FULL NAME: Priyanka Mahalik
GENDER: Female
BORN: 3rd April, 2000 (Source: Athletics Federation of India)
PARENTS: Father (M R Mahalik), Mother (Dharitri Nayak)
HOME ADDRESS: Uday Nagar, Angargadia, Balasore, Odisha, India.
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION: BA final year student of Nilakantheswar College, Balasore. Earlier studied at DAV Public School, Balasore.
PROFESSION: Studying
TYPE OF ATHLETE: Race-walker
RECEIVED COACHING FROM: Sk Abdul Hakim
UNITS REPRESENTED IN STATE MEET: Cuttack

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS:

STATE:
*     Won the womens 20,000m race-walk gold medal with New State Record (1:55:32.1) at the 67th Odisha State Athletics Meet, held at Barabati Stadium, Cuttack from 28-30 December, 2019.
*     Won the 10,000m race-walk gold medal with new meet record of 56:16.2 in girls-20 group of the 66th State Athletics Meet, held at Barabati Stadium, Cuttack from Dec 28-30, 2018.
*     Won the 10,000m race-walk gold medal in U-20 girls group of the 65th Odisha State Athletics Championship, held at Barabati Stadium, Cuttack from Dec 28-30, 2017.
*     Won the 5000m race-walk gold medal in U-18 girls group of the 63rd Odisha State Athletics Meet, held at Barabati Stadium, Cuttack, from Dec 28 to 30, 2015.

ZONAL:
*     Won the silver medal in girls-20 years 10,000m race walk event of the 31st East Zone Junior Athletics Championship, held at Birsa Munda Stadium in Ranchi, Jharkhand on 14-15 Sept, 2019.
*     Won the gold medal in u-18 girls’ 5000m race walking event of the 29th East Zone Junior Athletics Championship, held at SAI Complex in Kolkata on Sept 17-18, 2017.
*     Won the gold medal in girl-18 5000m race walking event with a timing of 29.29.9s in the 28th East Zone Junior Athletics Championship, held at Guwahati, Assam on Sept 10 and 11, 2016.

NATIONAL:
*     Participated in junior girls 10,000m race-walk event of the 35th National Junior Athletics Championships, held in Vijayawada, 2-6 November, 2019.
*     Secured 12th position in U-20 girls 10,000m race-walk event of the 17th Federation Cup National Junior Athletics Championships, held in Tiruvaanamalai (TN), 24-26 September, 2019.
*     Participated in youth girls 5000m walking event of the 33rd National Junior Athletics Championships, held in Vijayawada, 16-20 November, 2017.
*     Participated in youth girls 5000m walking event of the 14th National Youth Athletics Championships, held in Hyderabad, 21-23 April, 2017.
*     Secured 9th position in women 10,000m event of the National Race-Walking Championship, held in New Delhi on 18-19 February, 2017.
*     Secured one bronze medal in under-16 girls 3km race walk event with a time of 16 minutes 20.46 seconds in the 31st Junior National Athletics Championship at Ranji in Jharkhand on Nov 24, 2015.

OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
*     Spent two years at SAI Eastern Centre, Kolkata in order to improve her performance.
*     Left SAI Centre after suffering ligament injury in left knee in 2017.

PROFILE FIRST UPLOADED: 24 November, 2015
PROFILE FIRST UPLOADED: 5 February, 2021