The National Sports Awards for the year 2009 were handed out by the President of India, Smt. Pratibha Patil on 29th of August , the Sports Day .
Rajiv Khel Ratna:
M.C. Marykom (boxing),
Vijender Kumar (boxing) and
Sushil Kumar (wrestling)
Arjuna Award: Mangal Singh Champia (archery), Sinimol Paulose (athletics), Saina Nehwal (badminton), L. Saritha Devi (boxing), Tania Sachdeva (chess), Gautam Gambhir (cricket), Ignatius Tirkey (hockey), Surinder Kaur (hockey), Pankaj Shirsat (kabaddi), B. Prabhu (phy challenged), Satish Joshi (rowing), Ranjan Sodhi (shooting), Poulami Ghatak (table tennis), Yogeshwar Dutt (wrestling), G.L. Yadav (yatching)
Dronacharya Award:
Baldev Singh (hockey),
Jaidev Bisht (boxing),
Satpal (wrestling),
Pullela Gopichand (badminton) and
Udaikumar (kabaddi).
