Ministry of Youth Affairs announces National Sports Awards, Khel Ratna for Achanta Sharath Kamal

India's Table Tennis veteran Achanta Sharath Kamal has been conferred with the Major Dhyanchand Khel Ratna Award for 2022 as the National Sports Awards were announced by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports on Monday.

Kamal had a wonderful campaign at the Commonwealth Games this year in Birmingham as he won four medals at the Games of which three were gold. This took his overall tally at CWG to 13.

Seema Punia and Lakshya Sen were amongst the Arjuna Award winners for this year. Sen won gold in the men's singles badminton event in Birmingham. Apart from them, Eldhose Paul, Avinash Mukund Sable, and Nikhat Zareen were also conferred with Arjuna Awards.

The Dronacharya Award for outstanding coaches in Sports and Games Regular category went to Jiwanjot Singh Teja (Archery), Mohammad Ali Qamar (Boxing), Suma Siddharth Shirur (Para Shooting) and Sujeet Maan (Wrestling).

India captain Rohit Sharma's coach, Dinesh Jawahar



Lad, was given the Dronacharya Award in the lifetime category for his contributions to cricket.

The full list of awards is as follows:

Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award 2022: Achanta Sharath Kamal.

Arjuna Awards for outstanding performance in Sports and Games 2022: Seema Punia (Athletics), Eldhose Paul (Athletics), Avinash Mukund Sable (Athletics), Lakshya Sen (Badminton), HS Prannoy (Badminton), Amit (Boxing), Nikhat Zareen (Boxing), Bhakti Pradip Kulkarni (Chess), R Praggnanandhaa (Chess), Deep Grace Ekka (Hockey), Shushila Devi (Judo), Sakshi Kumari (Kabaddi), Nayan Moni Saikia (Lawn Bowl), Sagar Kailas Ovhalkar (Mallakhamb), Elavenil Valarivan (Shooting), Omprakash Mitharval (Shooting), Sreeja Akula (Table Tennis), Vikas Thakur (Weightlifting), Anshu (Wrestling), Sarita (Wrestling), Parveen (Wushu), Manasi Girishchandra Joshi (Para Badminton), Tarun Dhillon (Para Badminton), Swapnil Sanjay Patil (Para Swimming), Jerlin Anika J (Deaf Badminton).