Priyanka Goswami

Priyanka Goswami (born 10 March 1996) is an Indian race walk athelete.^[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]

Priyanka Goswami

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Goswami in 2022
Personal information
Nationality	Indian
Born	(1996-03-10) March 10, 1996 (age 29) Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh, India
Sport
Event	Race walk
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

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]