Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award

The Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna is India’s highest award for achievement in sports and is named in honour of the Late Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. It was started in 1991-92 and is awarded annually by Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. As of 2014, the criteria for giving the award includes the performance in sports over a period of four years at international level.
Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Winners

Year	Name	Sport
2019	Bajrang Punia	Freestyle Wrestling
2019	Deepa Malik	Paralympic
2018	Virat Kohli	Cricket
2018	Saikhom Mirabai Chanu	Weightlifting
2017	Devendra Jhajharia	Paralympic
2017	Sardara Singh	Hockey
2016	Sakshi Malik	Wrestling
2016	Jitu Rai	Shooting
2016	Dipa Karmakar	Gymnastics
2016	P. V. Sindhu	Badminton
2015	Sania Mirza	Tennis
2014	No Award
2013	Ronjan Sodhi	Shooting
2012	Yogeshwar Dutt	Wrestling
2012	Vijay Kumar	Shooting
2011	Gagan Narang	Shooting
2010	Saina Nehwal	Badminton
2009	Sushil Kumar	Wrestling
2009	Vijender Singh	Boxing
2009	Mary Kom	Boxing
2008	No Award
2007	Mahendra Singh Dhoni	Cricket
2006	Manavjit Singh Sandhu	Shooting
2005	Pankaj Advani	Billiards & Snooker
2004	Rajyavardhan Singh Rathor	Shooting
2003	Anju Bobby George	Athletics
2002	Anjali Bhagwat	Shooting
2002	K. M. Beenamol	Athletics
2001	Abhinav Bindra	Shooting
2000–2001	Pullela Gopichand	Badminton
1999–2000	Dhanraj Pillay	Hockey
1997–1998	Sachin Tendulkar	Cricket
1996–1997	Leander Paes	Tennis
1995–1996	Kunjarani Devi	Weightlifting
1994–1995	Karnam Malleswari	Weightlifting
1993–1994	Pushpendra Kumar Garg	Yachting
1993–1994	Homi Motivala	Yachting
1992–1993	Geet Sethi	Billiards & Snooker
1991–1992	Viswanathan Anand	Chess
1998–1999	Jyotirmoyee Sikdar	Athletics

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