List of National Sports Award recipients in non-Olympic sports explained

National Sports Awards in non-Olympic sports
Subheader:Various civilian awards for contributions to Sports (Individual/Team)
Awarded For:Various sports honour of India
Sponsor:Government of India
Location:Rashtrapati Bhavan
Country:Republic of India
Presenter:President of India
Firstawarded:1961
Lastawarded:2022
Award1 Type:Total awarded
Award1 Winner:266
Award2 Type:Awards

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 29 August each year along with the national adventure award., a total of two hundred and sixty-six individuals have been awarded the various National Sports Awards in non-Olympic sports. The four awards presented in non-Olympic sports are Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna, Arjuna Award, Dhyan Chand Award and Dronacharya Award.

First presented in the year 1961, a total of two hundred and twenty-nine individuals (including one group award to twenty individuals) have been honoured with the Arjuna Award in non-Olympic sports for their "good performance at the international level" over the period of last four years, with two individuals being awarded for their lifetime contribution. First presented in the year 1986, a total of twenty-five coaches have been honoured with the Dronacharya Award in non-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 four coaches being awarded in the lifetime contribution category. First presented in the year 1991–1992, a total of nine sportspersons have been honoured with the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, the highest sporting honour of India, in non-Olympic sports for their "most outstanding performance at the international level" over the period of last four years. First presented in the year 2005, a total of three retired sportspersons have been honoured with the Dhyan Chand Award, the lifetime achievement sporting honour of India, in non-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." One awardee Kelly Subbanand Rao was honoured Arjuna Award posthumously in the year 1996 in the discipline of yachting.

Recipients

Adventure Sports

Year! scope="col" style="width:30%"
RecipientAwardGender
1985Arjuna Award Male
1986Arjuna Award Male
1986Arjuna Award Male

Ball Badminton

Year! scope="col" style="width:30%"
RecipientAwardGender
1970Arjuna Award Male
1972Arjuna Award Female
1973Arjuna Award Male
1975Arjuna Award Male
1976Arjuna Award Male
1984Arjuna Award Male

Billiards & Snooker

Year! scope="col" style="width:30%"
RecipientAwardGender
1992–1993Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Male
2005Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Male
1962Arjuna Award Male
1970Arjuna Award Male
1972Arjuna Award Male
1973Arjuna Award Male
1978–1979Arjuna Award Male
1983Arjuna Award Male
1984Arjuna Award Male
1985Arjuna Award Male
1989Arjuna Award Male
1997Arjuna Award Male
2001Arjuna Award Male
2002Arjuna Award Male
2003Arjuna Award Male
2005Arjuna Award Female
2012Arjuna Award Male
2013Arjuna Award Male
2016Arjuna Award Male
2005Dhyan Chand Award Male
1996Dronacharya Award Male
2001Dronacharya Award Male
2004Dronacharya Award Male
2010Dronacharya Award Male

Bodybuilding

Year! scope="col" style="width:30%"
RecipientAwardGender
1978–1979Arjuna Award Male
1979–1980Arjuna Award Male
1986Arjuna Award Male
1998Arjuna Award Male
2019Arjuna Award Male

Carrom

Year! scope="col" style="width:30%"
RecipientAwardGender
1996Arjuna Award Male

Chess

Year! scope="col" style="width:30%"
RecipientAwardGender
1991–1992Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Male
1961Arjuna Award Male
1980–1981Arjuna Award Female
1983Arjuna Award Male
1984Arjuna Award Male
1985Arjuna Award Male
1987Arjuna Award Male
1987Arjuna Award Female
1990Arjuna Award Female
2000Arjuna Award Female
2002Arjuna Award Male
2003Arjuna Award Female
2005Arjuna Award Male
2006Arjuna Award Male
2007Arjuna Award Female
2009Arjuna Award Female
2010Arjuna Award Male
2013Arjuna Award Male
2022Arjuna Award Female
2022Arjuna Award Male
2023Arjuna Award Female
2021Dhyan Chand Award Male
2006Dronacharya Award Male
2023Dronacharya Award Male

Cricket

See main article: List of National Sports Award recipients in cricket.

Kabaddi

Key
Year! scope="col" style="width:30%"
RecipientAwardGender
1972Arjuna Award Male
1973Arjuna Award Male
1978–1979Arjuna Award Female
1980–1981Arjuna Award Male
1981Arjuna Award Female
1983Arjuna Award Female
1986Arjuna Award Female
1990Arjuna Award Male
1994Arjuna Award Male
1994Arjuna Award Male
1995Arjuna Award Male
1996Arjuna Award Male
1996Arjuna Award Female
1997Arjuna Award Male
1998Arjuna Award Male
1998Arjuna Award Male
1999Arjuna Award Male
1999Arjuna Award Male
2000Arjuna Award Male
2001Arjuna Award Male
2002Arjuna Award Male
2003Arjuna Award Male
2004Arjuna Award Male
2005Arjuna Award Male
2006Arjuna Award Male
2009Arjuna Award Male
2010Arjuna Award Male
2011Arjuna Award Male
2011Arjuna Award Female
2012Arjuna Award Male
2014Arjuna Award Female
2015Arjuna Award Male
2015Arjuna Award Female
2017Arjuna Award Male
2019Arjuna Award Male
2020Arjuna Award Male
2021Arjuna Award Male
2022Arjuna Award Female
2007Dhyan Chand Award Male
2020Dhyan Chand Award Male
2021Dhyan Chand Award Male
2022Dhyan Chand Award Male
2019Dronacharya Award Male
2020Dronacharya Award Male
2021Dronacharya Award Male
2002Dronacharya Award Male
2005Dronacharya Award Male
2012Dronacharya Award Female
2017Dronacharya Award Male

