Priyanka Goswami
 Goswami in 2022 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |  Indian |
| Born | March 10, 1996 Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Sport | |
| Event | Race walk |
Medal record | |
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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
- ^ a b "Priyanka". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
- ^ a b "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.
- ^ "India's Bhawna Jat makes the Olympic cut in 20km race walk". India Today. 15 February 2020. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Women's 10,000m Race Walk – Final". Birmingham2022.com. 6 August 2022. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
- ^ "CWG 2022: Priyanka Goswami bags silver medal in women's 10,000m race walk". dnaindia.com. 6 August 2022. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b Bhagat, Mallika (17 February 2021). "National record holder Priyanka Goswami: Started race walking for bags that medallists got". hindustantimes.com. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
- ^ "Priyanka Goswami, Sandeep Kumar, break national records, qualify for Tokyo Olympics". ANI News. 13 February 2021. Retrieved 22 June 2021.