Arjuna Award Overview
The Arjuna Award, officially known as Arjuna Awards given for Outstanding Performance in Sports and Games, is the second-highest sporting honour of India, the highest being the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award.
List of Arjuna Award Winners 2021
In the year 2021 Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India announced 35 Arjuna Award awardees/recipients. Here is the list of the 35 Arjuna Award award winners for 2021:
| Year | Recipient Name | Sport |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Arpinder Singh | Athletics |
| 2021 | Simranjit Kaur | Boxing |
| 2021 | Shikhar Dhawan | Cricket |
| 2021 | C. A. Bhavani Devi | Fencing |
| 2021 | Monika Malik | Hockey |
| 2021 | Vandana Katariya | Hockey |
| 2021 | Sandeep Narwal | Kabaddi |
| 2021 | Himani Uttam Parab | Mallakhamba |
| 2021 | Abhishek Verma | Shooting |
| 2021 | Ankita Raina | Tennis |
| 2021 | Deepak Punia | Wrestling |
| 2021 | Dilpreet Singh | Hockey |
| 2021 | Harmanpreet Singh | Hockey |
| 2021 | Rupinder Pal Singh | Hockey |
| 2021 | Surender Kumar | Hockey |
| 2021 | Amit Rohidas | Hockey |
| 2021 | Birendra Lakra | Hockey |
| 2021 | Sumit Walmiki | Hockey |
| 2021 | Nilakanta Sharma | Hockey |
| 2021 | Hardik Singh | Hockey |
| 2021 | Vivek Sagar Prasad | Hockey |
| 2021 | Gurjant Singh | Hockey |
| 2021 | Mandeep Singh | Hockey |
| 2021 | Shamsher Singh | Hockey |
| 2021 | Lalit Kumar Upadhyay | Hockey |
| 2021 | Varun Kumar | Hockey |
| 2021 | Simranjeet Singh | Hockey |
| 2021 | Yogesh Kathuniya | Athletics§ |
| 2021 | Nishad Kumar | Athletics§ |
| 2021 | Praveen Kumar | Athletics§ |
| 2021 | Suhas Lalinakere Yathiraj | Badminton§ |
| 2021 | Singhraj Adhana | Shooting§ |
| 2021 | Bhavina Patel | Table Tennis§ |
| 2021 | Harvinder Singh | Archery§ |
| 2021 | Sharad Kumar | Athletics§ |
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