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Pramod Bhagat
Pramod Bhagat
	Bhagat in 2020
Personal information
Country	India
Born	4 June 1988 (age 36); Hajipur, Vaishali, Bihar, India.
Residence	Bhubaneswar, Odisha
Years active	2006–present
Handedness	Left
Men's singles SL3; Men's doubles SL3–SL4; Mixed doubles SL3–SU5
Highest ranking	1 (MS 1 January 2019); 1 (MD with Sukant Kadam 31 October 2023); 4 (XD with Manisha Ramadass 31 October 2023)
Current ranking	2 (MS); 1 (MD with Sukant Kadam); 4 (XD with Manisha Ramadass) (27 February 2024)
Medal record
Men's para-badminton
Representing India
Paralympic Games
World Championships
World Abilitysport Games
Asian Para Games
Asian Championships
	BWF profile

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Pramod Bhagat (born 4 June 1988) is an Indian professional Para-badminton player from Vaishali district, Bihar.^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7] He is currently ranked world number 2 in para-badminton men's singles SL3,^[8] and won a gold medal at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Men's singles SL3.^[9]^[5]^[10]

Early life

Pramod was born on 4 June 1988 in Atabira, Bargarh district, Odisha.^[11]^[3]^[12]^[10] He is one of six brothers and sisters. When he was five years old he developed polio, leading to a disability affecting his left leg. At the age of 13, he went to watch a badminton match and was fascinated with the game. For the next 2 years, he was deeply engulfed in the game with footwork, fitness, and fixture of the game. Pramod played his first tournament against normal category players when he was 15 years old. He was encouraged by spectators, which motivated him to move ahead in his badminton career.^[13]

Achievements

Paralympic Games

Men's singles SL3

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2020	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan	Daniel Bethell	21–14, 21–17	Gold

World Championships

Men's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2015	Stoke Mandeville Stadium, Stoke Mandeville, England	Phạm Đức Trung	16–21, 21–3, 21–16	Gold
2017	Dongchun Gymnasium, Ulsan, South Korea	Ukun Rukaendi	15–21, 20–22	Bronze
2019	St. Jakobshalle, Basel, Switzerland	Daniel Bethell	6–21, 21–14, 21–5	Gold
2022	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan	Kumar Nitesh	21–19, 21–19	Gold
2024	Pattaya Exhibition and Convention Hall, Pattaya, Thailand	Daniel Bethell	14–21, 21–15, 21–14	Gold

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2013	Helmut-Körnig-Halle, Dortmund, Germany	Manoj Sarkar	Taku Hiroi Toshiaki Suenaga	21–15, 10–21, 21–18	Gold
2015	Stoke Mandeville Stadium, Stoke Mandeville, England	Tarun Dhillon	Anand Kumar Boregowda Manoj Sarkar	21–7, 14–21, 6–21	Silver
2019	St. Jakobshalle, Basel, Switzerland	Manoj Sarkar	Kumar Nitesh Tarun Dhillon	14–21, 21–15, 21–16	Gold
2022	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan	Manoj Sarkar	Hikmat Ramdani Ukun Rukaendi	21–14, 18–21, 13–21	Silver
2024	Pattaya Exhibition and Convention Hall, Pattaya, Thailand	Sukant Kadam	Mongkhon Bunsun Siripong Teamarrom	16–21, 16–21	Bronze

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2024	Pattaya Exhibition and Convention Hall, Pattaya, Thailand	Manisha Ramadass	Fredy Setiawan Khalimatus Sadiyah	15–21, 19–21	Bronze

World Abilitysport Games

Men's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2019^[a]	American University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates	Sharad Chandra Joshi	21–19, 20–22, 21–8	Gold
		Sultan Al Halyan	Walkover
		Mongkhon Bunsun	21–18, 21–15

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2019^[b]	American University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates	Sukant Kadam	Pricha Somsiri Chok-Uthaikul Watcharaphon	14–21, 13–21	Silver
			Mongkhon Bunsun Ramel Syawesh	21–13, 21–5
			Sharad Chandra Joshi Thaweesap Nattaphon	21–13, 21–4
			Sultan Al Halyan Saleh Mohammed Ali	Walkover

