Priyanka Goswami is an Indian athlete best known for participating in the 20 km race walk. She is also known for setting a national record of 43:38.82 in the women’s 10,000m race walking event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, where she won a silver medal.
Wiki/Biography
Priyanka Goswami was born on Sunday, March 10, 1996, in Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh (age 26; as of 2022). Her hometown is Saghdi village in Muzaffarnagar. Her zodiac sign is Pisces. She studied at Kanoharal Girls School, Meerut. She studied BA from BK Maheshwari College, Meerut.
appearance
Height (approximately): 5′4”
Hair color: black
Eye color: black
family
Parents and siblings
Priyanka’s father, Madanpal Goswami, is a bus conductor.
Priyanka Goswami and her father
Her mother’s name is Anita Goswami and she is a housewife.
Priyanka Goswami and her mother
Her brother’s name is Kapil Goswami and he is a national level boxer.
Priyanka Goswami and her brother
religion
Priyanka’s Instagram post calls her a Krishna devotee and says she practices Hinduism.
A snippet from Priyanka Goswami’s Instagram profile about her religious views
tattoo
- She has a tattoo on her left hand.
Tattoos on Priyanka Goswami’s hands
- She has a tattoo on her right leg.
Priyanka Goswami leg tattoo
Profession
In 2017, she won a gold medal in the All India Inter-Collegiate Walking Championships.
Priyanka Goswami’s collage after winning Indian Race Walking Championship 2017
In 2017, she participated in the Indian Race Walking Championships and won a gold medal. In 2018, she won a gold medal in the All India Railway Competition. In 2020, she won a silver medal at the Indian Race Walking Championships. In 2021, she won the gold medal in the 20-km race at the Indian Race Walking Championships and qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Priyanka Goswami at the Indian Race Walking Championships
In 2022, she won a silver medal in the 10,000m race walking at the Commonwealth Games.
Priyanka Goswami wins silver medal at Commonwealth Games 2022
Awards, Honors, Achievements
- In January 2021, she won the Rani Lakshmi Bai Medal for Tokyo Olympic Qualification.
Priyanka Goswami wins Tokyo Olympics qualifying Rani Laxmi bai
- In February 2021, Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju presented her with the award.
Priyanka Goswami receives award from Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju
- In March 2021, she received the Main Bhi Shakti Award at a campaign launched by Times Groups.
Priyanka Goswami wins Main Bhi Shakti Award
- In December 2021, she received the Annual Spotlight Award from the Go Sports Foundation.
Priyanka Goswami wins Spotlight Award
Facts/Trivia
- Gaurav Tyagi and Gurmeet Singh serve as Priyanka’s coaches.
- She follows a vegetarian diet.
- When she was in sixth grade, a teacher asked her if she wanted to be on the school gymnastics team. She agreed to join the team and participated in training at the hostel at the KD Singh Stadium in Lucknow. Once, at the stadium, she participated in the 800-meter race and won the championship. After winning the competition, she realized she had great endurance. She wanted to change the competition to a walking race, but was not allowed to do so. She left the dormitory and went home. She took a break from sports for three or four years, eventually returning to the stadium for track and field training. She competed in many track and field competitions but failed to win any prizes, when her coach suggested she try race walking. In 2011, she participated in her first race walking competition in Class 12 and won third place.
- Her parents and teachers are very supportive. Her teacher allowed her to miss class so she could attend practice sessions. In an interview, she spoke of her family’s support, saying:
I’ve never been stopped from doing anything. I grew up playing with boys, and even though I came from a rural area, my parents never stopped me from doing anything. My uncles and other relatives did try to restrict me, but it didn’t matter because my parents were there for me. I also did well academically, so parental support was never an issue. “
- In 2011, her father lost his job, which is why her brother, who wanted to be a boxer, had to give up his passion and start working in the private sector.
- In 2015, she started training at the Sports Authority of India in Bangalore.
- In March 2018, she got a job as a clerk in Indian Railways under sports quota.
- She said in an interview that if given the opportunity, she would become a model. She further spoke about this and said:
I like my photos to be clicked. I was also interested in fashion design, but that didn’t materialize. But I keep up with trends; if such an opportunity ever came up, I would jump at the modeling opportunity. “
- In 2021, she mentioned in an interview that Prime Minister Narendra Modi once mentioned her on the radio program “Maan ki Baat” and said:
As a child, Priyanka loved the bags that medal winners received. It was this fascination that led her to her first competitive walking competition. Now, she’s a big advocate in this area. “
- During the 2022 Commonwealth Games, she was seen wearing nail polish that symbolized all the countries she competed in. While collecting her medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, she was seen holding a statue of Lord Krishna in one of her hands.
Priyanka Goswami’s nail polish and Lord Krishna idol during CWG 2022
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