RAJIV
GANDHI KHEL RATNA AWARD
Rajiv Gandhi Khel
Ratna Award is given for the spectacular and most outstanding performance in
the field of sports by a sportsperson over a period of four years immediately
preceding the year during which award is to be given.
Year
|
Winner
|
Sport Discipline
|
1991-92
|
Viswanathan
Anand
|
Chess
|
1992-93
|
Geet
Sethi
|
Billiards
|
1993-94
|
Not Conferred
|
|
1994-95
|
Cdr.
Homi D. Motivala
|
Yatching
(team event)
|
Lt.
Cdr. P. L. Garg
|
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1995-96
|
Karnam
Malleswari
|
Weightlifting
|
1996-97
|
Kunjarani
|
Weightlifting
|
Leander
Paes
|
Tennis
|
|
1997-98
|
Sachin
Tendulkar
|
Cricket
|
1998-99
|
Jyotirmoyee
Sikdar
|
Athletics
|
1999-2000
|
Dhanraj
Pillay
|
Hockey
|
2000-01
|
Pullela
Gopichand
|
Badminton
|
2001-02
|
Abhinav
Bindra
|
Shooting
|
2002-03
|
Anjali
Bhagwat
|
Shooting
|
K
M Beenamol
|
Athletics
|
|
2004-05
|
Rajyavardhan
Singh Rathore
|
Shooting
|
2005-06
|
Pankaj
Advani
|
Billiards
& Snooker
|
2006-07
|
Manavjit
Singh Sandhu
|
Shooting
|
2007-08
|
M S
Dhoni
|
Cricket
|
2008-09
|
Mary
Kom
|
Boxing
|
Vijender
Singh
|
Boxing
|
|
Sushil
Kumar
|
Wrestling
|
|
2009-10
|
Saina
Nehwal
|
Badminton
|
2010-11
|
Gagan
Narang
|
Shooting
|
2011-12
|
Vijay
Kumar
|
Shooting
|
Yogeshwar
Dutt
|
Wrestling
|
|
2012-13
|
Ronjan
Sodhi
|
Shooting
|
2013-14
|
Not Conferred
|
|
2014-15
|
Sania
Mirza
|
Tennis
|
Sania Mirza becomes the second Tennis Player to be conferred with Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award (after Leander Paes in 996-97) Sania Mirza is the ninth women player to win Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award
Women players who won Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award:-
1) Karnam Malleswari
2) N Kunjarani
3) Jyotirmoyee Sikdar
4) Anjali Bhagwat
5) K M Beenamol
6) Anju Bobby George
7) Mary Kom
8) Saina Nehwal
9) Sania Mirza
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