Kho Kho

Year! scope="col" style="width:30%"
RecipientAwardGender
1970Arjuna Award Male
1971Arjuna Award Male
1973Arjuna Award Female
1974Arjuna Award Female
1975Arjuna Award Male
1975Arjuna Award Female
1976Arjuna Award Male
1981Arjuna Award Female
1981Arjuna Award Male
1983Arjuna Award Female
1984Arjuna Award Male
1985Arjuna Award Female
1998Arjuna Award Female
2020Arjuna Award Female
2000Dronacharya Award Male

Lawn Bowls

Year! scope="col" style="width:30%"
RecipientAwardGender
2022Arjuna Award Female

Mallakhamb

Year! scope="col" style="width:30%"
RecipientAwardGender
2021Arjuna Award Female
2022Arjuna Award Male
2020Dronacharya Award Male

Motor Sports

Year! scope="col" style="width:30%"
RecipientAwardGender
2019Arjuna Award Male

Mountaineering

Year! scope="col" style="width:30%"
RecipientAwardGender
1965Arjuna Award (Group) Male
1965Arjuna Award (Group) Male
1965Arjuna Award (Group) Male
1965Arjuna Award (Group) Male
1965Arjuna Award (Group) Male
1965Arjuna Award (Group) Male
1965Arjuna Award (Group) Male
1965Arjuna Award (Group) Male
1965Arjuna Award (Group) Male
1965Arjuna Award (Group) Male
1965Arjuna Award (Group) Male
1965Arjuna Award (Group) Male
1965Arjuna Award (Group) Male
1965Arjuna Award (Group) Male
1965Arjuna Award (Group) Male
1965Arjuna Award (Group) Male
1965Arjuna Award (Group) Male
1965Arjuna Award (Group) Male
1965Arjuna Award (Group) Male
1965Arjuna Award (Group) Male
1981Arjuna Award Female
1981Arjuna Award Female
1981Arjuna Award Male
1981Arjuna Award Female
1984Arjuna Award Male
1984Arjuna Award Female
1985Arjuna Award Male

Polo

Year! scope="col" style="width:30%"
RecipientAwardGender
1961Arjuna Award Male
1963Arjuna Award Male
1964Arjuna Award Male
1975Arjuna Award Male
1983Arjuna Award Male
1987Arjuna Award Male
2012Arjuna Award Male
2018Arjuna Award Male
2019Arjuna Award Male

Powerlifting

Year! scope="col" style="width:30%"
RecipientAwardGender
1978–1979Arjuna Award Male
1984Arjuna Award Male
1988Arjuna Award Male
1992Arjuna Award Male
2000Dronacharya Award Male

Roller Skating

Year! scope="col" style="width:30%"
RecipientAwardGender
1987Arjuna Award Male
2015Arjuna Award Male

Squash

Year! scope="col" style="width:30%"
RecipientAwardGender
1961Arjuna Award Male
1969Arjuna Award Male
1979–1980Arjuna Award Male
1982Arjuna Award Female
1990Arjuna Award Male
1997Arjuna Award Female
2006Arjuna Award Male
2012Arjuna Award Female
2013Arjuna Award Female
2014Arjuna Award Female
2004Dronacharya Award Male

Wushu

Year! scope="col" style="width:30%"
RecipientAwardGender
2011Arjuna Award Female
2012Arjuna Award Male
2015Arjuna Award Female
2018Arjuna Award Female
2022Arjuna Award Male
2020Dronacharya Award Male

Yachting

Key
Year! scope="col" style="width:30%"
RecipientAwardGender
1993–1994Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Male
1993–1994Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Male
1970Arjuna Award Male
1973Arjuna Award Male
1978–1979Arjuna Award Male
1981Arjuna Award Male
1982Arjuna Award Male
1982Arjuna Award Male
1982Arjuna Award Male
1986Arjuna Award Male
1987Arjuna Award Male
1990Arjuna Award Male
1993Arjuna Award Male
1996Arjuna Award Male
1999Arjuna Award Male
2001Arjuna Award Male
2002Arjuna Award Male
2009Arjuna Award Male
2010Arjuna Award Male
2002Dronacharya Award Male

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