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2019^[c]	American University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates	Parul Parmar	Sharad Chandra Joshi Zainab Ali Yusuf	21–7, 21–5	Gold
			Zeeshan Gohar Ramel Syawesh	21–8, 21–8
			Sultan Al Halyan Meera Abouhatab	Walkover
			Mongkhon Bunsun Miss Samownkorn Photisuppaiboon	21–4, 21–13

Asian Para Games

Men's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2014	Gyeyang Gymnasium, Incheon, South Korea	Manoj Sarkar	16–21, 21–19, 18–21	Bronze
2018	Istora Gelora Bung Karno, Jakarta, Indonesia	Ukun Rukaendi	21–18, 22–20	Gold
2022	Binjiang Gymnasium, Hangzhou, China	Kumar Nitesh	22–20, 18–21, 21–19	Gold

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Istora Gelora Bung Karno, Jakarta, Indonesia	Manoj Sarkar	Dwiyoko Fredy Setiawan	13–21, 18–21	Bronze
2022	Binjiang Gymnasium, Hangzhou, China	Sukant Kadam	Dwiyoko Fredy Setiawan	22–20, 21–23, 12–21	Bronze

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2022	Binjiang Gymnasium, Hangzhou, China	Manisha Ramdass	Hikmat Ramdani Leani Ratri Oktila	19–21, 14–21	Bronze

Asian Championships

Men's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	China Administration of Sport for Persons with Disabilities, Beijing, China	Manoj Sarkar	10–21, 18–21	Bronze

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	China Administration of Sport for Persons with Disabilities, Beijing, China	Sukant Kadam	Muhammad Huzairi Abdul Malek Bakri Omar	21–18, 11–21, 16–21	Bronze

BWF Para Badminton World Circuit (15 titles, 12 runners-up)

The BWF Para Badminton World Circuit – Grade 2, Level 1, 2 and 3 tournaments has been sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation from 2022.^[14]^[15]

Men's singles

Year	Tournament	Level	Opponent	Score	Result
2022	Spanish Para Badminton International II	Level 2	Kumar Nitesh	17–21, 21–17, 21–17	Winner
2022	Spanish Para Badminton International I	Level 1	Daniel Bethell	9–21, 13–21	Runner-up
2022	Bahrain Para Badminton International	Level 2	Daniel Bethell	Walkover	Winner
2022	Dubai Para Badminton International	Level 2	Kumar Nitesh	19–21, 21–17, 21–17	Winner
2022	Canada Para Badminton International	Level 1	Daniel Bethell	14–21, 21–9, 15–21	Runner-up
2022	4 Nations Para Badminton International	Level 1	Daniel Bethell	17–21, 9–21	Runner-up
2022	Thailand Para Badminton International	Level 1	Daniel Bethell	13–21, 19–21	Runner-up
2023	Spanish Para Badminton International II	Level 2	Daniel Bethell	18–21, 8–21	Runner-up
2023	Spanish Para Badminton International I	Level 1	Daniel Bethell	6–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2023	Brazil Para Badminton International	Level 2	Kumar Nitesh	12–21, 13–21	Runner-up
2023	Thailand Para Badminton International	Level 2	Daniel Bethell	21–18, 0–0 retired	Winner
2023	Bahrain Para Badminton International	Level 2	Kumar Nitesh	21–16, 21–17	Winner
2023	Canada Para Badminton International	Level 1	Daniel Bethell	12–21, 13–21	Runner-up
2023	4 Nations Para Badminton International	Level 1	Daniel Bethell	8–21, 10–21	Runner-up
2023	Japan Para Badminton International	Level 2	Manoj Sarkar	21–16, 21–19	Winner
2023	Dubai Para Badminton International	Level 1	Daniel Bethell	17–21, 8–21	Runner-up

