Sri Lanka at the Paralympics

Sri Lanka at the Paralympics
IPC code	SRI
NPC	National Federation of Sports for the Disabled
Medals	Gold 1 Silver 0 Bronze 3 Total 4
Summer appearances
1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020

Sri Lanka made its Paralympic Games début at the 1996 Summer Paralympics in Atlanta, with a single athlete (Kalika Pathirana) in track and field. The country has participated in every subsequent edition of the Summer Paralympics, but has never entered the Winter Paralympics.^[1]

At the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, Sri Lanka won their first Paralympic medal through Pradeep Sanjaya, who won the Bronze medal in the Men's 400 metres T46.^[2]

At the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio, Sri Lanka won a bronze. Dinesh Priyantha Herath was placed 3rd in the men’s javelin throw F46 final.^[3]

At the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Sri Lanka won its first ever Paralympics gold medal, with Dinesh Priyantha Herath taking gold in the men's javelin throw F46 category, setting a new F46 world & paralympic record of 67.79 metres. Dulan Kodithuwakku also claimed the bronze medal in the men's javelin throw F64 category at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, with a distance of 65.61 metres.^[4][5]

Both Sanjaya and Priyantha have served in the Sri Lanka Army.^[6][7]

Medal table[]

List of medalists[]

Medal	Name	Games	Sport	Event
Bronze	Pradeep Sanjaya	2012 London	Athletics	Men's 400 metres T46
Bronze	Dinesh Priyantha	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Athletics	Men's javelin throw F46
Gold	Dinesh Priyantha	Tokyo 2020	Athletics	Men's javelin throw F46
Bronze	Dulan Kodithuwakku	Tokyo 2020	Athletics	Men's javelin throw F64

See also[]

• Sri Lanka at the Olympics

References[]

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