The National Sports Awards for 2022 were announced on Monday by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. Deep Grace Ekka, an Odisha hockey player, will be given the esteemed Arjuna Award.
Ekka is one of 24 athletes from a variety of sports who have been nominated for the Arjuna award for exceptional achievement in sports and games.
On November 30, 2022, at a specially planned event at Rashtrapati Bhavan, the honorees will receive their honours from the President of India.
Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award 2022
1. Sharath Kamal Achanta: Table Tennis
Arjuna Awards for outstanding performance in sports and games 2022
1. Deep Grace Ekka: Hockey
2. Seema Punia: Athletics
3. Eldhose Paul: Athletics
4. Avinash Mukund Sable: Athletics
5. Lakshya Sen: Badminton
6. Prannoy HS: Badminton
7. Shri Amit: Boxing
8. Nikhat Zareen: Boxing
9. Bhakti Pradip Kulkarni: Chess
10. R Praggnanandhaa: Chess
11. Shushila Devi: Judo
12. Sakshi Kumari: Kabaddi
13. Nayan Moni Saikia: Lawn Bowl
14. Sagar Kailas Ovhalkar: Mallakhamb
15. ElavenilValarivan: Shooting
16. Omprakash Mitharval: Shooting
17. Sreeja Akula: Table Tennis
18. Vikas Thakur: Weightlifting
19. Ms Anshu: Wrestling
20. Ms Sarita: Wrestling
21. Shri Parveen: Wushu
22. Manasi Girishchandra Joshi: Para Badminton
23. Tarun Dhillon: Para Badminton
24. Swapnil Sanjay Patil: Para Swimming
25. Jerlin Anika J: Deaf Badminton
Dronacharya Award for outstanding coaches in sports and games 2022
Regular Category
1. Jiwanjot Singh Teja: Archery
2.Mohammad Ali Qamar: Boxing
3. Suma Siddharth Shirur: Para Shooting
4. Sujeet Maan: Wrestling
Lifetime Category
1. Dinesh Jawahar Lad: Cricket
2. Bimal Prafulla Ghosh: Football
3. Raj Singh: Wrestling
Dhyan Chand Award for Lifetime achievement in Sports and Games 2022
1. Ashwini Akkunji C:Athletics
2. Dharamvir Singh: Hockey
3. B.C Suresh: Kabaddi
4. Nir Bahadur Gurung: Para Athletics
Prasanta Patnaik