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Level	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2022	Spanish Para Badminton International II	Level 2	Manoj Sarkar	Sukant Kadam Kumar Nitesh	21–19, 11–21, 21–11	Winner
2022	Thailand Para Badminton International	Level 1	Sukant Kadam	Dwiyoko Fredy Setiawan	21–18, 21–13	Winner
2023	Spanish Para Badminton International II	Level 2	Sukant Kadam	Kumar Nitesh Tarun Dhillon	22–20, 12–21, 21–9	Winner
2023	Brazil Para Badminton International	Level 2	Sukant Kadam	Joo Dong-jae Shin Kyung-hwan	22–20, 21–19	Winner
2023	Thailand Para Badminton International	Level 2	Sukant Kadam	Kumar Nitesh Tarun Dhillon	18–21, 21–14, 21–19	Winner
2023	Bahrain Para Badminton International	Level 2	Sukant Kadam	Kumar Nitesh Tarun Dhillon	22–24, 21–9, 21–14	Winner
2023	4 Nations Para Badminton International	Level 1	Sukant Kadam	Deep Ranjan Bisoyee Manoj Sarkar	21–17, 21–17	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Level	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2022	Spanish Para Badminton International II	Level 2	Palak Kohli	Ruthick Ragupathi Manasi Girishchandra Joshi	14–21, 21–11, 21–14	Winner
2022	Bahrain Para Badminton International	Level 2	Manisha Ramadass	Siripong Teamarrom Nipada Saensupa	21–14, 21–11	Winner
2023	4 Nations Para Badminton International	Level 1	Manisha Ramadass	Hikmat Ramdani Leani Ratri Oktila	17–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2023	Dubai Para Badminton International	Level 1	Manisha Ramadass	Hikmat Ramdani Leani Ratri Oktila	14–21, 11–21	Runner-up

International Tournaments (18 titles, 10 runners-up)

Men's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	Indonesia Para Badminton International	Ukun Rukaendi	21–15, 21–13	Winner
2017	Thailand Para Badminton International	Manoj Sarkar	20–22, 21–14, 21–14	Winner
2018	Dubai Para Badminton International	Manoj Sarkar	3–6 retired	Runner-up
2018	Thailand Para Badminton International	Manoj Sarkar	21–18, 21–9	Winner
2018	Australia Para Badminton International	Ukun Rukaendi	21–16, 21–18	Winner
2019	Turkish Para Badminton International	Daisuke Fujihara	21–19, 21–17	Winner
2019	Dubai Para Badminton International	Daniel Bethell	15–21, 21–18, 21–13	Winner
2019	Uganda Para Badminton International	Umesh Vikram Kumar	24–22, 21–10	Winner
2019	Irish Para Badminton International	Daniel Bethell	21–17, 17–21, 21–10	Winner
2019	Thailand Para Badminton International	Manoj Sarkar	9–11 retired	Runner-up
2019	China Para Badminton International	Daniel Bethell	19–21, 21–13, 21–14	Winner
2019	Japan Para Badminton International	Daniel Bethell	16–21, 19–21	Runner-up
2020	Brazil Para Badminton International	Manoj Sarkar	22–20, 23–21	Winner
2020	Peru Para Badminton International	Kumar Nitesh	21–18, 15–21, 21–14	Winner
2021	Dubai Para Badminton International	Kumar Nitesh	21–17, 21–18	Winner
2021	Uganda Para Badminton International	Manoj Sarkar	19–21, 16–21	Runner-up

