Awards (FIH & India)

FIH PLAYER OF THE YEAR (Started in 1998)

YEAR	MEN	WOMEN
1998	Stephen Veen (Ned)	Alyson Annan (Aus)
1999	Jay Stacy (Aus)	Natascha Keller (Ger)
2000	Stephen Veen (Ned)	Alyson Annan (Aus)
2001	Florian Kunz (Ger)	Luciana Aymer (Arg)
2002	Michael Green (Ger)	Cecilia Rognoni (Arg)
2003	Teun de Nooijer (NED)	Mijntje Donners (NED)
2004	Jamie Dwyer (AUS)	Luciana Aymar(ARG)
2005	Teun de Nooijer (NED)	Luciana Aymar (ARG)
2006	Teun de Nooijer (NED)	Minke Booij (NED)
2007	Jamie Dwyer (AUS)	Luciana Aymar (ARG)
2008	Pol Amat (ESP)	Luciana Aymar (ARG)
2009	Jamie Dwyer (AUS)	Luciana Aymar & Naomi Van As
2010	Jamie Dwyer (AUS)	Luciana Aymar (ARG)
2011	Jamie Dwyer (AUS)	Maartje Paumen (NED)
2012	Moritz Furste (Germ)	Maartje Paumen (NED)
2013	Tobias Hauke (Germ)	Luciana Aymar (ARG)
2014	Mark Knowles (Aus)	Ellen Hoog (NED)
2015	Robert Van Der Horst (Ned)	Lidewij Welten (NED)
2016	John-John Dohmen (Bel)	Naomi van As (NED)
2017	Arthur Van Doren (Bel)	Delfina Merino (ARG)
2018	Arthur Van Doren (Bel)	Eva de Goede (ARG)
2019	Manpreet Singh (Ind)	Eva de Goede (ARG)

FIH RISING STAR of the YEAR AWARDS (Since 2001)

Year	Men	Women
2001	Tibor Weissenborn(Ger)	Angie Skirving (Aus)
2002	Jamie Dwyer (Aus)	Soledad Garcia (ARG)
2003	Grant Schubert (Aus)	Maartje Scheepstra (NED)
2004	Santi Freixa (ESP)	Soledad Garcia (ARG)
2005	Robert van der Horst (NED)	Maartje Goderie (NED)
2006	Christopher Zeller (GER)	Mi Hyun Park (KOR)
2007	Mark Knowles (Aus)	Maike Stockel(GER)
2008	Eddie Ockendon (Aus)	Maartje Paumen (NED)
2009	Ashley Jackson (Eng)	Casey Eastham (AUS)
2010	Tobias Hauke (Ger)	Zhao Yudiao (CHN)
2011	Mathew Swann (Aus)	Stacey Michelsen (NZL)
2012	Florian Fuchs (Ger)	Anna Flanagan (AUS)
2013	Christopher Ruhr (Ger)	Maria Verschoor (NED)
2014	Gonzalo Peilat (Arg)	Florencia Habif (ARG)
2015	Christopher Ruhr (Ger)	Lily Owsley (GBR)
2016	Arthur Van Doren (Bel)	Maria Granatto (ARG)
2017	Arthur Van Doren (Bel)	Maria Granatto (ARG)
2018	Arthur de Sloover (Bel)	Lucina von de Heyde (ARG)
2019	Vivek Sagar Prasad (Ind)	Lalremsiami (IND)

FIH BEST GOALKEEPER of the YEAR AWARDS (Since 2014)

Year	Men	Women
2014	Jaap Stockmann (NED)	Joyce Sombroek (NED)
2015	David Harte (IRE)	Joyce Sombroek (NED)
2016	David Harte (IRE)	Maddie Hinch (GBR)
2017	Vincent Vanasch (BEL)	Maddie Hinch (GBR)
2018	Vincent Vanasch (BEL)	Maddie Hinch (GBR)
2019	Vincent Vanasch (BEL)	Rachael Lynch (AUS)

