NEW DELHI: With the next edition of
Times of India Sports Awards
(
TOISA
) around the corner, here's a recap of the last event held in February 2018. The upcoming edition will see a host of India's top performers between April 2018 and October 2019 make it to the shortlist of nominees.
Looking back at the glittering awards ceremony last year, it was ace shuttler
Kidambi Srikanth who was named the 'Sportsperson of the Year' for a record-setting 2017 on the badminton courts across the world. He also bagged the Jury's Choice Award for male 'Badminton Player of the Year'. In the female category,
PV Sindhu won the award. Their mentor and national badminton coach Pullela Gopichand received the 'Mentor of the Year' award.
Among the who's who of the sports world attending the ceremony was tennis legend Stefan Edberg, present as the mentor.
Coincidentally, India's tennis icon Vijay Amritraj was the recipient of the TOISA Lifetime Achievement Award as Edberg applauded his achievement.
In the list of first-time athletes winning the award were Amyjot Singh Gill for 'Basketball Player of the Year', distance-runner G Lakshmanan for 'Athlete of the Year', Gaurav Bidhuri as 'Boxer of the Year' and Gurpeet Singh Sandhu who received the 'Footballer of the Year' award.
Teenage pistol sensation Anish Bhanwala (then 15) was adjudged Emerging Player of the Year.
The 'Team of the Year' award went to the Indian men's hockey team for winning the 2017 Asia Cup and bronze medals at the Hockey World League Final in Bhubaneshwar and the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup in Malaysia.
A new award, titled 'Inspiration of the Year', was given to the Indian women's cricket team which captivated the country's sports fans by reaching the final of the 2017 ICC Women's World Cup.
Here is the complete list of award winners:
SPORTSPERSON OF THE YEAR: Kidambi Srikanth
TEAM OF THE YEAR: Indian men's hockey team
COACH OF THE YEAR: Anil Kumble
MENTOR OF THE YEAR: Pullela Gopichand
INSPIRATION OF THE YEAR: Indian women's cricket team
EMERGING PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Anish Bhanwala
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT: Vijay Amritraj
CHANGE AGENT: Madhya Pradesh
PARA-ATHLETE OF THE YEAR: Varun Bhati
ARCHER OF THE YEAR: Abhishek Verma
ATHLETE OF THE YEAR: G Lakshmanan
BADMINTON PLAYER OF THE YEAR (MALE & FEMALE): Kidambi Srikanth & PV Sindhu
BASKETBALL PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Amjyot Singh Gill
BILLIARDS/SNOOKER PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Pankaj Advani
BOXER OF THE YEAR: Gaurav Bidhuri
CHESS PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Harika Dronavalli
CRICKETER OF THE YEAR (MALE & FEMALE): Jasprit Bumrah & Harmanpreet Kaur
FOOTBALL PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Gurpreet Singh Sandhu
GOLFER OF THE YEAR: Ajeetesh Sandhu
HOCKEY PLAYER OF THE YEAR (MALE & FEMALE): Harmanpreet Singh & Savita Punia
KABADDI PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Pardeep Narwal
SHOOTER OF THE YEAR (MALE & FEMALE): Ankur Mittal & Heena Sidhu
SQUASH PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Saurav Ghosal
TABLE TENNIS PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Sathiyan Gnansekaran
TENNIS PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Rohan Bopanna
WEIGHTLIFTER OF THE YEAR: Saikhom Mirabai Chanu
WRESTLER OF THE YEAR: Bajrang PuniaSales Special Microsites
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