New Update Sheetal Devi Receives Arjuna Award from President
Introduction
Sheetal Devi
President Droupadi Murmu presented Para-archer Sheetal Devi with the Arjuna Award on January 9, 2024. Sheetal, 16, is the first para-archery champion from outside the world. She is a quadriplegic. Sheetal created history at the Hangzhou Para Asian Games 2023 by taking home two gold medals and a silver medal.
Sheetal Devi Arjun Award Ceromony
President Droupadi Murmu presented the national sports awards to India’s top-performing athletes in a regal ceremony on Tuesday at the Rashtrapati Bhawan, evoking a festive atmosphere among the 26 athletes and para-athletes.
Due to a rare illness called phocomelia, para archer Sheetal Devi, who took two gold medals from the Asian Games in Hangzhou, is the first para archer outside the country to compete without upper limbs.
2023 NATIONAL SPORTS AWARD WINNERS:
Ojas Pravin Deotale (archery), Aditi Gopichand Swami (archery), Murali Sreeshankar (athletics), Parul Chaudhary (athletics), Mohammad Hussamuddin (boxing), R Vaishali (chess), Mohammed Shami (cricket), Anush Agarwalla (equestrian), Divyakriti Singh (equestrian dressage), Diksha Dagar (golf), Krishan Bahadur Pathak (hockey), Sushila Chanu (hockey), Pawan Kumar (kabaddi), Ritu Negi (kabaddi), Nasreen (kho-kho), Pinki (lawn bowls), Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar (shooting), Esha Singh (shooting), Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu (squash), Ayhika Mukherjee (table tennis), Sunil Kumar (wrestling), Antim Panghal (wrestling), Naorem Roshibina Devi (wushu), Sheetal Devi (para archery), Illuri Ajay Kumar Reddy (blind cricket), Prachi Yadav (para canoeing).