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	Thailand Para Badminton International	Manoj Sarkar	Fredy Setiawan Daisuke Fujihara	20–22, 16–21	Runner-up
2018	Australia Para Badminton International	Sukant Kadam	Dwiyoko Fredy Setiawan	23–25, 24–22, 20–22	Runner-up
2019	Uganda Para Badminton International	Manoj Sarkar	Guillaume Gailly Mathieu Thomas	21–13, 21–11	Winner
2019	Canada Para Badminton International	Manoj Sarkar	Dwiyoko Fredy Setiawan	19–21, 10–21	Runner-up
2019	Irish Para Badminton International	Manoj Sarkar	Kumar Nitesh Tarun Dhillon	13–21, 21–18, 23–21	Winner
2019	Thailand Para Badminton International	Manoj Sarkar	Mongkhon Bunsun Siripong Teamarrom	16–21, 21–8, 14–21	Runner-up
2019	China Para Badminton International	Manoj Sarkar	Umesh Vikram Kumar Suhas Lalinakere Yathiraj	18–21, 21–16, 21–15	Winner
2020	Brazil Para Badminton International	Manoj Sarkar	Chen Xiaoyu Gao Yuyang	21–11, 21–7	Winner
2020	Peru Para Badminton International	Manoj Sarkar	Guillaume Gailly Mathieu Thomas	21–19, 21–9	Winner
2021	Dubai Para Badminton International	Manoj Sarkar	Sukant Kadam Kumar Nitesh	21–18, 21–16	Winner
2021	Uganda Para Badminton International	Manoj Sarkar	Mohammad Arwaz Ansari Deep Ranjan Bisoyee	21–10, 20–22, 15–21	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2021	Uganda Para Badminton International	Palak Kohli	Ruthick Ragupathi Manasi Girishchandra Joshi	19–21, 16–21	Runner-up

Medals

International medals

Year	Gold medal	Silver medal	Bronze medal	Total
2013	1			1
2014			1	1
2015	1	1		2
2016	1		3	4
2017	1	1	1	3
2018	3	2	4	9
2019	12	5	4	21
2020	4			4
2021	1			1
Total	24	9	13	46

* Statistics were last updated on 24 March 2020.^[16]

Awards

2019 – Arjuna Award
2019 – Biju Patnaik Sports Award Odisha
2021 – Khel Ratna Award, highest sporting honour of India.^[17]
2022 - Padma Shri^[18]^[19]

References

^ "Tokyo Paralympics: Polio-stricken Pramod Bhagat picked badminton to live his dream | Tokyo Paralympics News - Times of India". The Times of India. 5 September 2021.
^ "Gold medallist Pramod Bhagat once had no money to buy a badminton racket". 5 September 2021.
^ ^a ^b Nezami, Sheeza (5 September 2021). "Polio-stricken Bhagat picked badminton to live his dream". The Times of India. Pramod Bhagat, the shuttler with roots in Bihar, brought laurels to the country by winning the gold medal in the men's singles SL3 badminton event at Tokyo Paralympics on Saturday. Bhagat is a native of Hajipur in Vaishali district but now settled at Bhubaneswar in Odisha
^ "Badminton - BHAGAT Pramod - Tokyo 2020 Paralympics". Tokyo2020.org. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Tokyo Paralympics: Pramod Bhagat wins historic badminton gold". ESPN. 4 September 2021. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
^ "Vaishali village erupts in joy after Pramod Bhagat's gold". Hindustan Times. 4 September 2021. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
^ "Tokyo Paralympics: Polio-stricken Pramod Bhagat picked badminton to live his dream - Tokyo Paralympics News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
^ "Para shuttler". Retrieved 26 August 2019.
^ Tokyo Paralympics: Pramod Bhagat Wins Gold In Badminton Men's Singles SL3 sports.ndtv.com. Retrieved 4 September 2021
^ ^a ^b "Pramod Bhagat and Manoj Sarkar become first Paralympic medallists from Odisha and Uttarakhand". The Bridge. 4 September 2021.
^ Sheezan Nezami (5 September 2021). "Tokyo Paralympics: Polio-stricken Pramod Bhagat picked badminton to live his dream - Tokyo Paralympics News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
^ "Tokyo Paralympics: Pramod Bhagat wins historic badminton gold". ESPN. 4 September 2021. Bhagat, born in the small town of Attabira in Odisha
^ "Would like to emulate Sindhu's feats: Para shuttler Pramod Bhagat". The Times of India. 10 August 2021.
^ "Para Badminton Tournament Structure Bids for Tournaments 2022 Onwards". Badminton World Federation. 29 May 2022.
^ "BWF Para Tournamentsoftware". Badminton World Federation. 11 July 2022.
^ "BWF Para-Badminton". bwfpara.tournamentsoftware.com.
^ "National Sports Awards 2021: Neeraj Chopra, Lovlina Borgohain, Mithali Raj Among 9 Others to Get Khel Ratna". News18. 2 November 2021. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
^ "Padma Awards 2022: Pramod Bhagat Conferred With Padma Shri After Historic Gold in Tokyo Paralympics". News18. 25 January 2022. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
^ Brennan, Eliott (27 January 2022). "Indian Paralympic badminton champion Pramod Bhagat awarded Padma Shri". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 28 January 2022.

