Date :Monday, February 06, 2012 Time: 3:33:53 PM

Athletics Newsletter
Chhatrapati Award winner Athletes
About Chhatrapati Award: After introduction of Arjuna Award by Govt. of India, Maharashtr'a Sports Department started honoring Maharashtra's top Sportsman and Sportswomen who had made Maharashtra and India proud with their performances at the National and International Level by giving them "Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Award" from the year 1969-70. Its the highest Sport Award given by the Government of Maharashtra. 
Year Athlete name District Event Achievement 
1969-70

None
1970-71 Edward Sequira Bombay  1500m, 5000m Run National Record holder in 1500m for more than 20 years. Still holds State record in 1500m, 5000m run till date.
Alka Dighe
1971-72 Kum. S. Maniyar
1972-73 Gopal Kidyoor Bombay Javelin Throw Winner of bronze medal at the Asian Athletic Championship 1973 at Manila with a throw of 58.28m. Holder of National Record in Javelin Throw in the year 1972 
Gurubans Kaur
1973-74 Bernadate Toscane
1974-75 D. Jaysilam
Sulekha Sule Bombay
1975-76 Leslie Louis Bombay Long Jump Still holds the State record with a distance of 7.19m.
Virginia Cresto
1976-77 Carol patrick 
1977-78 Alvin Neto 
Poonam Sayed
1978-79 Adille Sumariwalla Bombay 100m, 200m run Then National Champion in 100m run. Presently state record holder in 100m with a timing of 10.4s.
Bakhtawar Khambata Bombay Shot Put, Discus Throw Then National Champion in Shot Put and Discus Throw
1979-80 Germen Albukark 
JUDITH FERNANDES Bombay 200m, 400m Winner and Record holder in 200mts at the XXV National Games 1979 held at Hyderabad.
Winner of 200 mts and 400mts at All India Open Athletic Championships 1981 held at New Delhi.
1980-81 Madhu Shivdatt
1981-82 Merci Dubhash Bombay 100m , 200m Run
1982-83 Rohit Hegde 400m , 800m run State record holder in 800m run till date with a performance of 1:51.2s
Shobha Vijayan
1983-84 Vijaykumar Hoskatti Bombay High Jump
Priyatha Menon
1984-85 Savio D'souza Bombay Marathon Winner of Pune International Marathon in 1984
Sandhya Prabhu
1985-86 Hirji Nagarwala Bombay 100m , 200m run
Vandana Shanbag 400m The best one lapper in her time. Member of the National Record in 4x400m relay till the year 2000.
1986-87 Nanda Jadhav Satara 10000m run Dominated the Indian long distance arena for more than 3 years.
1987-88 Sunil Rao Bombay 100m run
Charulata Naigaonkar
1988-89 Sangeeta Satpute
1989-90 Zenia Ayrton Bombay 100m, 200m run Classic Sprinter. Still hold Indian Junior Record in Under 18 group in 200m run with 24.7s. set in Bangalore in 1989.
1990-91 Gunga Jagtap
1991-92 L. Leelamma Bombay 10000m run ,Marathon Winner of Silver medal at the Asian Athletic Championship 1991 at Kuala Lumpur in 10000m run with a timing of 35:38.9s 
1992-93 Siddharth Ahiwale
Aprana Bhoyar Nagpur 10000m run, Cross Country Represented India in the International Cross Country Championships.
1993-94 Homiyar Mistry Bombay 400m run Represented India at the Manila Asian Athletic Championship. Still hold the State record with 47.62sec. set in 1994 at the Pune National Games.
Satyabhama Vatai Bombay Marathon, 10000m 
1994-95 Kailash Mane Satara 5000m, 10000m run Had won National Championships also still holds the State record in 10000m run with 29:51.19s set in 1993 at Dhaka.
Snehal Khaire Pune
1995-96 Siddharth Basak Ahmadnagar 400m Winner of 400m at the Asian Junior Athletic Championship in 1994 with 48.11sec.
Bhagyashri Bile Solapur 10000m run Had won 10000m run at the Pune national Games 1994
1996-97 Vaishali Phating Nagpur Cross Country, 10000m run
1997-98 Linesh Pathak Mumbai Sub. 110m Hurdles. Winner of 110m event at U22 Nationals for two year in succession. Still holds State record in Boys Under 20 and U22 with a timing of 14.9s.  
Urmila More Kolhapur
1998-99
1999-2000 Rachita Mistry Bombay 100m, 200m India's Fastest Women. National Record holder in 100m run (11.38s) PB is 11.26s.
Brinston Miranda Bombay 400m hurdles Represented Maharashtra in many occasion at the National Athletic Championships
2000-01 Anand Menezes Bombay 100M , 200M run Member of 4x100m relay National Record Holder team. Represented India at Olympics in Sydney 2000, Asian Athletic Championship at Japan in 1998. 
Ajit Naik BOMBAY 800m run Winner of many National 800m event.
Bhaskar Bhosale Sangli 10000m, Cross Country
2001-02 Madhuri Gurnule Nagpur 5000m, 10000m run, Cross Country Represented India in World Cross Country Championship for 3 times. Winner of 5000/10000m of two successive National games at Ludhiyana'01 and Hyderabad,02
2002-03 Swati Gurnule Nagpur 1500m Represented Maharashtra in Senior National, Open National, National games and had secured medals.
Sarita Patil Sangli High Jump Represented Maharashtra in national games, Open National, Inter-state in High jump and had won medals too . Her PB is 1.73m
Jagannath Lakade Pune 10000m Represented India in 14th Asian Track and Field Championship in Colombo and secured Bronze medal in 10000m run. 
Vijaya Sonawane Nagpur Cross Country Represented India in the Asian Cross Country Championship at Kathmandu and had secured second position. She has represented Maharashtra in many nationals.

� Champion's Web Developer 2000-2010 
site best viewed in 800 X 600 pixels use i.e. 5.0 & above