Sugath Thilakaratne Explained

Sugath Thilakaratne
Native Name:	සුගත් තිලකරත්න
Fullname:	Robosingho Arachchilage Don Sugath Thilakaratne
Nationality:	Sri Lankan
Birth Date:	30 July 1973
Birth Place:	Norton Bridge, Sri Lanka
Country:	Sri Lanka
Sport:	Track and field
Event:	Sprint
Show-Medals:	Yes
Updated:	24 November 2015

Deshabandu Robosingho Arachchilage Don Sugath Thilakaratne (born July 30, 1973^{[1] [2]} in Norton Bridge, Sri Lanka), commonly as Sugath Thilakaratne, is a Sri Lankan athlete who competed in the 400 metres.

His best season was in 1998, when he improved his personal best by almost a second to 44.61 and subsequently won medals in three international championships. His best performance in a major global competition was in the 2001 World Championships where he reached the semi-final.^{[3] [4]}

Sugath is currently the President of the Sri Lanka Athletic Association. He was appointed to the post on 14 May 2015.^{[5] [6] [7]}

Achievements

Representing
1998	Asian Championships	Fukuoka, Japan	1st	400 m
		Bangkok, Thailand	1st
		Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	bgcolor=CC9966	3rd
2002	Asian Championships	Colombo, Sri Lanka	bgcolor=CC9966	3rd

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Notes and References

1. https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/th/sugath-thilakaratne-1.html. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418030639/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/th/sugath-thilakaratne-1.html. dead. 18 April 2020. 15 May 2012.
2. News: Sugath THILAKARATNE - Olympic Athletics Sri Lanka. 2016-06-20. International Olympic Committee. 9 September 2017. en.
3. Web site: Sugath Thilakaratne, from Norton Bridge to Atlanta and Sydney . 3 December 2010 . 17 June 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110617063151/http://www.island.lk/2010/06/17/features4.html . dead .
4. Web site: Sugath Tilakaratne best athlete at CP meet . 3 December 2010 . 17 June 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110617063204/http://www.island.lk/2000/09/09/sports04.html . dead .
5. Web site: Sugath Thilakaratne elected President of SLAA.
6. Web site: Sugath Thilakaratne at the helm of Athletics Association : Mirrorcitizen.lk . 7 October 2015 . 1 June 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150601063219/http://mirrorcitizen.dailymirror.lk/2015/05/15/sugath-thilakaratne-at-the-helm-of-athletics-association/ . dead .
7. Web site: nation.lk ::: - Sugath Thilakaratne takes over AASL . www.nation.lk . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150802044325/http://www.nation.lk/edition/sport-online/item/40820-sugath-thilakaratne-takes-over-aasl.html . 2015-08-02.
8. http://www.asianathletics.org/AG2010/stats/Men-400m.pdf Asian Games Statistics – Men’s 400m