YEAR	MEN	WOMEN
PADMA BHUSHAN
1956	Dhyan Chand	—
PADMA SHRI AWARD Introduced in 1957 for outstanding civilians
1957	Balbir Singh Sr.	—
1958	K.D. Singh ‘Babu’	—
1964	Charanjit Singh	—
1966	Krishan Lal	—
1967	Prithipal Singh	—
1967	Shankar Laxman	—
1971	Leslie Cladius	—
1981	Vasudevan Baskaran	—
1981	Mohd. Shahid	—
1982	—	Eliza Nelson
1990	Jhaman Lal Sharma	—
1991	—	Selma D’Silva
1992	Ajit Pal Singh	—
1995	—	—
1998	Pargat Singh	—
2000	Dhanraj Pillay	—
2003	Mukesh Kumar	—
2004	Dilip Tirkey	—
2009	Balbir Singh Kular	—
2010	Ignace Tirkey
2012	Zafar Iqbal
2015	Sardar Singh	Saba Anjum
2017	PR Sreejesh
2020	M. P Ganesh	Rani Rampal
RAJIV GANDHI KHEL RATNA AWARD Introduced in 1991 for players
1999	Dhanraj Pillay	—
	Sardar Singh
ARJUNA AWARD Introduced in 1961 to recognize outstanding current players
1961	Prithipal Singh	N. Lumsden
1963	Charanjit Singh	—
1964	Shankar Laxman	—
1965	Udham Singh	Elvira Britto
1966	V.J. Peter	Sunita Puri
1966	Gurbux Singh	—
1967	Harbinder Singh	—
1967	Jagjit Singh	—
1967	Mohinder Lal	—
1968	Balbir Singh (Services)	—
1970	Ajit Pal Singh	—
1971	P. Krishnamurthy	—
1972	Michael Kindo	—
1973	M.P. Ganesh	Dr. O. Mascarenhas
1974	Ashok Kumar	Ajinder Kaur
1975	B.P. Govinda	Rupa Saini
1977	Harcharan Singh	L.L. Fernandes
1979	Vasudevan Baskaran	R.B. Mundphan
1980	Mohd. Shahid	Eliza Nelson
1981	—	Versha Soni
1983	Zafar Iqbal	—
1984	—	Rajbir Kaur
1985	M. M. Somaya	Prem Maya
1986	Joaquim Carvalho	—
1988	Mohinder Pal Singh	—
1989	Pargat Singh	—
1990	Jagbir Singh	—
1992	Mervyn Fernandis	—
1994	Jude Felix	—
1995	Mukesh Kumar	—
1995	Dhanraj Pillay	—
1996	Ashish Ballal	—
1996	A. B. Subbiah	—
1997	Harmik Singh	—
1997	Surinder Singh Sodhi	—
1997	Rajinder Singh Sr.	—
1998	Surjit Singh (Posthumous)	Pritam Rani Siwach
1998	M. K. Kaushik	S. Omana Kumari
1998	Baldev Singh	Nil
1998	Mohammed Riaz	Nil
1998	Baljit Singh Dhilon	Nil
1999	Balbir Singh (Punjab)	Nil
1999	Haripal Kaushik	Nil
1999	V.J. Phillips	Nil
1999	Ramandeep Singh	Nil
2000	Baljit Singh Saini	Tingonleima Chanu
2000	R.S. Bhola	Madhu Yadav
2000	Balkishan Singh	Nil
2000	Jalaluddin Rizvi	Nil
2001	Dilip Tirkey	Sita Gussein
2002	Gagan Ajit Singh	Mamta Kharab
2003	Devesh Chauhan	Suraj Lata Devi
2004	Deepak Thakur	Helen Mary
2005	Viren Rasquinha	Jyoti Sunita Kullu
2007	Prabhjot Singh	Nil
2008	Nil
2009	Ignace Tirkey	Surinder Kaur
2010	Sandeep Singh	Jasjeet Kaur Handa
2011	Rajpal Singh	Nil
2012	Sardar Singh	Nil
2013	Nil	Saba Anjum
2014	Nil	Nil
2015	PR Sreejesh	Nil
2016	V R Raghunath	Rani Rampal
2017	SV Sunil	Nil
2018	Manpreet Singh	Savita
2019	Chinglensingh Sana	Nil
2020	Announcement Awaited	Announcement Awaited
DHYAN CHAND AWARD Introduced in 2002 for former players
2002	Ashok Diwan
2003	Charles Cormelius
2003	Dharam Singh Mann
2004	Hardayal Singh
2005	Rajinder Singh Jr.
2006	Grahnandan Singh
2007	Varinder Singh
2009	Mukhbain Singh
2012	Kundeep Kumar
2013	Syed Ali
2015	Romeo James
2016	Sylvanus Dung Dung
2017		Sumrai Tete
2018	Bharat Kumar Chetri
2019	Manuel Fredericks
2020	Announcement Awaited	Announcement Awaited
DRONACHARYA AWARD Introduced in 2000 for coaches

2000	Gurdial Singh Bangu
2002	M.K. Kaushik
2003	Rajinder Singh Sr.
2008	Baldev Singh
2010	AK Bansal
2011	Rajinder Singh Jr
2012	Harendra Singh
2013	Narinder Singh Saini
2017	P A Raphael
2018	Clarence Lobo
2019	Merzban Patel ‘Bawa’
2020	Romesh Patania
2019	Jude Felix

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