Priyanka Goswami

Priyanka Goswami (born 10 March 1996) is an Indian race walk athlete. 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.

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.

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. She previously won the Indian Racewalking Championship in 2017.

She works as an OS for Indian Railways.