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Priyanka Goswami (born 10 March 1996) is an Indian athlete who competes in the 20 kilometres race walk. She represented India at the Tokyo Olympics, finishing in 17th position. She won the silver medal in 10000 meters walk at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.She is first Indian woman to win a medal in race walk with a silver in 10,000m 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.
