Lakshya Sen, Chandan Singh conferred Uttarakhand Khel Ratna awards
Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami awarded Uttarakhand Khel Ratna to the players and Dronacharya Award to the coaches. In the program, Devbhoomi Uttarakhand Khel Ratna Award, Devbhoomi Uttarakhand Dronacharya Award, Lifetime Achievement Award and cash prizes were given to the medal winning players and their coaches in national competitions in the years 2021 and 2022 for the years 2019-20, 2020-21 and 2021-22. Went.
Along with the awards, 168 national level medal winning players and 42 coaches were honored with cash prizes for the year 2021 and 2022. For this, an amount of 2.08 crore was distributed to the players and coaches.
Devbhoomi Uttarakhand Khel Ratna Award Winners
- Badminton Player Lakshya Sen for the Year 2019-20
- Athletics Chandan Singh for the year 2020-21
Devbhoomi Uttarakhand Dronacharya Award
- Badminton Coach Dhirendra Kumar Sen for the year 2019-20
- Taekwondo Instructor Kamlesh Kumar Tiwari for the year 2020-21
- Archery Instructor Sandeep Kumar Duklan for the year 2021-22
Lifetime Achievement Award
The Lifetime Achievement Award for the year 2021-22 was be given to Suresh Chandra Pandey for his remarkable contribution to the sport of athletics.
Awards were not received for the last four years
According to the officials of the Sports Department, the players and sports coaches could not be rewarded in the state for the last four years due to Covid and other reasons, but now they will be rewarded after the announcement of the awards.
