<P> The first recipient of the award was Chess Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand , who was honoured for the performance in the year 1991 -- 92 . In 2001 , sport shooter Abhinav Bindra , then aged 18 , became the youngest recipient of the award . Usually conferred upon only one sportsperson in a year , a few exceptions have been made ( 1993 -- 1994 , 2002 , 2009 , 2012 , and 2016 -- 2018 ) when multiple recipients were awarded in a year . As of 2018 , there have been thirty - six recipients from fourteen sport disciplines : Athletics , Badminton , Billiards , Boxing , Chess , Cricket , Field hockey , Gymnastics , Shooting , Snooker , Tennis , Wrestling , Weightlifting , and Yacht racing . The most recent recipients of the award are Weightlifter Saikhom Mirabai Chanu and Cricketer Virat Kohli . </P>
<P> The first recipient of the award was Chess Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand , who was honoured for the performance in the year 1991 -- 92 . In 2001 , sport shooter Abhinav Bindra , then aged 18 , became the youngest recipient of the award . Usually conferred upon only one sportsperson in a year , a few exceptions have been made ( 1993 -- 1994 , 2002 , 2009 , 2012 , and 2016 -- 2018 ) when multiple recipients were awarded in a year . As of 2018 , there have been thirty - six recipients from fourteen sport disciplines : Athletics , Badminton , Billiards , Boxing , Chess , Cricket , Field hockey , Gymnastics , Shooting , Snooker , Tennis , Wrestling , Weightlifting , and Yacht racing . The most recent recipients of the award are Weightlifter Saikhom Mirabai Chanu and Cricketer Virat Kohli . </P>
who get rajiv gandhi khel ratna award 2018
who get rajiv gandhi khel ratna award 2018
Weightlifter Saikhom Mirabai Chanu Cricketer Virat Kohli
Weightlifter Saikhom Mirabai Chanu Cricketer Virat Kohli