Dilhani Lekamge
Personal information | |
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Nationality | Sri Lanka |
Born | 14 October 1987 Eheliyagoda, Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka[1] | (age 34)
Education | Mahinda School |
Height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)[1] |
Weight | 68 kg (150 lb)[1] |
Sport | |
Sport | Athletics |
Event(s) | Javelin throw |
Achievements and titles | |
Personal best(s) | 58.41 m (2018)[2] |
Medal record |
Nadeesha Dilhani Lekamge (born 14 October 1987) is a Sri Lankan javelin thrower. She won a silver medal at the 2017 Asian Championships.[3]
Life[]
Lekamge was born in 1987 in the town of Eheliyagoda on Sri Lanka. It was there that she was educated at the Mahinda School.[4]
She became as a private in the Sri Lankan army.[5] She won a silver medal at the 2017 Asian Championships[3] with a throw of 58.11m.
She was placed fifth at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.
References[]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Nadeesha Dilhani Lekamge. |
- ^ a b c "Dilhani LEKAMGE". 2018 Commonwealth Games.
- ^ Dilhani Lekamge. IAAF
- ^ a b Results Archived 28 October 2017 at the Wayback Machine, Odisha 2017, Retrieved 21 July 2017
- ^ Premalal, Susil (9 July 2017). "Nadeesha dazzles, bags first medal". The Sunday Times. Colombo – via www.pressreader.com.
- ^ "Army's Dilhani Lekamge Wins Silver in Asian Athletics Championship | Sri Lanka Army". www.army.lk. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
Categories:
- Sri Lankan female javelin throwers
- 1987 births
- Living people
- People from Sabaragamuwa Province
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games competitors for Sri Lanka
- Asian athletics biography stubs
- Sri Lankan sportspeople stubs