Arjuna Award for Hockey Player Odisha Deep Grace Ekka

The Ministry of Youth and Sports announced the National Sports Awards 2022 on Monday. Odisha Hockey Player, Deep Grace Ekka will receive the prestigious Arjuna Award.

Ekka is among 24 other sportsmen from various disciplines who have been nominated for the Arjuna Award for their outstanding performance in sports and games.

The winners will receive their awards from the President of India at a specially organized ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhavan on November 30, 2022.

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. Elavenil Valarivan: Shooting

16. Omprakash Mitharval: Shooting

17. Sreeja Akula: Table Tennis

18. Vikas Thakur: Weightlifting

19. Mrs. Anshu: Struggle

20. Mrs. Sarita: Struggle

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: Archery

4. Topic Maan: Struggle

Lifetime Category

1. Dinesh Jawahar Lad: Cricket

2. Bimal Prafulla Ghosh: Soccer

3. Raj Singh: Struggle

Dhyan Chand Lifetime Achievement Award in Sports and Games 2022

1. Ashwini Akkunji C: Athletics

2. Dharamvir Singh: Hockey

3. BC Suresh: Kabaddi

4. Nir Bahadur Gurung: para-athletics