Arjuna Awards – 2011

Normally not more than 15 Arjuna awards are given in a calendar year. But the scheme of Arjuna Awards also provides that keeping in view the performance of Indian sportspersons in the Commonwealth, Asian Games and Olympic Games during a particular year, the awards exceeding 15 in number may be allowed with proper justification and approval of the Sports Ministry. The 19 sportspersons who have been chosen for the Arjuna Awards 2011 are:

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2. Cricket – Zaheer Khan
   
3. Archery – Rahul Bannerjee
   
4. Athletics – Preeja Sreedharan
   
5. Athletics – Vijas Gowda
   
6. Gymnastics – Ashish Kumar
   
7. Kabaddi – Rakesh Kumar
   
8. Kabaddi – Tejaswini Bai
   
9. Hockey – Rajpal Singh
   
10. Volley ball – Sanjay Kumar
    
11. Football – Sunil Chhetri
    
12. Weight lifting – Ravi Kumar
    
13. Wrestling – Ravindra Singh
    
14. Boxing – Suronjoy Singh
    
15. Batminton- Jwala Gutta
    
16. Swimming – Virdhaval Khade
    
17. Swimming – (paralympics) – Prasanta Karmakar
    
18. Shooting – Tejaswini Sawant
    
19. Wushu – Sandhya Rani Devi
    
20. Tennis – Somdev Devvarman
    

Month: Current Affairs - November, 2011

Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs