Khel Ratna Awards 2008-09
Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Awards, Arjuna Awards, Dhyan Chand Award for Lifetime Achievement in Sports, Dronacharya Awards for Outstanding Coaches.
Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Awards
The Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award is India’s highest honour given for achievement in sports. The award is named after the late Rajiv Gandhi, former Prime Minister of India. It carries a medal, a scroll of honour and a substantial cash component. Up to 2004-05, the cash component was Rs. 5,00,000 but now the money has been increased from Rs 5,00,000 to Rs 7,50,000. The award was instituted in the year 1991-92 to supply the lack of a supreme national accolade in the field of sports.
| Recepient (2008-09) |
Category (Sport) |
| MC Mary Kom |
Boxing |
| Vijender Singh |
Boxing |
| Sushil Kumar |
Wrestling |
Arjuna Awards
The Arjuna Awards were instituted in 1961 by the government of India to recognize outstanding achievement in National sports. The award carries a cash prize of Rs. 500,000, a bronze statuette of Arjuna and a scroll. The Government has recently revised the scheme for the Arjun Award. As per the revised guidelines, to be eligible for the Award, a sportsperson should not only have had good performance consistently for the previous three years at the international level with excellence for the year for which the Award is recommended, but should also have shown qualities of leadership, sportsmanship and a sense of discipline. From the year 2001, the arjuna award is given only in disciplines falling under the following categories:
- Olympic Games / Asian Games / Commonwealth Games / World Cup / World Championship Disciplines and Cricket
- Indigenous Games
- Sports for the Physically Challenged
| Recepient (2008-09) |
Category (Sport) |
| Mangal Singh Champia |
Archery |
| K Sinimol Paulose |
Athletics |
| Saina Nehwal |
Badminton |
| L Saritha Devi |
Boxing |
| Tania Sachdeva |
Chess |
| Gautam Gambhir |
Cricket |
| Ignace Tirkey, Surinder Kaur |
Hockey |
| Pankaj Shirsat |
Kabaddi |
| Parul D Parmar |
Badminton (disabled) |
| Satish Joshi |
Rowing |
| Ranjan Sodhi |
Shooting |
| Poulami Ghatak |
Table Tennis |
| Yogeshwar Dutt |
Wrestling |
| G L Yadav |
Yachting |
Dhyan Chand Award for Lifetime Achievement in Sports
| Recepient (2008-09) |
Category (Sport) |
| Ishar Singh Deol |
Athletics |
| Satbir Singh Dahya |
Wrestling |
Dronacharya Awards for Outstanding Coaches
| Recepient (2008-09) |
Category (Sport) |
| Baldev Singh |
Hockey |
| Jaidev Bisht |
Boxing |
| Satpal |
Wrestling |
| Pullela Gopichand |
Badminton |
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