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  Lakra, Routray chosen for OSJA Annual Awards
08 Mar 2022
 

Odisha hockey Olympian Birendra Lakra and former basketball international Arupananda Routray have been selected for the Annual Awards of Odisha Sports Journalists’ Association (OSJA) for the year 2021. This was announced by OSJA President Sandeep Mishra today.

Vice-captain of the Indian men’s hockey team that won the bronze medal at the 2021 Tokyo Olympcs, defender Lakra would be conferred with the OSJA Sportsperson of the Year Award, while State basketball legend Routray would be bestowed with OSJA Lifetime Achievement Award.

The prestigious awards would be conferred on the occasion of the seventh Foundation Day Function of OSJA in Bhubaneswar on March 21. The awards will carry a cheque of Rs 25,000 each along with special trophy and citation.
 

Lakra, who also represented India in 2012 London Olympics, helped India win gold medal at Incheon Asian Games and silver medal at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games in 2014.

First basketball international of Odisha, Routray not only played for the country, but also guided the National team as Head Coach. He represented both Odisha and Services in Senior National Championships for many years.

State unit of Sports Journalists’ Federation of India (SJFI), OSJA has been conferring the Annual Awards since 2018. Past winners of the OSJA Sporspersons of Year include athletics international Purnima Hembram (2018), hockey international Amit Rohidas (2019), Paralympic badminton champion Pramod Bhagat (2020) and chess Grandmaster Swayams Mishra (2021).

Past winners of the OSJA Lifefime Achievement Awards are: veteran footballer Debendra Prasad Singh (2018), boxing coach Braja Bhusan Mohanty (2019), athletics coaches Panchanan Gantayat (2020) and Arun Kumar Das (2021).
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PHOTOS: File pictures of basketball legend Arupananda Routray (Top) and hockey Olympian Birendra Lakra.
 
   
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