The Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports announced the Arjuna Lifetime Awards for the veteran athletes Murlikant Petkar and Sucha Singh on Thursday, January 2. Murlikant Petkar and Sucha Singh will be conferred with prestigious lifetime awards from the President of India at Rashtrapati Bhavan on January 17.
Murlikant Petkar, 80, won India's first-ever Paralympic gold medal during the 1970 Games and was awarded with Padma Shri in 2018. The former athlete set a world record in the 50m freestyle swimming event at the 1972 Summer Paralympics in Heidelberg.
Here's the complete list of winners
Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award 2024
Sportsperson | Discipline |
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Gukesh D | Chess |
Harmanpreet Singh | Hockey |
Praveen Kumar | Para-Athletics |
Manu Bhaker | Shooting |
Arjuna Award
Sportsperson | Discipline |
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Jyothi Yarraji | Athletics |
Annu Rani | Athletics |
Nitu | Boxing |
Saweety | Boxing |
Vantika Agrawal | Boxing |
Salima Tete | Hockey |
Abhishek | Hockey |
Sanjay | Hockey |
Jarmanpreet Singh | Hockey |
Sukhjeet Singh | Hockey |
Rakesh Kumar | Para-Archery |
Preeti Pal | Para-Athletics |
Jeevanji Deepthi | Para-Athletics |
Ajeet Singh | Para-Athletics |
Sachin Khilari | Para-Athletics |
Dharambir | Para-Athletics |
Pranav Soorma | Para-Athletics |
H Hokato Sema | Para-Athletics |
Simran | Para-Athletics |
Navdeep | Para-Athletics |
Nitesh Kumar | Para-Badminton |
Thulasimathi Murugesan | Para-Badminton |
Nithya Sre Sumathy Sivan | Para-Badminton |
Manisha Ramadass | Para-Badminton |
Kapil Parmar | Para-Judo |
Mona Agarwal | Para-Shooting |
Rubina Francis | Para-Shooting |
Swapnil Kusale | Shooting |
Sarabjot Singh | Shooting |
Abhay Singh | Squash |
Sajan Prakash | Swimming |
Aman Sehrawat | Wrestling |
Arjuna Award (lifetime)
Sportsperson | Discipline |
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Sucha Singh | Athletics |
Murlikant Petkar | Para-Swimming |
Dronacharya Award (Regular Category)
Coach | Discipline |
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Subhash Rana | Para-Shooting |
Deepali Deshpande | Shooting |
Sandeep Sangwan | Hockey |
Dronacharya Award (Lifetime Category)
Coach | Discipline |
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S Muralidharan | Badminton |
Armando Agnelo Colaco | Football |