Edirisinghe Senanayake Explained

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Edirisinghe Senanayake
Fullname:Edirisinghe Mudiyanselage Senanayake
Nickname:E. M.
Birth Date:14 February 1970
Birth Place:Kandy, Sri Lanka
Weight:790NaN0
Sport:Shooting
Event:10 m air pistol (AP60)
50 m pistol (FP)
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Edirisinghe Mudiyanselage "E. M." Senanayake (born February 14, 1970, in Kandy) is a Sri Lankan sport shooter.[1] At age thirty-eight, Senanayake made his official debut for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed in two pistol shooting events. He scored a total of 561 targets in the preliminary rounds of the men's 10 m air pistol, by two points behind Egypt's Mahmod Abdelaly, finishing only in forty-eighth place.[2] Three days later, Senanayake placed thirty-sixth in his second event, 50 m pistol, by one point ahead of Czech Republic's Martin Tenk, with a total score of 545 targets.[3]

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  1. Edirisinghe Senanayake. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418105532/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/se/e-m-senanayake-1.html. dead. 18 April 2020. 15 January 2013.
  2. Web site: Men's 10 m Air Pistol Qualification . . 15 January 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120816053200/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/shooting/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DSHM203901/index.html . 16 August 2012 .
  3. Web site: Men's 50 m Pistol Qualification . . 15 January 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120816054005/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/shooting/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DSHM201901/index.html . 16 August 2012 .