Priyanka Goswami

Priyanka Goswami

Goswami in 2022
Personal information
Nationality	Indian
Born	(1996-03-10) March 10, 1996 (age 29) Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh, India
Employer	Indian Railways
Sport
Sport	Race walk
Coached by	Ronald Weigel
Medal record Women's athletics Representing   India Commonwealth Games 2022 Birmingham 10km walk Asian Championships 2023 Bangkok 20km walk World University Games 2021 Chengdu 20km walk team

Priyanka Goswami (born 10 March 1996) is an Indian race walk athlete. ^{[1] [2]} A two time Olympian, she represented India at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics where she finished 17th and the 2024 Paris Olympics where she finished 41st. ^{[3] [4]} At the 2022 Commonwealth Games, she became the first Indian woman to win a medal in a race walk event, with a silver in the 10 km event. ^{[5] [6] [7]}

Biography

Goswami practised gymnastics at school for a few months before switching to athletics. She was attracted to running because of the prize bags available to successful competitors. ^[8]

In February 2021, she won the Indian Racewalking Championship in the 20 km race, with a new Indian record of 1:28.45, and qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics. ^{[2] [9]} She previously won the Indian Racewalking Championship in 2017. ^[1]

She works as an OS for Indian Railways. ^[8]

References

1. "Priyanka". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
2. "National Open Race Walking Championships: Sandeep Kumar, Priyanka Goswami shatter national records, qualify for Tokyo Olympics along with Rahul". First Post. 13 February 2021. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
3. "India's Bhawna Jat makes the Olympic cut in 20km race walk". India Today. 15 February 2020. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
4. Mondal, Aratrick (6 August 2021). "Tokyo Olympics Priyanka Goswami 17th, Bhawna Jat 32nd in women's 20km race walk, Gurpreet fails to finish in men's event". indiatvnews.com. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
5. "Women's 10,000m Race Walk – Final". Birmingham2022.com. 6 August 2022. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
6. "CWG 2022: Priyanka Goswami bags silver medal in women's 10,000m race walk". dnaindia.com. 6 August 2022. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
7. "Steeplechaser Avinash Sable, race walker Priyanka Goswami clinch silver medals in CWG – Commonwealth Games 2022 News". The Times of India. 6 August 2022. Retrieved 7 August 2022.
8. Bhagat, Mallika (17 February 2021). "National record holder Priyanka Goswami: Started race walking for bags that medallists got". hindustantimes.com. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
9. "Priyanka Goswami, Sandeep Kumar, break national records, qualify for Tokyo Olympics". ANI News. 13 February 2021. Retrieved 22 June 2021.

External links

• Priyanka Goswami at World Athletics
• "Racewalker Priyanka Goswami had no idea about Olympics. And then Tokyo 2020 happened." – The Bridge