LIST OF NOMINATED PLAYER FOR RAJIV GANDHI KHEL RATNA AWARD 2020

LIST OF  NOMINATED PLAYER FOR RAJIV GANDHI KHEL RATNA AWARD 2020

~ SUMIT KUMAR
    04-06-2020  11.55 AM


     1.ROHIT SHARMA

  Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has nominated Indian Cricketer Rohit (Hitman) Sharma for the highest sports award of India. Before Rohit Sharma, Master Blaster Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar, Captain cool Mahendra Singh Dhoni and current Indian Captain  Virat Kohli won this award. 

  2.RANI RAMPAL

Hockey India(HI) nominated, Hockey wizard Indian women team captain Rani Rampal for the highest sporting award of India, i.e Rajiv Gandhi khel Ratna Award.At the age of 15, Rani Rampal was the youngest player, she participated in the  2010 Hockey World cup.Rani Rampal, she is the first indian named as the world Games Athlete of the year.

3.JYOTHI SUREKHA

Archer V.jyothi Surekha has been nominated for  the Rajiv Gandhi khel Ratna Award.
Jyothi Surekha Vennam,she started archery in 2007 ,and made her international debut 2011.At the age of 4, Jyothi set a record in the Limca Book for having Swum across River Krishna thrice  in Three hours 20 minute and 6 seconds.

4.MANIKA BATRA

 Table  Tennis Federation of India (TTFI) nominates TT star Manika Batra  for Rajiv Gandhi khel Ratna Award.Jan 2019,Manika Batra, she is the top- ranked female Table Tennis player in India and ranked 47th in the world.

5.AMIT PHANGAL

Boxing Federation of India (BFI) has been Recommended world championships  silver medalist Amit Phangal for Rajiv Gandhi khel Ratna Award.  

Achievement of Amit Phangal:

(1) Best Boxer Award 2012  at 38 th junior Men Haryana ,State Boxing championship.

(2) Best Boxer Award  2011 at 37th, Haryana State Boxing championship.

(3) Won Bronze   Medal at Asian Championship 2017.

(4) silver medalist at Asian Championship 2018.

(5) Gold medal at Asian Games 2018, Indonesia.

6.VIKASH KRISHAN

 BFI(Boxing Federation  of India) nominated Vikash Krishan for Rajiv Gandhi khel Ratna Award.who won a gold medal in the 2010 Asian Games in the Lightweight category and a medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.
Due to the ban on the BFI in 2015, Vikas competed at the Worlds and Asian Championships under the AIBA flag. Vikas Krishan Yadav is merely second Indian after Olympic bronze medlist Vijender Singh to qualify for 3 Olympic.

7.NEERAJ CHOPRA

Neeraj Chopra is an Indian track and field athlete, he competes in the javelin throw. He represented India at the 2018 Asian Games whenever he won a medal, setting the national record of 88.06 m, and at the 2018 Commonwealth Games whereever he also clinched the gold medal.

8. VINESH PHOGAT

Vinesh Phogat is an Indian wrestler who comes from a wrestlers family, together with her cousins Geeta Phogat and Babita Kumari being international wrestlers and Commonwealth Games medalists also . She became the primary Indian woman wrestler to win Gold in both Commonwealth and Asian games.

RAJIV GANDHI KHEL RATNA AWARD
 The Rajiv Gandhi khel Ratna Award,in Sports and Games, This is the highest sporting  award of the Republic India. 

First awarded: 1991-92

Last awarded: 2019

 Rajiv Gandhi khel Ratna instituted in the year 1991-92.it is the highest sporting honour given for the achievement in sports.

The word "Khel Ratna" literally mean  "Sports Gem" in Hindi.

The award is named after Indian  prime minister Late Rajiv Gandhi.

 It carries  a medal ,a scroll of honour  and cash component of INR of 7.5 lac. 

Chess wizard Vishwanathan Anand was the first recepient of this   coveted award.

List of Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award winners 

Player Name	Sport	Year
1. Viswanathan Anand	Chess	1992
2. Geet Sethi	Billiards	1993
3. Homi de Motivala and PK Garg	Yachting	1995
4. Karnam Malleswari	Weightlifting	1996
5. Kunjurani Devi and Leander Paes	Weightlifting, Lawn Tennis	1997
6. Sachin Tendulkar	Cricket	1998
7. Jyotirmoyee Sikandar	Athletics	1999
8. Dhanraj Pillai	Hockey	2000
9. Pullela Gopichand	Badminton	2001
10. Abhinav Bindra	Shooting	2002
11. Anjali Bhagwat and K. M. Binamol	Shooting, Athletics	2003
12. Anju Bobby George	Athletics	2004
13. Rajya Vardhan ,Singh Rathore	Shooting	2005
14. Pankaj Advani	Billiards and Snooker	2006
15. Manavjit Singh Sandhu	Shooting	2007
16. Mahendra Singh Dhoni	Cricket	2008
17. M.C. Marikom, Vijender Singh, Sushil Kumar	Boxing, Boxing, Wrestling	2009
18. Saina Nehwal	Badminton	2010
19. Gagan Narang	Shooting	2011
20. Vijay Kumar, Yogeshwar Dutt	Shooting, Wrestling	2012
21. Ranjan Sodhi	Shooting	2013
22. Sania Mirza	Lawn Tennis	2015
23. P. V. Sindhu, Deepa Kamikar, Sakshi Bhai and Jitu Rai	Badminton, Gymnastics, Wrestling, Shooting	2016
24. Devendra Jhajaria, Sardar Singh	Javelin throw, Hockey	2017
25. Virat Kohli, Mirabai Chanu	Cricket, Weightlifting	2018
26. Bajrang Punia Deepa Malik	wrestling  Athletics	2019