
Manavjeet Singh Sandhu is an Arjuna Award winner of 1998. He won the award for consistent performance in the last few years. The individual gold and team silver at the 2006 World Championship in Zagreb, Croatia, was one of his top achievements. Rajiv Gandhi Khelratna award for 2006, which is India`s highest sports honour, was awarded to Manavjeet Singh Sandhu, the trap shooter.
The Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award comprises Rs.500, 000, a scroll of honour and a medal in recognition of spectacular and most outstanding performance in sports. Sandhu left behind Indian cricket captain
Rahul Dravid and star golfer
Jeev Milkha Singh for the award, becoming the fourth shooter to bag the award after Abhinav Bindra, Anjali Bhagwat and Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore.
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(Last Updated on : 23/03/2011)