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Aug 30, 2015

[GK/Awards] Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award Winners - Complete List

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
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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