Gayanthika Abeyratne Explained

Gayanthika Aberathna
Birth Date:23 December 1986
Birth Place:Sooriyawewa, Sri Lanka[1]
Height:1.62 m[2]
Weight:48 kg
Sport:Athletics
Event:800 m, 1500 m

Gayanthika Artigala Thushari Abeyratne (born 23 December 1986) is a Sri Lankan middle-distance runner who established a national record time at 800m.

Career

She won a gold medal at the 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games and silver at the 2017 Asian Championships.[3] She currently holds her country's national record in the 800 metres.

At the 2023 Asian Athletics Championships in Bangkok she won a bronze medal in the 1500m.[4]

International competitions

Representing
2014Asian GamesIncheon, South Korea7th800 m2:06.21
2015Asian ChampionshipsWuhan, China6th800 m2:07.46
Military World GamesMungyeong, South Korea13th (h)1500 m4:36.29
2016South Asian GamesGuwahati, Indiabgcolor=silver2nd800 m2:09.64
bgcolor=silver2nd1500 m4:25.75
2017Asian ChampionshipsBhubaneswar, Indiabgcolor=silver2nd800 m2:05.27
Asian Indoor and Martial Arts GamesAshgabat, Turkmenistanbgcolor=gold1st800 m2:05.12
2018Asian Indoor ChampionshipsTehran, Iran4th800 m2:11.20
bgcolor=gold1st1500 m4:26.83
Commonwealth GamesGold Coast, Australia21st (h)800 m2:04.72
Asian GamesJakarta, Indonesia6th800 m2:05.50
2019Asian ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar4th800 m2:05.74
11th1500 m4:24.42
2022World ChampionshipsEugene, United States29th (h)800 m2:02.35
2023Asian ChampionshipsBangkok, Thailand3rd800 m2:03.25
3rd1500 m4:14.39
Asian GamesHangzhou, China8th800 m2:05.87
4th1500 m4:18.77

Personal bests

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Outdoor

Indoor

Notes and References

  1. http://ashgabat2017.com/atos/ashgabat17/eng/zb/engzb_indoor-athletics-athlete-profile-n146521-artigala-gayanthika-t-.htm Ashgabat 2017 bio
  2. Web site: 2018 CWG bio. 29 April 2018.
  3. Web site: Athletics Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200802080856/http://www.ocagames.com/orb/files/3/35/AIMAG_AT_resultsBook.pdf. 2 August 2020. 2 August 2020. 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games.
  4. Web site: 2023-07-12 . Dilhani, Gayanthika win at Asian Athletics C'ships . 2024-03-29 . en-US.
  5. http://www.all-athletics.com/node/589284 All-Athletics profile