Bhopal. President Draupadi Murmu honored four sports talents of Madhya Pradesh in New Delhi. The President honored Madhya Pradesh’s shooting player Aishwarya Pratap Singh Tomar, para-canoeing player Prachi Yadav and women’s hockey player Sushila Chanu with the Arjuna Award and hockey coach Shivendra Singh with the Dronacharya Award.
Sports and Youth Welfare Minister Vishwas Kailash Sarang has congratulated and congratulated the four players, calling these moments glorious for Madhya Pradesh. He said that all four players have brought glory to Madhya Pradesh. He wished for a bright future for the awarded players.
For the first time, three players and one coach from Madhya Pradesh were decorated with the National Sports Award. Olympic player Aishwarya Pratap Singh Tomar of Madhya Pradesh State Shooting Academy, Ms. Prachi Yadav of Para Canoeing and former player of Madhya Pradesh Women’s Hockey Academy and currently star player of Hockey India Ms. Sushila Chanu were honored with the national level excellent sports award Arjun Award. . Also, Indian hockey team coach Shri Shivendra Singh was honored with the Dronacharya Award.
National Sports Award to outstanding performing players
Aishwarya Pratap Singh Tomar – President Smt. Draupadi Murmu presented the Arjuna Award, 2023 to Shri Aishwarya Pratap Singh Tomar for his achievements in shooting. Tomar won two gold medals, one silver medal and one bronze medal at the 19th Asian Games held at Hangzhou, China in the year 2023, one gold medal (individual) and one silver medal (men’s team) at the 15th Asian Shooting Championship held at Changwon, South Korea. And has won a gold medal (men’s team) at the ISSF World Championship held in Baku, Azerbaijan.
Prachi Yadav – President Draupadi Murmu presented the Arjuna Award, 2023 to Ms. Prachi Yadav for her achievements in Para Canoeing. Ms. Yadav one gold medal and one silver medal at the 4th Para Asian Games held at Hangzhou, China in the year 2023, three gold medals and one silver medal at the Asian Para Canoe Championship held at Samarkand, Uzbekistan and ICF held at Poznan, Poland in the year 2022 She has won a bronze medal in the Para Canoe World Cup.
Sushila Chanu – President Draupadi Murmu presented the Arjuna Award, 2023 to Ms. Pukhrambam Sushila Chanu for her achievements in hockey. Ms Chanu has won a bronze medal in the 19th Asian Games to be held in Hangzhou, China in the year 2023, a bronze medal in the 22nd Commonwealth Games to be held in Birmingham, United Kingdom in the year 2022 and a gold medal in the FIH Nations Cup to be held in Valencia, Spain .
Shivendra Singh – President Draupadi Murmu presented the Dronacharya Award, 2023 to Shri Shivendra Singh for his achievements in hockey. Mr. Singh has been the coach of the senior men’s team since the year 2020 and has trained prominent and outstanding players including Sreejesh Parattu Ravindran, Krishna Bahadur Pathak, Harmanpreet Singh, Amit Rohidas, Jarmanpreet Singh, Sanjay, Sumit and Manpreet Singh.
