London [ Images ] Olympics [ Images ] silver medalist shooter Vijay Kumar was honoured with the 'Services Best Sportsman' award for 2012 at the Army Headquarters in New Delhi [ Images ] on Friday.
"The award is given to the best sportsman from the three defence forces -- Army, Air Force and Navy," a release stated.
The award, including the trophy and Rs 1 lakh, was presented to the ace shooter by Navy Chief Admiral DK Joshi.
"I am honoured to have been given such a prestigious award. It makes me really happy that my efforts are now being applauded and appreciated by the Services," Vijay Kumar said.
Vijay Kumar won a silver medal at the July-August London Games in the individual 25 metre rapid fire pistol.
The current world No. 3 had earlier won three gold medals and one silver medal at the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games [ Images ].
Meanwhile, the Himachal Pradesh [ Images ] shooter will be flying to Bangkok on October 22 to participate in the prestigious ISSF World Cup Finals.
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