1. Rani Rampal
  2. PR Sreejesh
  3. Neeraj Chopra
  4. PV Sindhu
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Option 2 : PR Sreejesh

The correct answer is PR Sreejesh.

  • PR Sreejesh, the goalkeeper for the Indian men's hockey team, was awarded World Games Athlete of the Year 2021 on January 31, 2022.
  • He was the first Indian male athlete to win the award and the second Indian sportsperson overall.
  • Rani Rampal, the captain of the Indian women's hockey team, was the first Indian to receive the World Games Athlete of the Year award in 2020.
  • PR Sreejesh was a significant member of India's bronze-medal winning men's hockey team at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
  • The 33-year-old beat off Alberto Gines Lopez, the Olympic champion in sport climbing from Spain, and Michele Giordano, an Italian wushu player, to receive the World Games Athlete of the Year 2021 honour. 

  • Rani Rampal was named the 2019 World Games Athlete of the Year after receiving the Arjuna Award in 2016. At the 2021 Sportstar ACES Awards, Rani Rampal, the captain of the Indian women's hockey team, was named Sportswoman of the Decade (Team Sports).
  • Neeraj Chopra, a javelin thrower, earned India's first-ever gold medal in athletics, becoming only the second Indian to do so after Abhinav Bindra, who made history in Beijing in 2008.
  • Pusarla Venkata Sindhu has won medals at the Olympics and on the BWF circuit, including gold at the 2019 World Championships.
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