Notes

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[1] "Tokyo Paralympics: Polio-stricken Pramod Bhagat picked badminton to live his dream | Tokyo Paralympics News - Times of India". The Times of India. 5 September 2021.

[2] "Gold medallist Pramod Bhagat once had no money to buy a badminton racket". 5 September 2021.

[Pramod,_a_native_of_Vaishali,_Bihar-3] Nezami, Sheeza (5 September 2021). "Polio-stricken Bhagat picked badminton to live his dream". The Times of India. Pramod Bhagat, the shuttler with roots in Bihar, brought laurels to the country by winning the gold medal in the men's singles SL3 badminton event at Tokyo Paralympics on Saturday. Bhagat is a native of Hajipur in Vaishali district but now settled at Bhubaneswar in Odisha

[4] "Badminton - BHAGAT Pramod - Tokyo 2020 Paralympics". Tokyo2020.org. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Retrieved 4 September 2021.

[espn-5] "Tokyo Paralympics: Pramod Bhagat wins historic badminton gold". ESPN. 4 September 2021. Retrieved 4 September 2021.

[6] "Vaishali village erupts in joy after Pramod Bhagat's gold". Hindustan Times. 4 September 2021. Retrieved 6 September 2021.

[7] "Tokyo Paralympics: Polio-stricken Pramod Bhagat picked badminton to live his dream - Tokyo Paralympics News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 6 September 2021.

[8] "Para shuttler". Retrieved 26 August 2019.

[9] Tokyo Paralympics: Pramod Bhagat Wins Gold In Badminton Men's Singles SL3 sports.ndtv.com. Retrieved 4 September 2021

[bridge-10] "Pramod Bhagat and Manoj Sarkar become first Paralympic medallists from Odisha and Uttarakhand". The Bridge. 4 September 2021.

[11] Sheezan Nezami (5 September 2021). "Tokyo Paralympics: Polio-stricken Pramod Bhagat picked badminton to live his dream - Tokyo Paralympics News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 6 September 2021.

[espn1-12] "Tokyo Paralympics: Pramod Bhagat wins historic badminton gold". ESPN. 4 September 2021. Bhagat, born in the small town of Attabira in Odisha

[13] "Would like to emulate Sindhu's feats: Para shuttler Pramod Bhagat". The Times of India. 10 August 2021.

[17] "Para Badminton Tournament Structure Bids for Tournaments 2022 Onwards". Badminton World Federation. 29 May 2022.

[18] "BWF Para Tournamentsoftware". Badminton World Federation. 11 July 2022.

[19] "BWF Para-Badminton". bwfpara.tournamentsoftware.com.

[20] "National Sports Awards 2021: Neeraj Chopra, Lovlina Borgohain, Mithali Raj Among 9 Others to Get Khel Ratna". News18. 2 November 2021. Retrieved 2 November 2021.

[21] "Padma Awards 2022: Pramod Bhagat Conferred With Padma Shri After Historic Gold in Tokyo Paralympics". News18. 25 January 2022. Retrieved 26 January 2022.

[indian_paralympic_badminton_champion_pramod_bhagat_awarded_padma_shri_2022-22] Brennan, Eliott (27 January 2022). "Indian Paralympic badminton champion Pramod Bhagat awarded Padma Shri". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 28 January 2022.

[14] This tournament uses a round robin system.

