Niluka Geethani Rajasekara Explained

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
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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.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: IAAF: Niluka Rajasekara - Profile.
  2. News: Geethani books Rio ticket with record run. Daily News. Sri Lanka. 26 January 2015. 27 April 2015.
  3. Web site: Women's marathon results. IAAF . 29 August 2015.