List of National Sports Award recipients in Olympic sports

The National Sports Awards is the collective name given to the six sports awards of Republic of India. It is awarded annually by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. They are presented by the President of India in the same ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhavan usually on 29 August each year along with the national adventure award. , a total of eight hundred and twenty-seven individuals have been awarded the various National Sports Awards in Olympic sports. The four awards presented in Olympic sports are Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award, Arjuna Award, Dhyan Chand Award and Dronacharya Award.

First presented in the year 1961, a total of six hundred and twenty-nine individuals have been honoured with the Arjuna Award in Olympic sports for their "good performance at the international level" over the period of last four years, with twenty individuals being awarded for their lifetime contribution. First presented in the year 1985, a total of hundred coaches have been honoured with the Dronacharya Award in Olympic sports for their "outstanding work on a consistent basis and enabling sportspersons to excel in international events" over the period of last four years, with thirty coaches being awarded in the lifetime contribution category. First presented in the year 1994–1995, a total of thirty-one sportspersons have been honoured with the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, the highest sporting honour of India, in Olympic sports for their "most outstanding performance at the international level" over the period of last four years. First presented in the year 2002, a total of sixty-seven retired sportspersons have been honoured with the Dhyan Chand Award, the lifetime achievement sporting honour of India, in Olympic sports for their "good performance at the international level and their continued contributions to the promotion of sports even after their career as a sportsperson is over." Five awardees have been honoured posthumously including Sachin Nag, who was awarded Dhyan Chand Award posthumously in the year 2020 in the discipline of swimming.

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+ List of National Sports award recipients, showing the year, award, and gender Year Recipient Award Gender1981 Arjuna Award Female1989 Arjuna Award Male1991 Arjuna Award Male1992 Arjuna Award Male2005 Arjuna Award Female2005 Arjuna Award Male2006 Arjuna Award Male2009 Arjuna Award Male2011 Arjuna Award Male2012 Arjuna Award Female2012 Arjuna Award Female2013 Arjuna Award Female2014 Arjuna Award Male2015 Arjuna Award Male2016 Arjuna Award Male2017 Arjuna Award Female2020 Arjuna Award Male2023 Arjuna Award Male2023 Arjuna Award Female2018 Dhyan Chand Award Male2019 Dhyan Chand Award Male2020 Dronacharya Award Male2007 Dronacharya Award Male2013 Dronacharya Award Female2022 Dronacharya Award Male

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+ List of National Sports award recipients, showing the year, award, and gender Year Recipient Award Gender1961 Arjuna Award Male1966 Arjuna Award Female1967 Arjuna Award Male1969 Arjuna Award Male1971 Arjuna Award Male1973 Arjuna Award Male1974 Arjuna Award Female1974 Arjuna Award Male1975 Arjuna Award Female1975 Arjuna Award Male1982 Arjuna Award Female1983 Arjuna Award Male1984 Arjuna Award Male1988 Arjuna Award Male1990 Arjuna Award Female1996 Arjuna Award Male1998 Arjuna Award Male1999 Arjuna Award Female2000 Arjuna Award Male2000 Arjuna Award Male2005 Arjuna Award Female2010 Arjuna Award Male2011 Arjuna Award Male2012 Arjuna Award Male2024 Arjuna Award Male2011 Dhyan Chand Award Male2014 Dhyan Chand Award Male2020 Dhyan Chand Award Male2015 Dronacharya Award Male2016 Dronacharya Award Male2021 Dronacharya Award Male

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+ List of National Sports award recipients, showing the year, award, and gender Year Recipient Award Gender1983 Arjuna Award Male1984 Arjuna Award Male1991 Arjuna Award Male1994 Arjuna Award Male1996 Arjuna Award Male1999 Arjuna Award Male2000 Arjuna Award Male2001 Arjuna Award Male2002 Arjuna Award Male2004 Arjuna Award Male2007 Arjuna Award Male2009 Arjuna Award Male2014 Arjuna Award Male2015 Arjuna Award Male2020 Arjuna Award Male2025 Arjuna AwardMale2003 Dhyan Chand Award Female2016 Dhyan Chand Award Male2020 Dhyan Chand Award Male2014 Dronacharya Award Male2005 Dronacharya Award Male

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