Dilhani Lekamge Explained

Dilhani Lekamge
Full Name:Hatarabage Lekamge Nadeesha Dilhani Lekamge
Nationality:Sri Lankan
Birth Place:Eheliyagoda, Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka[1]
Sport:Athletics
Event:Javelin throw
Pb:58.41 m (2018)[2]
Education:Mahinda School
Height:1.60 m
Weight:68 kg
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Nadeesha Dilhani Lekamge (born 14 October 1987) is a Sri Lankan javelin thrower. She won a silver medal at the 2017 Asian Championships.

Life

Lekamge was born in 1987 in the town of Eheliyagoda on Sri Lanka. It was there that she was educated at the Mahinda School.[3]

She enlisted as a private in the Sri Lankan army.[4] Lekamge is at present a corporal in the Sri Lanka Army Women's Corps.[5]

She won a silver medal at the 2017 Asian Championships[6] with a throw of 58.11m. She was placed fifth at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.

At the 2023 Asian Athletics Championships in Bangkok she threw a national record javelin throw of 60.93m and she won the bronze medal. At the same games her fellow athlete Gayanthika Abeyratne also won a bronze medal in the 1500m.[7]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Dilhani LEKAMGE. 2018 Commonwealth Games.
  2. https://www.iaaf.org/athletes/sri-lanka/dilhani-lekamge-282035 Dilhani Lekamge
  3. Web site: Nadeesha dazzles, bags first medal . Susil . Premalal . 9 July 2017 . . Colombo . www.pressreader.com.
  4. Web site: Army's Dilhani Lekamge Wins Silver in Asian Athletics Championship Sri Lanka Army. www.army.lk. en. 2018-09-14.
  5. Web site: Army Women Athletes Win Gold & Bronze in Bangkok AAC . Sri Lanka Army . army.lk . 15 July 2023.
  6. https://odisha2017.games/Application/uploadDocuments/events/Result20170706_215252.pdf Results
  7. Web site: editor . 2023-07-12 . Dilhani, Gayanthika win at Asian Athletics C’ships . 2024-03-29 . en-US.