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National Sports Awards 2023: Chirag Shetty Awarded Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna, Md Shami to Receive Arjuna Award

National Sports Awards 2023 Unveiled by Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports: Badminton Duo Chirag Shetty and Satwik Rankireddy to Receive Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award.

Mohammed Shami Among 26 Athletes Honored with Arjuna Awards for Outstanding Sports Performance.

Award Ceremony Scheduled at Rashtrapati Bhavan on January 9, 2024.

List of Recipients Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award 2023

1. Chirag Chandrashekhar Shetty (Badminton)

2. Rankireddy Satwik Sai Raj (Badminton)

Arjuna Awards for outstanding performance in Sports and Games 2023

1. Ojas Pravin Deotale (Archery)
2. Aditi Gopichand Swami (Archery)
3. Sreeshankar M (Athletics)
4. Parul Chaudhary (Athletics)
5. Mohammed Hussamuddin (Boxing)
6. R Vaishali (Chess)
7. Mohammed Shami (Cricket)
8. Anush Agarwalla (Equestrian)
9. Divyakriti Singh (Equestrian Dressage)
10. Diksha Dagar (Golf)
11. Krishan Bahadur Pathak (Hockey)
12. Pukhrambam Sushila Chanu (Hockey)
13. Pawan Kumar (Kabbadi)
14. Ritu Negi (Kabbadi)
15. Nasreen (Kho-Kho)
16. Ms Pinki (Lawn Bowls)
17. Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar (Shooting)
18. Ms Esha Singh (Shooting)
19. Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu (Squash)
20. Ayhika Mukherjee (Table Tennis)
21. Sunil Kumar (Wrestling)
22. Ms Antim (Wrestling)
23. Naorem Roshibina Devi (Wushu)
24. Sheetal Devi (Para Archery)
25. Illuri Ajay Kumar Reddy (Blind Cricket)
26. Prachi Yadav (Para Canoeing)

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Dronacharya Award for Outstanding Coaches in Sports and Games 2023

1. Lalit Kumar (Wrestling)
2. R. B. Ramesh (Chess)
3. Mahaveer Prasad Saini (Para Athletics)
4. Shivendra Singh (Hockey)
5. Ganesh Prabhakar Devrukhkar (Mallakhamb)

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