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The President of India, Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil presented national sports awards at the Ashoka Hall of Rashtrapati Bhavan on August 29, 2011. The awards were presented to the following:-
Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award for 2011
1. Shri Gagan Narang - Shooting
Dronacharya Awards for 2011
1. Shri Kuntal Kumar Roy - Athletics Coach
2. Shri Inukurthi Venkateshwara Rao - Boxing Coach
3. Shri Devender Kumar Rathore - Gymnastics Coach
4. Shri Rajinder Singh - Hockey Coach
5. Shri Ramphal - Wrestling Coach
Arjuna Awards for 2011
1. Shri Rahul Banerjee - Archery
2. Ms. Preeja Sreedharan - Athletics
3. Ms. Jwala Gutta - Badminton
4. Shri M. Suranjoy Singh - Boxing
5. Shri Sunil Chhetri - Football
6. Shri Rajpal Singh - Hockey
7. Shri Rakesh Kumar - Kabaddi
8. Ms. Tejeswini Bai V. - Kabaddi
9. Ms. Tejaswini Ravindra Sawant - Shooting
10. Shri Veerdhawal Vikram Khade - Swimming
11. Shri Sanjay Kumar - Volleyball
12. Shri Ravinder Singh - Wrestling
13. Naib Subedar Katulu Ravi Kumar - Weightlifting
14. Ms. Wangkhem Sandhyarani Devi - Wushu
15. Shri Prasantha Karmakar - Swimming
In addition Shri Vikas Gowda - Athletics, Shri Zaheer Khan - Cricket, Shri Ashish Kumar - Gymnastics and Shri Somdev Kishore Devvarman - Tennis, were not able to attend the presentation ceremony due to unavoidable circumstances.
Dhyan Chand Awards for 2011
1. Shri Shabbir Ali - Football
2. Shri Sushil Kohli - Swimming
3. Shri Raj Kumar - Wrestling
Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Awards for 2010
1. Ms. Reenu Kaushal Dharmshaktu - Land Adventure
2. Ms. Mamta Sodha - Land Adventure
3. Commander Dilip Donde - Water Adventure
4. Late Col. (Retd.) Balwant Singh Sandhu - Lifetime Contribution
Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar for 2011
1. Petroleum Sports Promotion Board - Financial Support for Sports Excellence
2. Shri N. Ramachandran - Establishment and Management of Sports Academies of Excellence
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