Arjuna Awardee 2026: List of winners

Tejaswin Shankar was honoured for his achievements, which include silver medals in the decathlon at the 2023 Asian Games and the 2025 Asian Athletics Championships.

Muhammed Ajmal V received award for his outstanding runs at the 2023 Asian Games, where he won gold in the men’s 4x400m relay and silver in the mixed 4x400m relay.

Priyanka Goswami was celebrated for her silvers in the Women’s 10km and 20 km racewalks at the 2022 Commonwealth Games and 2023 Asian Athletics Championships, respectively.

Boxer Narender was recognised for his men’s +92 kg bronze at the 2023 Asian Games in Hangzhou.

Vidit Santosh Gujarathi was honoured for his gold with India’s open team at the 2024 Chess Olympiad and silver in the men’s team event at the 2023 Asian Games.

Divya Deshmukh was given the award for her two golds, team and individual, at the 2024 Chess Olympiad.

Dhanush Srikanth was lauded for his two 10m air rifle golds (Men's Individual & Mixed Team) at the 2024 World Deaf Shooting Championships and the two golds at the 24th Summer Deaflympics in 2022.

Lalremsiami was recognised for her role in the Indian women’s hockey team’s gold at the 2023 and 2024 Asian Champions Trophy and also the bronzes at the 2023 Asian Games and 2022 Commonwealth Games.

Rajkumar Pal received the Arjuna Award for 2025 after his contribution to the Indian men’s team’s bronze at the 2024 Paris Olympics and gold at the 2024 Asian Champions Trophy.

Kabaddi player Surjeet was given the award for helping the men’s team win gold at the 2023 Asian Games and the 11th Asian Kabaddi Championship in the same year.

Kabaddi player Pooja was awarded for playing a part in the women’s team’s gold at the 2025 Asian Kabaddi Championship and the 2023 Asian Games.

Shooter Rudransh Khandelwal was recognised for four golds and two world records at the 2023 Para Sports World Cup in Osijek, among other honours.

Para athlete Ekta Bhyan was presented with the award for her club throw F51 gold at the 2024 World Championship and bronze at the Asian Para Games and World Championship in 2023.

Rower Arvind Singh was honoured for his gold medal in the Asian Rowing Championship in 2022 and silver at the 2023 Asian Games in the lightweight men’s double sculls discipline.

Akhil Sheoran was lauded for his two golds in 50m rifle 3 positions at the 2024 Asian Shooting Championship, among other achievements.

Treesa Jolly was honoured for helping India clinch team gold at the 2024 Badminton Asia Team Championships and also the silver and bronze in the mixed team event and women’s doubles, respectively, at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.

Pullela Gayatri Gopichand received the award for her part in India’s team gold at the 2024 Badminton Asia Team Championships and the silver and bronze in the mixed team event and women’s doubles, respectively, at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.