Devendra Jhajharia has received the Padma Bhushan, Neeraj Chopra has been given the Padma Shri.© AFPStar para-athlete Devendra Jhajharia was on Tuesday named for the prestigious Padma Bhushan, the third-highest civilian honour in the country while Olympic gold-winning javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra was among the eight sportspersons named for Padma Shri award. Forty-year old Jhajharia has two gold medals in the javelin competition of Paralympic Games, 2004 Athens and more recently in Rio 2016. He won a silver in the F46 event at the Tokyo Paralympics last year. Chopra, the 24-year-old javelin thrower, made history in the Tokyo Olympics by becoming the first Indian to win a gold in a track and field event in Games’ history.He also became only the second Indian to win an individual Olympic gold after shooter Abhinav Bindra.The other Padma Shri awardees include 20-year-old para shooter Avani Lekhara, para-badminton player Pramod Bhagat and para javelin thrower Sumit Antil.PromotedAlso getting the honour was 93-year-old Kalaripayattu (indigenous martial art form) legend Sankaranarayana Menon Chundayil, former international martial arts champion Faisal Ali Dar, 67-year-old former Indian football team captain Brahmanand Sankhwalkar and 29-year-old women’s hockey player Vandana Kataria.The Padma Awards are conferred by the President of India at a ceremonial function in Rashtrapati Bhawan around March-April every year.Topics mentioned in this article