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v t e Recipients of Padma Shri in Sports
1950s	Balbir Singh Sr. (1957) K. D. Singh (1958) Mihir Sen (1959) Milkha Singh (1959)
1960s	Vijay Hazare (1960) Jasu Patel (1960) Arati Saha (1960) Nari Contractor (1962) Sonam Gyatso (1962) Ramanathan Krishnan (1962) Gostha Pal (1962) Polly Umrigar (1962) Syed Mushtaq Ali (1963) M. J. Gopalan (1964) Nawang Gombu (1964) Charanjit Singh (1964) H. P. S. Ahluwalia (1965) Avtar Singh Cheema (1965) D. B. Deodhar (1965) Phu Dorjee (1965) Wilson Jones (1965) Verghese Kurien (1965) Harish Chandra Singh Rawat (1965) Chandra Prakash Vohra (1965) Sonam Wangyal (1965) Kishan Lal (1966) Narendra Kumar (1965) Shankar Lakshman (1967) Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi (1967) Gurdial Singh (1967) Prithipal Singh (1967) Chandu Borde (1969)
1970s	Bishan Singh Bedi (1970) Moin-ul-Haq (1970) E. A. S. Prasanna (1970) Leslie Claudius (1971) Sailen Manna (1971) Ghaus Mohammad (1971) Chandgi Ram (1971) Kamaljeet Sandhu (1971) Gundappa Viswanath (1971) Harsh Vardhan Bahuguna (1972) B. S. Chandrasekhar (1972) Ajit Wadekar (1972) Farokh Engineer (1973) Pankaj Roy (1975) Roshan Lal Anand (1976) Meena Shah (1977)
1980s	Vasudevan Baskaran (1981) Syed Kirmani (1982) Kapil Dev (1982) Prakash Padukone (1982) Vijay Amritraj (1983) Bahadur Singh Chauhan (1983) Guru Hanuman (1983) Eliza Nelson (1983) Chand Ram (1983) Kaur Singh (1983) Raghubir Singh (1983) Satpal Singh (1983) M. D. Valsamma (1983) Geeta Zutshi (1983) Charles Borromeo (1984) Phu Dorjee (1984) Chuni Goswami (1984) D. K. Khullar (1984) Bachendri Pal (1984) Omprakesh Agrawal (1985) P. T. Usha (1985) Anupama Gokhale (1986) Swaroop Kishen (1986) Geet Sethi (1986) Mohammad Shahid (1986) Bhagyashree Thipsay (1987) Dilip Vengsarkar (1987) Viswanathan Anand (1988) Mohammad Azharuddin (1988)
1990s	Chandraprabha Aitwal (1990) P. K. Banerjee (1990) Premchand Degra (1990) Gulshan Rai (1990) Jaman Lal Sharma (1990) Taranath Narayan Shenoy (1990) Selma D'Silva (1991) Aspy Adajania (1992) Ajit Pal Singh (1992) Sriram Singh (1992) Hakam Singh (1992) Shiny Abraham (1998) Ramesh Krishnan (1998) Lila Ram (1998) Pargat Singh (1998) Karnam Malleswari (1999) Sachin Tendulkar (1999)
2000s	Santosh Yadav (2000) Mahesh Bhupathi (2001) Malathi Krishnamurthy Holla (2001) Bhuvneshwari Kumari (2001) Leander Paes (2001) Dhanraj Pillay (2001) Sunita Rani (2001) Diana Edulji (2002) Jaspal Rana (2002) Mukesh Kumar (2003) Gopal Purushottam Phadke (2003) Kanhaya Lal Pokhriyal (2003) Jyotirmoyee Sikdar (2003) Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan (2003) K. M. Beenamol (2004) Gurmayum Anita Devi (2004) Rahul Dravid (2004) Sourav Ganguly (2004) Anju Bobby George (2004) S. P. Nimbalkar (2004) Dilip Tirkey (2004) Pullela Gopichand (2005) Anil Kumble (2005) Gurbachan Singh Randhawa (2005) Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore (2005) Rachel Thomas (2005) Madhumita Bisht (2006) Mohan Singh Gunjyal (2006) Mary Kom (2006) Sania Mirza (2006) Bahadur Singh Sagoo (2006) Koneru Humpy (2007) Jeev Milkha Singh (2007) Bhaichung Bhutia (2008) Bula Choudhury (2008) Pankaj Advani (2009) MS Dhoni (2009) Balbir Singh Kullar (2009) Harbhajan Singh (2009)
2010s	Ramakant Achrekar (2010) Narain Karthikeyan (2010) Saina Nehwal (2010) Virender Sehwag (2010) Vijender Singh (2010) Ignace Tirkey (2010) Kunjarani Devi (2011) Sushil Kumar (2011) VVS Laxman (2011) Shital Mahajan (2011) Gagan Narang (2011) Krishna Poonia (2011) Harbhajan Singh (mountaineer) (2011) S. M. Arif (2012) Ravi Chaturvedi (2012) Jhulan Goswami (2012) Zafar Iqbal (field hockey) (2012) Devendra Jhajharia (2012) Limba Ram (2012) Prabhakar Vaidya (2012) Premlata Agrawal (2013) Yogeshwar Dutt (2013) Vijay Kumar (2013) Girisha Nagarajegowda (2013) Dingko Singh (2013) Bajrang Lal Takhar (2013) Anjum Chopra (2014) Sunil Dabas (2014) Love Raj Singh Dharmshaktu (2014) Dipika Pallikal (2014) H. Boniface Prabhu (2014) Yuvraj Singh (2014) Mamta Sodha (2014) Saba Anjum Karim (2015) Mithali Raj (2015) P. V. Sindhu (2015) Sardara Singh (2015) Arunima Sinha (2015) Sushil Doshi (2016) Deepika Kumari (2016) Vikas Gowda (2017) Dipa Karmakar (2017) Virat Kohli (2017) Deepa Malik (2017) Sakshi Malik (2017) Shekhar Naik (2017) P. R. Sreejesh (2017) Mariyappan Thangavelu (2017) Saikhom Mirabai Chanu (2018) Somdev Devvarman (2018) Murlikant Petkar (2018) Srikanth Kidambi (2018) Sunil Chhetri (2019) Harika Dronavalli (2019) Gautam Gambhir (2019) Sharath Kamal (2019) Bombayla Devi Laishram (2019) Bajrang Punia (2019) Prashanti Singh (2019) Ajay Thakur (2019)
2020s	Oinam Bembem Devi (2020) M. P. Ganesh (2020) Zaheer Khan (2020) Jitu Rai (2020) Tarundeep Rai (2020) Rani Rampal (2020) Anitha Pauldurai (2021) Anshu Jamsenpa (2021) Mouma Das (2021) Sudha Singh (2021) Virender Singh (2021) K. Y. Venkatesh (2021) Sumit Antil (2022) Pramod Bhagat (2022) Neeraj Chopra (2022) Sankaranarayana Menon (2022) Faisal Ali Dar (2022) Vandana Katariya (2022) Avani Lekhara (2022) Brahmanand Sankhwalkar (2022) S. R. D. Prasad (2023) K. Shanathoiba Sharma (2023) Gurcharan Singh (2023) Joshna Chinappa (2024) Rohan Bopanna (2024) Purnima Mahato (2024) Harbinder Singh (2024) Satendra Singh Lohiya (2024) Gaurav Khanna (2024) Uday Vishwanath Deshpande (2024)

