Athlete Dutee Chand will be honoured with the Arjuna award. She is among the 27 sportspersons to get the honour. Dutee was among three Odia sportspersons who were recommended for the award.
Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik congratulated the sprinter.
Prof. Achyuta Samanta, Founder KIIT University and BJD MP, which is Dutee’s alma mater also congratulated her.
Here is the full list of Arjuna award winners –
1. Atanu Das (Archery)
2. Dutee Chand (Athletics)
3. Satwik Sairaj Rankireddy (Badminton)
4. Chirag Chandrasekhar Shetty (Badminton)
5. Vishesh Bhriguvanshi (Basketball)
6. Subedar Manish Kaushik (Boxing)
7. Lovlina Borgohain (Boxing)
8. Ishant Sharma (Cricket)
9. Deepti Sharma (Cricket)
10. Sawant Ajay Anant (Equestrian)
11. Sandesh Jhingan (Football)
12. Aditi Ashok (Golf)
13. Akashdeep Singh (Hockey)
14. Deepika (Hockey)
15. Deepak (Kabaddi)
16. Kale Sarika Sudhakar (Kho Kho)
17. Dattu Baban Bhokanal (Rowing)
18. Manu Bhaker (Shooting)
19. Saurabh Chaudhary (Shooting)
20. Madhurika Suhas Patkar (Table Tennis)
21. Divij Sharan (Tennis)
22. Shiva Keshavan (Winter Sports)
23. Divya Kakran (Wrestling)
24. Rahul Aware (Wrestling)
25. Suyash Narayan Jadhav (Para Swimming)
26. Sandeep Para (Athletics)
27. Manish Narwal (Para Shooting)