Arjuna Award 2021

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1 Arjun Award - List of Arjuna Award Winners Arjuna Award is one of the famous sports awards given to individuals for their exemplary performance in various sports. The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India extends this award. In this article, candidates will get the list of winners of the Arjuna Awards from 1961 to Candidates will be able to download the list of Arjuna Award winners PDF which enlists the names of Arjun award recipients. Arjuna Awards The Arjuna Award is given to promote sports in India by motivating the sportsperson for their fantastic performance. Given below are the Important Highlights of the Arjuna Awards: Arjuna Award Important Facts Name of the Award Arjuna Award Field of the Award Sports Cash Prize Rs. 15,00,000 Award Symbol Associated Ministry Bronze Statue of Arjuna with his Bow & Scroll Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports Year of Initiation 1961 As per the latest guidelines by the government, any sportsperson to become eligible for the Arjuna Award 2020, along with excellent sports performance consistently in the previous four years at the international level should have the excellent qualities of sportsmanship, leadership, and a sense of discipline. From past few years, the scope Arjuna Award has been expanded, the sportsperson who belongs to the pre-arjuna Award period their names were also added to the list and apart from this, the number of disciplines for which the award is given is also increased to include indigenous games and the physically handicapped category. The disciplines for which Arjuna Awards is given are: Arjuna Awards Discipline

2 1. Archery /Ball 4. Basketball 5. Billiards & Snooker Carrom 8. Chess Cycling 11. Equestrian 12. Football 13. Golf 14. Gymnastics Motorsports 1. Judo Mountaineering 4. Roller Skating 5. Rowing 6. Polo Squash 9. Swimming Volleyball 12. Weightlifting Wushu 15. Yachting 16. Bodybuilding History of Arjun Awards The First Arjuna award was given by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports in A total of twenty sportsmen belonging to different sports categories had earned the Arjun Award in The table below shows the list of Arjuna Award Winners 1961: List of Arjuna Awardees Shri G.S. Randhawa - 2. Shri Nandu M. Natekar - 3. Shri Sarabjit Singh -Basketball 4. Shri Buddy D Suza - 5. Shri Manuel Aaron -Chess 6. Shri Saleem Durrani - 7. Shri P.K. Banerjee Football 8. Capt. P.G. Sethi Golf 9. Shri Sham Lal -Gymnastics 10. Shri Prithipal Singh - (Men) 1. Kumari Ann Lumsden (Women) 2. Shri Prem Singh -Polo 3. Shri Karani Singh - 4. Capt. K.S. Jain -Squash Rackets 5. Jam. Bajrangi Prasad -Swimming 6. Shri J.C. Vora - 7. Shri R. Krishnan -Tennis 8. Shri A. Palaniswamy -Volleyball 9. Shri A.N. Ghosh -Weightlifting 10. Havaldar Udey Chand - List of Arjuna Award Winners ( ) Candidates can go through the list of Arjuna Award recipients in 2021 and previous years. Also, candidates are advised to download the Arjuna Award Winners PDF list for the names of the winners from the start till Arjuna Award Winners 2021

3 Name of the Sportsperson Arpinder Singh Simranjit Kaur Shikhar Dhawan Bhavani Devi Chadalavada Anandha Sundhararaman Monika Vandana Katariya Sandeep Narwal Himani Uttam Parab Abhishek Verma Ankita Raina Deepak Punia Dilpreet Singh Harman Preet Singh Rupinder Pal Singh Surender Kumar Amit Rohidas Birendra Lakra Sumit Nilakanta Sharma Hardik Singh Vivek Sagar Prasad Gurjant Singh Mandeep Singh Discipline Fencing Mallakhamb Tennis

4 Shamsher Singh Lalit Kumar Upadhyay Varun Kumar Simranjeet Singh YogeshKathuniya Nishad Kumar Praveen Kumar SuhashYathiraj SinghrajAdhana Bhavina Patel Harvinder Singh Sharad Kumar Para Para Para Para Para Para Para Archery Para Arjuna Award Winners 2020 Year Category Arjuna Awardees 2020 Archery Shri Atanu Das Basketball Equestrian Ms Dutee Chand Shri Satwik Sairaj Rankireddy Shri Chirag Chandrasekhar Shetty Shri Vishesh Bhriguvanshi Subedar Manish Kaushik Ms Lovlina Borgohain Shri Ishant Sharma Ms Deepti Sharma Shri Sawant Ajay Anant

5 Football Golf Kho Kho Rowing Tennis Winter Sports Para-Swimming Para Para Shri Sandesh Jhingan Ms Aditi Ashok Shri Akashdeep Singh Ms Deepika Shri Deepak Shri Kale Sarika Sudhakar Shri Dattu Baban Bhokanal Ms Manu Bhaker Shri Saurabh Chaudhary Ms Madhurika Suhas Patkar Shri Divij Sharan Shri Shiva Keshavan Ms Divya Kakran Shri Rahul Aware Shri Suyash Narayan Jadhav Shri Sandeep Shri Manish Narwal Arjuna Award Winners 2019 to 2017 Year Category Name 2019 Arjuna Award Winners 2019 Sundar Singh Gurjar (Para Athlete) Swapna Barman Tajinder Pal Singh Mohammed Anas Yahiya

6 Equestrian Football Polo Pramod Bhagat (Para Athlete) Bhamidipati Sai Praneeth Sonia Lather Ravindra Jadeja Poonam Yadav Fouad Mirza Gurpreet Singh Sandhu Chinglensana Kangujam Ajay Thakur Simran Singh Shergill Anjum Moudgil Harmeet Desai Pooja Dhanda Arjuna Award Winners Ankur Dhama (Para Athlete) Golf Neeraj Chopra Hima Das Jinson Johnson Sikki Reddy Virat Kohli Shubhankar Sharma Manpreet Singh Savita Punia G.Pranav sai reddy

7 Lawn Tennis Polo Wushu Rohan Bopanna Ravi Rathore Shreyasi Singh Ankur Mittal Rahi Sarnobat Manika Batra Sathiyan Gnanasekaran Sumit Malik Pooja Kadian 2017 Arjuna Award Recipients 2017 Archery Vennam Jyothi Surekha Basketball Football golf Khushbir Kaur Arokia Rajiv Mariyappan Thangavelu (Para Athlete) Varun Bhati (Para Athlete) Prashanti Singh Laishram Debendro Singh Cheteshwar Pujara Harmanpreet Kaur Oinam Bembem Devi Shiv Shankar Prasad Chawrasia Somwarpet Vittalacharya Sunil Jasvir Singh