List of Dronacharya Award Winners

Dronacharya Awards in India

The Dronacharya Award, instituted in 1985, honours eminent Coaches who have successfully trained sportspersons or teams and enabled them to achieve outstanding results in international completions. The Awardee is given a statuette of Guru Dronacharya, a scroll of honour, ceremonial dress and a cash prize of Rs. 5.00 lakhs.

Sports Awardees for "Dronacharya Award"

Archery
2007 : Mr. Sanjeeva Kumar Singh

Athletics
1985 : Shri O.M. Nambiar
1994 : Md. Ilyas Babar
1995 : Shri Karan Singh
1997 : Shri Joginder Singh Saini
1998 : Shri Bahadur Singh
1998 : Shri Hargobind Singh Sandhu
1999 : Shri Kenneth Owen Bosen
2002 : Ms. Renu Kohli
2002 : Shri Jaswant singh
2003 : Sh. Robert Bobby George
2006 : Shri R. D. Singh
2011 : Dr. Kuntal Roy

Badminton
2000 : Shri S. M. Arif
2009 : Shri Pullela Gopichand

Billiards and Snooker
1996 : Shri Wilson Jones
2001 : Shri Michael Joseph Ferrera
2004 : Arvind Savur

Boxing
1985 : Shri Om Prakash Bhardwaj
1998 : Shri G.S. Snadhu
1999 : Late. Capt. Hawa Singh
2003 : Sh. Anoop Kumar
2005 : Hony. Captain M. Venu
2006 : Shri Damodaran Chandralal
2007 : Mr. Jagdish Singh
2009 : Shri. Jaydev Singh Bisht
2011 : Mr. I. Venkateshwara Rao


Chess
1986 : Shri. Raghunandan Vasant Gokhale
2006 : Shri Koneru Ashok
2006 : Shri Pentala Harikrishna

Cricket
1986 : Shri Desh Prem Azad
1987 : Shri Gurcharan Singh
1990 : Shri Ramakant Achrekar
2004 : Sunita Sharma

Gymnastics
2011 : Devender Kumar Rathore

Football
1990 : Syed Naeemuddin

Hockey
2000 : Shri Grudial Singh Bhangu
2002 : Shri M. K. Kaushik
2003 : Sh. Rajinder Singh
2009 : Shri Baldev Singh
2011 : Mr Rajinder Singh

Kabaddi
2002 : Shri E. Prasad Rao
2005 : Shri Balwan Singh

Kho Kho
2000 : Shri Phadke Gopal Purshottam

Powerlifting
2000 : Shri Bhupender Dhawan

Rowing
2005 : Shri Ismail Baig

Shooting
2001 : Prof. Sunny Thomas

Squash
2004 : Cyrus Poncha

Volleyball
1990 : Shri A. Ramana Rao
1995 : Shri M. Shyam Sunder Rao
2007 : Mr. G. E. Sridharan

Weightlifting
1996 : Sh. Pal singh Sandhu
1999 : Shri Ajay Kumar Sirohi
2000 : Smt. Hansa Sharma

Wrestling
1985 : Shri Bhalachandra Bhaskar Bhagat
1987 : Shri Guru Hanuman
2003 : Sh. Sukhchain Singh Cheema
2005 : Shri Maha Singh Rao
2007 : Mr. Jagminder Singh
2009 : Shri Satpal
2011 : Mr. Ramphal

Yachting
2002 : Cdr. H. D. Motivala