Amit Khatri is an Indian racewalker, born in 2003, who came to national prominence as a junior athlete representing India in the 10,000 metres race walk. He is known particularly for his silver medal at the World Athletics U20 Championships, which placed him among the most promising young walkers from India in recent years.
| Full name | Amit Khatri |
|---|---|
| Born | 2003 |
| Country | India |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | Race walking (10,000 m) |
Khatri belongs to a generation of Indian race walkers who have emerged through national junior competitions and federation training programmes coordinated by the Athletics Federation of India (AFI). Race walking has steadily grown in profile in Indian athletics, supported by performances of senior walkers such as K. T. Irfan, Sandeep Kumar and Priyanka Goswami in international meets.
Khatri's most notable result came at the World Athletics U20 Championships 2021, held in Nairobi, Kenya, where he won the silver medal in the boys' 10,000 metres race walk. The performance made him one of the few Indian athletes to win a medal at that edition of the championships and drew attention to junior race walking as a discipline in which Indian athletes could be competitive at the global youth level.
His silver in Nairobi was widely cited as a marker of progress in Indian junior athletics, particularly in race walking, where the country has invested in long-term athlete development. The result added to the visibility of Indian walkers on the international stage and provided a pathway for Khatri's transition from junior to senior competition.