dronacharya Award for Outstanding Coaches in Sports and Games’ is given to coaches for doing outstanding and meritorious work consistently and for enabling sportspersons to excel in International events.
Regular Category
| S. N. | Name of the Coach | Discipline |
| 1. | Shri Lalit Kumar | Wrestling |
| 2. | Shri R. B. Ramesh | Chess |
| 3. | Shri Mahaveer Prasad Saini | Para Athletics |
| 4. | Shri Shivendra Singh | Hockey |
| 5. | Shri Ganesh Prabhakar Devrukhkar | Mallakhamb |
Lifetime Category
| S.N. | Name of the Coach | Discipline |
| 1. | Shri Jaskirat Singh Grewal | Golf |
| 2. | Shri Bhaskaran E | Kabaddi |
| 3. | Shri Jayanta Kumar Pushilal | Table Tennis |
Dhyan Chand Award 2023
Dhyan Chand Award for Lifetime Achievement in Sports and Games is given to honor sportspersons who have contributed to sports by their performance and who continue to contribute to the promotion of sports events after their retirement.
| S. N. | Name of the Sportsperson | Discipline |
| 1. | Ms Manjusha Kanwar | Badminton |
| 2. | Shri Vineet Kumar Sharma | Hockey |
| 3. | Ms. Kavitha Selvaraj | Kabaddi |
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (MAKA) Trophy 2023
The overall top-performing university in inter-university tournaments is given the Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (MAKA) Trophy.
| Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (MAKA) Trophy 2023 | ||
| 1. | Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar | Overall winner university |
| 2. | Lovely Professional University, Punjab | 1st runner-up University |
| 3. | Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra | 2nd runner-up University |