Niluka Geethani Rajasekara | |
Fullname: | Bogaha Kotuwe Gedara Niluka Geethani Rajasekara |
Birth Date: | 17 March 1982[1] |
Birth Place: | Kandy, Sri Lanka |
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Sport: | Track and field |
Event: | long-distance running |
Show-Medals: | yes |
Updated: | 2 September 2015 |
Bogaha Kotuwe Gedara Niluka Geethani Rajasekara (born 17 March 1982) is a female Sri Lankan long-distance runner. With a time of 2 hours 40.07 minutes, and a new Sri Lankan record, at the 2015 Hong Kong marathon, Rajasekara achieved the qualifying standard for the marathon at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[2] She competed in the marathon event at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing, China, finishing 49th.[3]
At the 2015 Hong Kong marathon on 25 January 2015 she ran a Sri Lankan record in the marathon in a time of 2 hours 40.07 minutes. At the 2016 Summer Olympics she finished 129th out of a field of 157.