Arjuna Awards 2023 Winners: President Droupadi Murmu presented India’s top-performing athletes at Rashtrapati Bhawan with national sports awards on Tuesday. The second-highest sports honour of India, the Arjuna Award is a token of appreciation by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, for the Outstanding Performance in Sports and Games. This prestigious award is named after Arjuna, one of the most important figures from the Sanskrit epic Mahabharata of ancient India. He has been a symbol of hard work, dedication and concentration.
List of Arjuna Award Winners 2023
The Arjuna Award Winners list includes wrestling champion Antim Panghal, boxer Mohammad Hussamuddin and para-archer Sheetal Devi.
| Arjuna Award Winner | Sports |
| Ojas Pravin Deotale | Archery |
| Parul Chaudhary | Athletics |
| Aditi Gopichand Swami | Archery |
| Mohammad Hussamuddin | Boxing |
| R Vaishali | chess |
| Mohammed Shami | Cricket |
| Anush Agarwalla | Equestrian |
| Divyakriti Singh | Equestrian Dressage |
| Diksha Dagar | Golf |
| Krishan Bahadur Pathak | Hockey |
| Sushila Chanu | Hockey |
| Pawan Kumar | Kabaddi |
| Ritu Negi | Kabaddi |
| Nasreen | Kho-Kho |
| Pinki | Lawn Bowls |
| Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar | Shooting |
| Esha Singh | Shooting |
| Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu | Squash |
| Ayhika Mukherjee | Table Tennis |
| Sunil Kumar | Wrestling |
| Antim Panghal | Wrestling |
| Naorem Roshibina Devi | Wushu |
| Sheetal Devi | Para Archery |
| Illuri Ajay Kumar Reddy | Blind Cricket |
| Prachi Yadav | Para Canoeing |
| Murali Sreeshankar | Athletics |
The President of India, Draupadi Murmu, presented the Arjuna Award to 26 athletes on Tuesday. Out of which, the majority of athletes on the list competed in the Asian Games 2023, where India created history by winning more than 100 medals in a single competition. Also, Mohammed Shami is the only cricket player to receive the award in 2023.
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