v t e Recipients of Khel Ratna
1991–2000	Viswanathan Anand (1991–1992) Geet Sethi (1992–1993) Homi Motivala and Pushpendra Kumar Garg (1993–1994) Karnam Malleswari (1994–1995) Kunjarani Devi (1995–1996) Leander Paes (1996–1997) Sachin Tendulkar (1997–1998) Jyotirmoyee Sikdar (1998–1999) Dhanraj Pillay (1999–2000) Pullela Gopichand (2000–2001)
2001–2010	Abhinav Bindra (2001) K. M. Beenamol and Anjali Bhagwat (2002) Anju Bobby George (2003) Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore (2004) Pankaj Advani (2005) Manavjit Singh Sandhu (2006) MS Dhoni (2007) No award (2008) Mary Kom, Vijender Singh, and Sushil Kumar (2009) Saina Nehwal (2010)
2011–2020	Gagan Narang (2011) Vijay Kumar and Yogeshwar Dutt (2012) Ronjan Sodhi (2013) No award (2014) Sania Mirza (2015) P. V. Sindhu, Dipa Karmakar, Jitu Rai, and Sakshi Malik (2016) Devendra Jhajharia and Sardara Singh (2017) Saikhom Mirabai Chanu and Virat Kohli (2018) Deepa Malik and Bajrang Punia (2019) Rohit Sharma, Mariyappan Thangavelu, Manika Batra, Vinesh Phogat, and Rani Rampal (2020)
2021–2030	Avani Lekhara, Neeraj Chopra, Ravi Kumar Dahiya, Lovlina Borgohain, P. R. Sreejesh, Sumit Antil, Pramod Bhagat, Krishna Nagar, Manish Narwal, Mithali Raj, Sunil Chhetri and Manpreet Singh (2021) Sharath Kamal (2022) Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (2023)

