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National Sports Awards 2023: President Droupadi Murmu Honours Indian Sports Personalities - Check Full List Of Winners

Indian shuttlers Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty received the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award 2023, while Mohammed Shami was among the recipients of the Arjuna Award 2023. Here's the full list of winners from National Sports Awards 2023

Indias Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty after beating Japans Takuro Hoki and Yugo Kobayas
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Mohammed Shami, Sheetal Devi, M Sreeshankar, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, and Chirat were among those honoured at the Rashtrapati Bhavan on January 9, 2024, by President Droupadi Murmu, who conferred them and several others with National Sports Awards 2023. (More Sports News)

Among the honours bestowed was the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award,?which Indian shuttling pair Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty claimed after an outstanding year. Although, the pair weren't available to receive their awards in person, having flown to Kuala Lumpur to partake in the Malaysia Open. Meanwhile, Mohammed Shami and Sheetal Devi were among the list of recipients of the Arjuna Award, while the likes of?Maheveer Prasad Saini and E Bhaskaran were honoured with the Dronacharya Award.?

Here's a full list of winners at the National Sports Awards 2023:?

Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award 2023

Shri Rankireddy Satwik Sai Raj and Shri Chirag Chandrashekhar Shetty for Badminton

Arjuna Award 2023?

Ms Aditi Gopichand Swami, Archery

Shri Ojas Pravin Deotale, Archery

Ms Parul Chaudhary, Athletics

Shri Sreeshankar M, Athletics

Shri Mohameed Hussamuddin, Boxing

Shri Mohammed Shami, Cricket

Ms R Vaishali, Chess

Ms Divyakriti Singh, Equestrian Dressage

Shri Anush Agarwalla, Equestrian

Ms Diksha Dagar, Golf

Ms Pukhrambam Sushila Chanu, Hockey

Shri Krishan Bahadur Pathak, Hockey

Ms Ritu Negi, Kabaddi

Shri Pawan Kumar, Kabaddi

Ms Nasreen, Kho-Kho

Ms Pinki, Lawn Bowls

Ms Esha Singh, Shooting

Shri Aishwarya Pratap Singh Tomar, Shooting

Shri Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu, Squash

Ms Ayhika Mukherjee, Table Tenis

Ms Antim, Wrestling

Shri Sunil Kumar, Wrestling

Ms Naorem Roshibina Devi, Wushu

Ms Sheetal Devi, Para Archery

Shri Illuri Ajay Kumar Reddy, Blind Cricket

Ms Prachi Yadav, Para Canoeing

Dronacharya Award 2023

For the Regular Category

Shri Lalit Kumar, Wrestling

Shri R. B. Ramesh, Chess

Shri Maheveer Prasad Saini, Para Athletics

Shri Shivendra Singh, Hockey

Shri Ganesh Prabhakar Devrukhkar, Mallakhamb

For Lifetime Category

Shri Jashkirat Singh Grewal, Golf

Shri Bhaskaran E, Kabaddi

Shri Jayanta Kumar Pushilal, Table Tennis

Dhyan Chand Award for Lifetime Achievement in Sports and Games 2023

Ms Manjusha Kanwar, Badminton

Shri Vineet Kumar Sharma, Hockey

Ms Kavitha Selvaraj, Kabaddi

Maulana Abul Kalam Azad?Trophy 2023

Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, Overall winning university

Lovely Professional University, Punjab, 1st runner-up University

Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, 2nd runner-up University