Payel Chowdhury

Payel Chowdhury (Born December 1st, 1992) is an Indian professional women's Kabaddi player and the current part of India national kabaddi team. She was part of the national teams which won the gold medal at the South Asian Games 2019 and the silver medal at the 2018 Asian Games.[1] Payal's father Mr. Kamal Chaudhary was a national footballer and his uncle Mr. Krishna Golap Chaudhary was an international footballer. Krishna Golap Chaudhary has represented the Indian football team.

Payel Chowdhury
Personal information
Birth namePayel Chowdhury
Full namePayel Chowdhury Karmakar
NationalityIndian
CitizenshipIndian
Born (1992-12-01) 1 December 1992
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
OccupationKabaddi Player
Height5.5 Inches
Spouse(s)Prasanta Karmakar
Sport
CountryIndia
SportKabaddi
PositionRaider
LeagueWomen's Kabaddi Challenge
ClubChandanagar Nabagram Kalayan Sangha
TeamIndia,

West Bengal, Indian Railways

Fire Birds
Coached bySabur Ali Malita, Dipti Bhattacharya malita
Medal record

 India

Asian Games
2018 JakartaTeam
South Asian Games
2016 GuwahatiTeam
2019 KathmanduTeam
Asian Kabaddi Championship
2017 GorganTeam
Asian Beach Games
2016 DanangTeam
2014 PhuketTeam

National career

Seven Gold And a silver medal at National Kabaddi Championship. Indian Railways Women's Kabaddi Team Captain,

  • Gold Medal- 60th Senior National 2012
  • Gold Medal- 61st Senior National 2013
  • Gold Medal- 62nd Senior National 2014
  • Gold Medal- 63rd Senior National 2015
  • Gold Medal- 64th Senior National 2016
  • Silver Medal- 65th Senior National 2017-18
  • Gold Medal- 66th Senior National 2018-19
  • Gold Medal- 67th Senior National 2019-20

International career

She made her International debut in the South Asian Beach Games in Phuket, Thailand 2014, in which India won the Gold medal. She was captain of Indian women's kabaddi team in Asian Games at Indonesia in 2018, in which India won the Silver medal. In 2019, she represented India in the 13th South Asian Games that took place in Kathmandu Nepal and won the Gold medal.

Women's Kabaddi Challenge

Part Of Fire Birds team In Women's Kabaddi Challenge.

Awards and achievements
  1. Silver Medal – Asian Games 2018, Jakarta, Indonesia
  2. Silver Medal- 65th Senior National 2017-18
  3. Gold Medal- 66th Senior National 2018-19
  4. Gold Medal – 2019 South Asian Games, Kathmandu
  5. Gold Medal- 67th Senior National 2019-20

Personal life

Payal's father Mr. Kamal Chaudhary was a national footballer and his uncle Mr. Krishna Golap Chaudhary was an international footballer. Krishna Golap Chaudhary has represented the Indian football team. Payal is known to be marrying para swimmer Prasanta Karmakar on 2015.[2]

References
  1. "Payel Chowdhury becomes the first Bengali to captain the Indian Women Kabaddi team". technosports.co.in (in Marathi). 14 July 2018. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
  2. "'Unstoppable' Payel Chowdhury inspired by Mary Kom and PV Sindhu, an athlete turned Kabaddi Star". Kabaddi Adda. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
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