National Sports Awards 2025 Winner List

Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award 2024

S.No

Name

Discipline

Achievements

1

Manu Bhaker

Shooting

Double Olympic Medallist

2

D. Gukesh

Chess

Youngest World Chess Champion

3

Harmanpreet Singh

Hockey

Captain, Olympic bronze winner (Tokyo, Paris)

4

Praveen Kumar

Para-Athletics

Paralympic Gold-winning High Jumper

Arjuna Awards 2024

S.No

Name

Discipline

1

Jyothi Yarraji

Athletics (Hurdles)

2

Annu Rani

Athletics (Javelin Throw)

3

Rakesh Kumar

Para-Athletics (High Jump)

4

Preeti Pal

Para-Athletics (Sprint)

5

Jeevanji Deepthi

Para-Athletics (Long Jump)

6

Ajeet Singh

Para-Athletics (High Jump)

7

Sachin Khilari

Para-Athletics (Sprint)

8

Dharambir

Para-Athletics (Sprint)

9

Pranav Soorma

Para-Athletics (Sprint)

10

H Hokato Sema

Para-Athletics (Sprint)

11

Nitu

Boxing (Flyweight)

12

Saweety

Boxing (Light-Heavyweight)

13

Vantika Agrawal

Chess

14

Salima Tete

Hockey (Midfielder, Women’s Team)

15

Abhishek

Hockey (Defender, Men’s Team)

16

Sanjay

Hockey (Midfielder, Men’s Team)

17

Jarmanpreet Singh

Hockey (Defender, Men’s Team)

18

Sukhjeet Singh

Hockey (Midfielder, Men’s Team)

19

Rakesh Kumar

Para-Archery

20

Nitesh Kumar

Para-Badminton

21

Thulasimathi Murugesan

Para-Badminton

22

Nithya Sre Sumathy Sivan

Para-Badminton

23

Manisha Ramadass

Para-Badminton

24

Kapil Parmar

Para-Judo

25

Mona Agarwal

Para-Shooting

26

Rubina Francis

Para-Shooting

27

Swapnil Suresh Kusale

Shooting (50m Rifle 3 Positions)

28

Sarabjot Singh

Shooting (10m Air Pistol)

29

Abhay Singh

Squash (Men’s Singles)

30

Sajan Prakash

Swimming (Men’s Butterfly)

31

Aman

Wrestling (Freestyle)

Lifetime Arjuna Award

S.No

Name

Discipline

Achievement

1

Murlikant Rajaram Petkar

Para-Swimming

India’s first Paralympic gold medallist

Dronacharya Award

S.No

Name

Discipline

1

Deepali Deshpande

Shooting

2

Armando Agnelo Colaco

Football

Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puraskar

Name

Category

Physical Education Foundation of India

Promotion of Sports

Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Trophy

S.No

University Name

1

Chandigarh University

2

Lovely Professional University

3

Guru Nanak Dev University

Special Moments

Murlikant Petkar, an 80-year-old war hero and Paralympic gold medallist, received a Lifetime Arjuna Award.

Pranav Soorma, a wheelchair-bound athlete, was personally received by President Murmu.

This table captures all the winners and key moments from the National Sports Awards 2025 ceremony.