Asian Games 2018 Medalist Winner with the Cash Prize

Asian Games 2018 is going at Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia, from 18th August to 2nd September. Till now India got 15 Gold medal. It is one of the best seasons for India.

Many up and downs we have seen in the 18th Asian Games. Here is the list of medalist with the prize money announced by the state government.

Vinesh Phogat, who won gold in the women’s freestyle 50 kg category, became the first Indian woman wrestler to win a gold medal at the Games.

Gold Medal Winner at 18th Asian Games

Name Sports Event Prize Money
Bajrang Punia Wrestling Men’s freestyle 65 kg Haryana Government will honor him with 3 Crore of a cash award
Vinesh Phogat Wrestling Women’s freestyle 50 kg Haryana Government will honor her with Rs. 3 Crore of the cash award and a job of HCS/HPS
Saurabh Chaudhary Shooting Men’s 10-meter air pistol 50 lakh cash Prize from UP Government and Job post of a gazetted officer in the state government.
Rahi Sarnobat Shooting Women’s 25-meter pistol Rs. 50 Lakhs from Maharashtra
Sawarn Singh, Dattu Baban Bhokanal, Om Prakash, Sukhmeet Singh Rowing Men’s quadruple sculls (Team Event) No Announcement.
Rs. 50 Lakhs to Dattu Baban Bhokanal from Maharashtra.
Rohan Bopanna, Divij Sharan Lawn Tennis Men’s doubles No Announcement
Tajinderpal Singh Toor Athletics Men’s shot put No Announcement
Neeraj Chopra Athletics Men’s javelin throw Rs 1.5 crore from Haryana Government.
Manjit Singh Athletics Men’s 800 metres Rs 1.5 crore from Haryana Government.
Arpinder Singh Athletics Men’s triple jump No Announcement
Swapna Barman Athletics Women’s heptathlon 10 Lakhs Cash Prize and Government Job by the West Bengal State Government.
Jinson Johnson Athletics Men’s 1500 metres No Announcement
M. R. Poovamma, Saritaben Gaikwad, Hima Das, Vismaya Athletics Women’s 4 x 400 m relay No Announcement, State cash award will be given
Amit Panghal Boxing Light flyweight (49 kg) No Announcement
Pranab Bardhan, Shibhnath Sarkar Bridge Men’s pair No Announcement

Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang opened the Asian Games with the gold medal. India Secured maximum gold medal in Athletics. Many states opened the heart to award the sportsperson who secured the award for India at 18th Asain Games 2018.

Silver Medal Winner at 18th Asian Games

Name Sports Event Prize Money
Deepak Kumar Shooting Men’s 10-meter air rifle No Announcement
Lakshay Sheoran Shooting Men’s trap Haryana Government will honor him with Rs. 1.5 Crore of cash award and Group A job.
Sanjeev Rajput Shooting Men’s 50 metre rifle three positions
Shardul Vihan Shooting Men’s double trap
India women’s national kabaddi team Kabaddi Women’s kabaddi
Fouaad Mirza Equestrian Individual eventing
Fouaad Mirza, Rakesh Kumar, Ashish Malik, Jitender Singh Equestrian Team eventing
Hima Das Athletics Women’s 400 metres
Muhammed Anas Athletics Men’s 400 metres
Dutee Chand Athletics Women’s 100 metres 1.5 Crore of cash prize by Odisha Government
Dharun Ayyasamy Athletics Men’s 400 metres hurdles Rs 30 lakh from TamilNadu Government.
Sudha Singh Athletics Women’s 3000 metres steeplechase Rs. 30 Lakhs from UP Government and Job
Neena Varakil Athletics Women’s long jump
Muskan Kirar, Madhumita Kumari, Jyothi Surekha Vennam Archery Women’s team compound 75 Lakhs for Muskan Kirar only by MP Governmet
Abhishek Verma, Rajat Chauhan, Aman Saini Archery Men’s team compound
P V Sindhu Badminton Women’s singles
Jinson Johnson Athletics Men’s 800 metres
Pincky Balhara Kurash Women’s 52 kg
Rajiv Arokia, Muhammed Anas, Hima Das, M. R. Poovamma Athletics Mixed 4 x 400 metres relay Rs 30 lakh for Rajiv Arokia from Tamil Nadu Government.
Dutee Chand Athletics Women’s 200 metres Another 1.5 Crore of cash prize by Odisha Government
Dharun Ayyasamy, Kunhu Mohammed, Rajiv Arokia, Muhammed Anas Athletics Men’s 4 x 400 m relay
Shweta Shervegar, Varsha Gautham Sailing 49er FX Women
India women’s national field hockey team Field Hockey Women’s tournament

India secured the maximum silver medal at the Athletics sports. Many states awarded the Silver medal. Odisha Government awarded Dutee Chand of total 3 crore amount.

Bronze Medal Winner at 18th Asian Games

Name Sports Event Prize Money
Ravi Kumar, Apurvi Chandela Shooting 10 metre air rifle mixed team
Abhishek Verma Shooting Men’s 10 metre air pistol
India men’s national sepak takraw team Sepak takraw Men’s team regu
Divya Kakran Wrestling Women’s freestyle 68 kg
Roshibina Naorem Wushu Women’s sanda 60 kg
Santhosh Kumar Wushu Men’s sanda 56 kg
Surya Bhanu Pratap Singh Wushu Men’s sanda 60 kg
Narender Grewal Wushu Men’s sanda 65 kg
Ankita Raina Lawn Tennis Women’s singles
India men’s national kabaddi team Kabaddi Men’s kabaddi
Dushyant Chauhan Rowing Men’s lightweight single sculls
Rohit Kumar, Bhagwan Singh Rowing Men’s lightweight double sculls
Heena Sidhu Shooting Women’s 10 metre air pistol
Prajnesh Gunneswaran Lawn Tennis Men’s singles
Dipika Pallikal Squash Women’s singles Rs 20 lakh from TN Government
Joshna Chinappa Squash Women’s singles Rs 20 lakh from TN Government
Saurav Ghosal Squash Men’s singles Rs 20 lakh from TN Government
Sumit Mukherjee, Debabrata Majumder, Jaggy Shivdasani, Rajeshwar Tewari, Ajay Khare, Raju Tolani Bridge Men’s team
Bachiraju Satyanarayana, Rajeev Khandelwal
Gopinath Manna, Himani Khandelwal, Hema Deora, Kiran Nadar
Bridge Mixed team
Saina Nehwal Badminton Women’s singles
Sathiyan Gnanasekaran, Achanta Sharath Kamal, Anthony Amalraj, Harmeet Desai, Manav Thakkar Table tennis Men’s team Rs 20 lakh each to G Sathiyan, Achanta Sharath Kamal and Anthony Amalraj
Malaprabha Jadhav Kurash Women’s 52 kg
Achanta Sharath Kamal, Manika Batra Table tennis Mixed doubles
PU Chitra Athletics Women’s 1500 metres
Seema Punia Athletics Women’s Discus Throw
Harshita Tomar Sailing Open Laser 4.7
Varun Thakkar, Ganapathy Chengappa Sailing 49er Men
Saurav Ghosal, Harinder Pal Sandhu, Ramit Tandon, Mahesh Mangaonkar Squash Men’s team
Vikas Krishan Yadav Boxing Men’s Middleweight (75kg)

No special announcement made for the Bronze medal winner at the Asian Games but almost all the state has the basic policy of award with the cash prize and all the respective players from the state will be awarded.

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