New Delhi: The star of the Athlete Devendra Jhajharia on Tuesday was named for Padma Bhushan who was prestigious, the third highest civil honor of the country while Olympic Gold won the Javelin Neeraj Chopra thrower was between eight sports named for Padma Shri Award.
The forty-year-old jhjhariah has two gold medals in Javelin’s competition for Paralympics, 2004 Athens and recently in Rio 2016.
He won silver at the F46 event in Tokyo Paralympics last year.
I am happy that nine people from sports brotherhood, including @devjhjharia and @neerajchopra have found …
https://t.co/ymbHC9Byv2- Anurag Thakur (@INURAGTHAKUR) 1643127792000Chopra, 24-year-old Javelin thrower, making history in the Tokyo Olympics By becoming the first Indian to win gold on the trajectory and field path in the history of the game.
He also became only the second Indian who won an individual Olympic gold after the Bindra Abhinav shooter.
“Soaking and honored to know that I have been crowned as the recipient of Padma Shri award and Param Vishisht Seva Medal.
I thank you for your good expectations and blessings and will continue to work hard to do the best for this country,” Chopra, who practices at US, tweeted.
Soak and honored to know that I have been crowned the recipient of the Padma Shri and Param Vishisht award …
https://t.co/XF8BGPY50X- NEERAJ CHOPRA (@ NEERAJ_CHOPRA1) 1643126707000Thartees Padma Shri Other including 20 years old SHOOTER AVANI LEKHARA , the Badminton Pramod Bhagat and the snorters of Javelin Sumit Antil.
Respected with Padma Shri Award 🎖 @ sports_odisha | @Media_sai | @Paralympicindia #padmashri #pramodbhagat # Paris🎯 https://t.co/ks7G7T3A6S- Pramod Bhagat (@ pramodbhagat83) 1643125301000Also Get Honor is 93 years old cannipayattu (original martial arts form) Legend Sankaranarayana Menon Chundayil, Former International Champion Faisal Ali Dar, a 67-year-old Indian football team, captain Brahmanand Sankhwalkar and 29-year-old Hockey player Vandana Kataria.
Happy Former #Bluetigers 🐯 Goalkeeper & Captain Brahmanand Sankhwalkar because it was changed with …
https://t.co/ot0Vahe3WU- Indian Football Team (@IndianFootball) 1643128095000Sankar is one of the best goalkeepers produced by India.
He led the team from 1983 to 1986.
The Kataria Women’s Hockey player has played more than 200 matches for India and recording a hat-trick at the Tokyo Olympics where India made history with fourth finishing.
The Padma award was awarded by the President of India in the ceremonial function in Rashtrapati Bhawan around March-April every year.