List of National Sports Award recipients in boxing

National Sports Awards in Boxing
Various civilian awards for contributions to Sports (Individual/Team)
Awarded forVarious sports honour of India
Sponsored byGovernment of India
LocationRashtrapati Bhavan
CountryRepublic of India
Presented byPresident of India
First awarded1961
Last awarded2022
Highlights
Total awarded75
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. As of 2020, a total of sixty-eight individuals have been awarded the various National Sports Awards in boxing. The four awards presented in boxing are Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, Arjuna Award, Dhyan Chand Award and Dronacharya Award.[1]

First presented in the year 1961, a total of forty-five individuals have been honoured with the Arjuna Award in boxing for their "good performance at the international level" over the period of last four years.[2] First presented in the year 1985, a total of eighteen coaches have been honoured with the Dronacharya Award in boxing 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.[3] First presented in the year 2009, a total of two sportspersons have been honoured with the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, the highest sporting honour of India, in boxing for their "most outstanding performance at the international level" over the period of last four years.[4] First presented in the year 2002, a total of three retired sportspersons have been honoured with the Dhyan Chand Award, the lifetime achievement sporting honour of India, in boxing 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."[5] One awardee Hawa Singh was honoured Dronacharya Award posthumously in the year 1999.[1]

Recipients

Key
   + Indicates a Lifetime contribution honour
   # Indicates a posthumous honour
List of National Sports award recipients, showing the year, award and gender[1]
Year Recipient Award Gender
2009 Mary Kom Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Female
2009 Vijender Singh Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Male
2021 Lovlina Borgohain Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Female
1961 Buddy D'Souza Arjuna Award Male
1962 Padam Badadur Mal Arjuna Award Male
1966 Hawa Singh Arjuna Award Male
1968 Dennis Swamy Arjuna Award Male
1971 Muniswamy Venu Arjuna Award Male
1972 Chandraya Narayanan Arjuna Award Male
1973 Mehtab Singh Arjuna Award Male
1977–1978 Birender Singh Thapa Arjuna Award Male
1978–1979 C. C. Machaiah Arjuna Award Male
1979–1980 Bakshish Singh Arjuna Award Male
1980–1981 Issac Amaldas Arjuna Award Male
1981 G. Manoharan Arjuna Award Male
1982 Kaur Singh Arjuna Award Male
1983 Jaslal Pradhan Arjuna Award Male
1986 Jaipal Singh Arjuna Award Male
1987 Seeva Jayaram Arjuna Award Male
1989 Gopal Dewang Arjuna Award Male
1991 Dharmendra Singh Yadav Arjuna Award Male
1992 Rajendra Prasad Boxing Male
1993 Mukund Killekar Arjuna Award Male
1993 Manoj Pingale Arjuna Award Male
1995 Venkatesan Devarajan Arjuna Award Male
1996 Rajkumar Sangwan Arjuna Award Male
1998 Dingko Singh Arjuna Award Male
1999 Jitender Kumar Arjuna Award Male
1999 Gurcharan Singh Arjuna Award Male
2002 Mohammed Ali Qamar Arjuna Award Male
2003 Mary Kom Arjuna Award Female
2005 Akhil Kumar Arjuna Award Male
2006 Vijender Singh Arjuna Award Male
2007 Varghese Johnson Arjuna Award Male
2009 Laishram Sarita Devi Arjuna Award Female
2010 Dinesh Kumar Arjuna Award Male
2011 Suranjoy Singh Arjuna Award Male
2012 Vikas Krishan Yadav Arjuna Award Male
2013 Kavita Chahal Arjuna Award Female
2014 Jai Bhagwan Arjuna Award Male
2014 Manoj Kumar Arjuna Award Male
2015 Mandeep Jangra Arjuna Award Male
2016 Shiva Thapa Arjuna Award Male
2017 Devendro Singh Arjuna Award Male
2018 Satish Kumar Arjuna Award Male
2019 Sonia Lather Arjuna Award Female
2020 Lovlina Borgohain Arjuna Award Female
2020 Manish Kaushik Arjuna Award Male
2021 Simranjit Kaur Arjuna Award Female
2022 Amit Panghal Arjuna Award Male
2022 Nikhat Zareen Arjuna Award Female
2002 Shahuraj Birajdar Dhyan Chand Award Male
2020 Lakha Singh Dhyan Chand Award Male
2020 N. Usha Dhyan Chand Award Female
2021 Lekha K. C. Dhyan Chand Award Female
2014 Ganapathy Manoharan + Dronacharya Award Male
2015 Swatantar Raj Singh + Dronacharya Award Male
2017 Brij Bhushan Mohanty + Dronacharya Award Male
2020 Shiv Singh + Dronacharya Award Male
1985 Om Prakash Bhardwaj Dronacharya Award Male
1998 G. S. Sandhu Dronacharya Award Male
1999 Hawa Singh + Dronacharya Award Male
2003 Anoop Kumar Dronacharya Award Male
2005 M. Venu Dronacharya Award Male
2006 Damodaran Chandralal Dronacharya Award Male
2007 Jagdish Singh Dronacharya Award Male
2009 Jaydev Bisht Dronacharya Award Male
2010 L Ibomcha Singh Dronacharya Award Male
2011 Inukurthi Venkateshwara Roy Dronacharya Award Male
2012 B. I. Fernandez Dronacharya Award Male
2013 Mahavir Singh Dronacharya Award Male
2016 Sagar Mal Dhayal Dronacharya Award Male
2018 Subedar Chenanda Achaiah Kuttappa Dronacharya Award Male
2021 Sandhya Gurung Dronacharya Award Female
2022 Mohammed Ali Qamar Dronacharya Award Male
2022 Javed Khan King Dronacharya Award Male

References

  1. ^ a b c "List of Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Awardees (1991–2018)" (PDF). Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (India). Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 July 2020. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  2. ^ "Revised Scheme of Arjuna Award" (PDF). Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (India). 7 September 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 December 2020. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
  3. ^ "Scheme for Dronacharya Award For Outstanding Coaches In Sports And Games (Amended as on 3 February 2016)" (PDF). Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. 3 February 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on 31 January 2017. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
  4. ^ "Scheme for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award" (PDF). Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. 23 February 2015. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 September 2016. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
  5. ^ "Scheme for the Dhyan Chand Award for Lifetime Achievement in Sports and Games (Amended as on 3 February 2016)" (PDF). Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. 3 February 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 December 2020. Retrieved 18 October 2020.