Payel Chowdhury


Payel Chowdhury 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.. 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.

Early career

National career

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