Tuesday, 30 April 2024
Tuesday, 30 April 2024
President Droupadi Murmu confers Arjuna Award, 2023 on Mohammad Shami for his achievements in Cricket. His achievements are:
● Runner Up (Men’s Team) in the ICC Cricket World Cup held in India in 2023.
● Runner Up (Men’s Team) in the ICC World Test Championship held in London, United Kingdom in 2023.
● Highest wicket taker for India in the ICC Cricket World Cup.
President Droupadi Murmu confers Dronacharya Award, 2023 on R B Ramesh for his achievements in Chess.
He has trained prominent chess players including R. Praggnandhaa who has won silver medal at the 2023 Chess World Cup held in Baku, Azerbaijan in 2023, Karthikeyan Murali who has won silver medal at the Asian Continental Championship held in Xingtai, China in 2019 and Savitha Shri Baskar who has won silver medal (Team) at the 19th Asian Games held in Hangzhou, China in 2023.
President Droupadi Murmu confers Arjuna Award, 2023 on Divyakriti Singh for her achievements in Equestrian. She has won one Gold Medal (Team Dressage) in the 19th Asian Games held in Hangzhou, China in 2023.
President Droupadi Murmu confers Arjuna Award, 2023 on Parul Chaudhary for her achievements in Athletics. Her achievements are:
● One Gold Medal and one Silver Medal in the 19th Asian Games held in Hangzhou, China in 2023.
● One Gold Medal and one Silver Medal in the Asian Athletics Championship held in Bangkok, Thailand in 2023.
● One Bronze Medal in the Asian Athletics Championship held in Doha, Qatar in 2019.
President Droupadi Murmu confers Arjuna Award, 2023 on Ayhika Mukherjee for her achievements in Table Tennis. Her achievements are:
● One Bronze Medal (Women’s Doubles) in the 19th Asian Games held in Hangzhou, China in 2023.
● Two Gold Medals (Individual & Women’s Team) and two Bronze Medals (Women’s Doubles & Mixed Doubles) in the Commonwealth Championship held in Cuttack, India in 2019.
President Droupadi Murmu confers Arjuna Award, 2023 on Ms Naorem Roshibina Devi for her achievements in Wushu. She has won:
● One Silver Medal in the 19th Asian Games held in Hangzhou, China in 2023.
● One Silver Medal in the World Wushu Championship held in Texas, United States of America in 2023.
● One Gold Medal in the Moscow Wushu Stars Championship held in Moscow, Russia in 2023.
President Droupadi Murmu confers Arjuna Award, 2023 on Shri Illuri Ajay Kumar Reddy for his achievements in Blind Cricket. His achievements are:
● One silver medal at the International Blind Sports Federation World Games held in Birmingham, United Kingdom in 2023.
● Champion at the 3rd T20 Cricket World Cup for the blind held in India in 2022.
President Droupadi Murmu confers Arjuna Award, 2023 on Pawan Kumar for his achievements in Kabaddi. He has won:
● One Gold medal in the 19th Asian Games held in Hangzhou, China in 2023.
● One Gold Medal in the South Asian Games held in Kathmandu, Nepal in 2019.
President Droupadi Murmu confers Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award on Shri Tulsi Chaitanya Mothukuri for his achievements in Water Adventure.
He swam the English Channel in 15 hrs 18 mins 45 seconds, Gibraltar Strait in 4 hrs 25 mins, Palk Strait in 8 hrs 15 mins and Catalina Channel in 12 hrs 40 mins.
President Droupadi Murmu confers Dhyan Chand Award (Lifetime), 2023 on Kavitha Selvaraj for her achievements in Kabaddi. She has won:
● Gold medal in the 16th Asian Games held in Guangzhou, China in 2010.
● Gold medals in the 2nd and 3rd Asian Kabaddi Championships held in 2007 and 2008.
President Droupadi Murmu confers Dhyan Chand Award (Lifetime), 2023 on Manjusha Kanwar for her achievements in Badminton. She has won:
● Gold medal in the South Asian Games held in Islamabad, Pakistan in 2004.
● Bronze medal in the 16th Commonwealth Games held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in 1998
