Gorkha shooter Jitu Rai conferred Arjuna award 2015 |
Recruited in the 11th battalion of the Gorkha regiment, Rai clinched the gold medals at the 2014 Commonwealth and Asian Games and a silver at the ISSF World Championships in Spain, which helped him earn a quota place for next year’s Rio Olympic Games.
In all, the (retired) Justice V K Bali led panel had recommended 17 names for Arjuna.
Following is the complete list of names of Arjuna Arjuna awardees 2015
- Manjeet Chhillar -Kabaddi Award
- Abhilasha Shashikant Mhatre – Kabaddi Award
- S andeep Kumar – Archery Award
- Sreejesh Ravindran – Hockey Award
- Rohit Sharma – Cricket Award
- Sawarn Singh – Rowing Award
- M. R. Poovamma – Athletics Award
- Jitu Rai – Shooting Award
- Srikanth Kidambi – Badminton Award
- Anup Kumar Yama – Arjuna Award for Roller Skating
- Yumnam Sanathoi Devi – Wushu Award
- Mandeep Jangra – Boxing Award
- Sathish Sivalingam – Weightlifting Award
- Bajrang Kumar – Wrestling Award
- Dipa Karmakar – Gymnastics Award
- Babita Kumari – Wrestling Award
- Sharath Gayakwad -Arjuna Award for Para-Swimming
The Arjuna awardees received statuettes, certificates and award money of Rs.5 lakh each.