Priyanka Pawar

Priyanka Pawar

Personal information
Nationality	India
Born	3 April 1988[1] Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh
Height	168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	64 kg (141 lb)
Sport
Country	India
Sport	Track and field
Event(s)	400 metres
Medal record Women's athletics Competitor for  India Asian Games 2014 Incheon 4 x 400 m relay

Priyanka Pawar (born 3 April 1988) is an athlete from India. She won gold medal in women's 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea along with Tintu Lukka, Mandeep Kaur and M. R. Poovamma.^[2][3] The team clocked 3:28:68 to break the Games Record. This is India’s 4th consecutive gold in the event since 2002.

Controversies

Doping scandal

Priyanka Panwar and five other athletes tested positive for anabolic steroids in the dope tests conducted on 27 June by NADA at NIS Patiala and consequently banned for a year.^[4][5][6]

Sexual harassment

On 16 February 2011, Priyanka Pawar's father Shiv Kumar Pawar alleged that her railways team in charge Anu Singh is sexually harassing her.^[7] The railway employee's family filed complaints with the railway and sports ministries accusing Pawar of making false allegations against him view to pressuring the team official to get Priyanka’s younger brother Arun Panwar, who was earlier rejected by Singh, into the Uttar Pradesh juniors 200-metre sprint team.^[8][9][10]

References

1. "About". sporttu. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
2. "Indian eves clinch 4x400m relay gold at Asian Games 2014; set new Asiad record". India.Com. 2 October 2014. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
3. "search Medals". 2014 Asian Games Official website. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
4. "CWG, Asiad gold medallists Ashwini Akkunji and Priyanka Panwar fail dope test". 4 July 2011. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
5. "Banned athletes cannot cry ignorance: Report". 23 December 2011. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
6. "Ashwini, Priyanka's 'B' samples positive". Rediff.com. 4 July 2011. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
7. "Railways athlete alleges sexual harassment". http://indiatoday.intoday.in. 17 February 2011. Retrieved 2 October 2014. External link in |publisher= (help)
8. "Railway official accused of sexual harassment by CWG medallist". News One. 17 February 2011. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
9. "Railway official accused of sexual harassment by CWG medallist". IANS India Private Limited. 17 February 2011. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
10. "Sprinter's parent allege sexual harassment by official". 17 February 2011. Retrieved 2 October 2014.