v t e Paralympic medalists for India
1968 1972 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
Gold medalists	: Murlikant Petkar (1972 Heidelberg) : Devendra Jhajharia (2 titles, 2004 Athens, 2016 Rio de Janeiro) : Mariyappan Thangavelu (2016 Rio de Janeiro) : Avani Lekhara (2 titles, 2020 Tokyo, 2024 Paris) : Sumit Antil (2 titles, 2020 Tokyo, 2024 Paris) : Manish Narwal (2020 Tokyo) : Pramod Bhagat (2020 Tokyo) : Krishna Nagar (2020 Tokyo) : Kumar Nitesh (2024 Paris) : Harvinder Singh (2024 Paris) : Dharambir Nain (2024 Paris) : Praveen Kumar (2024 Paris) : Navdeep Singh (2024 Paris)
Silver medalists	: Bhimrao Kesarkar (1984 Stoke Mandeville/New York) : Joginder Singh Bedi (1984 Stoke Mandeville/New York) : Girisha Nagarajegowda (2012 London) : Deepa Malik (2016 Rio de Janeiro) : Bhavina Patel (2020 Tokyo) : Nishad Kumar (2 titles, 2020 Tokyo, 2024 Paris) : Yogesh Kathuniya (2 titles, 2020 Tokyo, 2024 Paris) : Devendra Jhajharia (2020 Tokyo) : Mariyappan Thangavelu (2020 Tokyo) : Praveen Kumar (2020 Tokyo) : Singhraj Adhana (2020 Tokyo) : Suhas Lalinakere Yathiraj (2 titles, 2020 Tokyo, 2024 Paris) : Manish Narwal (2024 Paris) : Thulasimathi Murugesan (2024 Paris) : Sharad Kumar (2024 Paris) : Ajeet Singh Yadav (2024 Paris) : Sachin Sarjerao Khilari (2024 Paris) : Pranav Soorma (2024 Paris)
Bronze medalists	: Joginder Singh Bedi (2 titles, 1984 Stoke Mandeville/New York) : Rajinder Singh Rahelu (2004 Athens) : Varun Singh Bhati (2016 Rio de Janeiro) : Sundar Singh Gurjar (2 titles, 2020 Tokyo, 2024 Paris) : Singhraj Adhana (2020 Tokyo) : Sharad Kumar (2020 Tokyo) : Avani Lekhara (2020 Tokyo) : Harvinder Singh (2020 Tokyo) : Manoj Sarkar (2020 Tokyo) : Mona Agarwal (2024 Paris) : Preethi Pal (2 titles, 2024 Paris) : Rubina Francis (2024 Paris) : Manisha Ramadass (2024 Paris) : Sheetal Devi (2024 Paris) : Rakesh Kumar (2024 Paris) : Nithya Sre Sivan (2024 Paris) : Deepthi Jeevanji (2024 Paris) : Mariyappan Thangavelu (2024 Paris) : Kapil Parmar (2024 Paris) : Hokato Hotozhe Sema (2024 Paris) : Simran Sharma (2024 Paris)