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Kannangara hailed from a village in [[Bandaragama Divisional Secretariat|Bandaragama]].<ref name=":0" /> He initially pursued his studies at Bandaragama Rambukkara Vidyartha Vidyalaya.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dr. Siri Kannangara: A friend who taught us all the strokes that matter in life |url=https://www.dailymirror.lk/print/news-features/Dr--Siri-Kannangara:-A-friend-who-taught-us-all-the-strokes-that-matter-in-life/131-284543 |access-date=11 June 2024 |website=www.dailymirror.lk |language=English}}</ref> |
Kannangara hailed from a village in [[Bandaragama Divisional Secretariat|Bandaragama]].<ref name=":0" /> He initially pursued his studies at Bandaragama Rambukkara Vidyartha Vidyalaya.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dr. Siri Kannangara: A friend who taught us all the strokes that matter in life |url=https://www.dailymirror.lk/print/news-features/Dr--Siri-Kannangara:-A-friend-who-taught-us-all-the-strokes-that-matter-in-life/131-284543 |access-date=11 June 2024 |website=www.dailymirror.lk |language=English}}</ref> |
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| ⚫ | He pursued his primary and secondary education at [[Royal College, Colombo|Royal College]] in [[Colombo]]. He excelled in numerous sports, including [[table tennis]], [[basketball]], and [[field hockey]], when he was studying at Royal College. He entered medical college in 1964 and continued to be engaged in multiple sporting activities, including table tennis, basketball, and field hockey, at the [[University of Ceylon]].<ref name=":3" /> He also went onto take the leadership role during his academic career by captaining the Combined Universities team for both field hockey and table tennis during a mercantile invitational tournament which was held in [[India]]. He successfully completed his MBBS at the [[University of Colombo]] in 1970.<ref name=":3" /> Immediately after he became qualified as a doctor in 1971, he received a lucrative employment opportunity in [[New Zealand]] at a teaching hospital at [[Christchurch]].<ref name=":0" /> |
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He met an [[New Zealand national rugby union team|All Blacks rugby union]] player who also served as a physician at [[Guy's Hospital]] in London. The player then invited Siri for a job offer to take up the role of senior registrar.<ref name=":0" /> He also received a scholarship to New Zealand where he completed further medical training in [[sports medicine]].<ref name=":0" /> |
He met an [[New Zealand national rugby union team|All Blacks rugby union]] player who also served as a physician at [[Guy's Hospital]] in London. The player then invited Siri for a job offer to take up the role of senior registrar.<ref name=":0" /> He also received a scholarship to New Zealand where he completed further medical training in [[sports medicine]].<ref name=":0" /> |
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He was engaged with Sri Lankan cricketers, especially whenever the [[Sri Lanka national cricket team|Sri Lankan men's national cricket team]] traveled to Australia to play against [[Australia national cricket team|Australia]] in an international bilateral series and he also often shared the dressing room with the Sri Lankan cricket team members whenever Sri Lanka toured Australia for international series.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sri Lanka: Deadline for injured players to prove fitness |url=https://i.imgci.com/link_to_database/ARCHIVE/CRICKET_NEWS/1998/NOV/SL_FITNESS_28NOV1998.html |access-date=9 June 2024 |website=i.imgci.com}}</ref> He also gave medical consultation and medical guidance to some of the Sri Lankan cricketers, including former World Cup-winning captain [[Arjuna Ranatunga]] and fast bowlers [[Chaminda Vaas]] and [[Lasith Malinga]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mathews is doing something bio-mechanically wrong says Prof Kannangara |url=https://www.dailymirror.lk/print/cricket-news/Mathews-is-doing-something-bio-mechanically-wrong-says-Prof-Kannangara-/320-143115 |access-date=9 June 2024 |website=www.dailymirror.lk |language=English |archive-date=9 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240609165158/https://www.dailymirror.lk/print/cricket-news/Mathews-is-doing-something-bio-mechanically-wrong-says-Prof-Kannangara-/320-143115 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Dani |first=Bipin |date=28 April 2016 |title=Revealed: Why Malinga injury was prolonged? |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/sports/cricket/280416/revealed-why-lasith-malinga-s-injury-was-a-prolonged-one.html |access-date=9 June 2024 |website=www.deccanchronicle.com |language=en |archive-date=9 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240609165158/https://www.deccanchronicle.com/sports/cricket/280416/revealed-why-lasith-malinga-s-injury-was-a-prolonged-one.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Malinga acted against medical advice- Dr. Siri Kannangara – Breaking News {{!}} Daily Mirror |url=https://www.dailymirror.lk/breaking-news/Malinga-acted-against-medical-advice-Dr-Siri-Kannangara/108-108712 |access-date=9 June 2024 |website=www.dailymirror.lk |language=English |archive-date=9 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240609165158/https://www.dailymirror.lk/breaking-news/Malinga-acted-against-medical-advice-Dr-Siri-Kannangara/108-108712 |url-status=live }}</ref> He also treated Sri Lankans who were not athletes.<ref name="FT" /> It was also revealed that some Sri Lankan cricketers, including [[Sanath Jayasuriya]], [[Muttiah Muralitharan]], [[Ravindra Pushpakumara]], [[Nuwan Zoysa]], Arjuna Ranatunga, and Chaminda Vaas, insisted on bringing Siri Kannangara on board as part of the Sri Lankan medical support staff prior to the start of the [[1999 Cricket World Cup]] in England, but Kannangara turned down the offer due to potential scheduling difficulties involving his duties at a teaching hospital in Sydney.<ref name=":0" /> He provided medical guidance to former Indian cricketer [[Sachin Tendulkar]] in order to help him overcome the challenges with regards to handling career threatening medical injuries which Tendulkar sustained during his 24-year long international career.<ref name=":1" /> During his tenure as the director of the New South Wales Institute of Sports Medicine, he was at the forefront of analyzing [[Muttiah Muralitharan]]'s [[bowling (cricket)|bowling]] action as part of the [[University of South Australia]] case study to determine whether Muralitharan's bowling action was genuinely legitimate or if he was [[throwing (cricket)|chucking]] the ball in his bowling runup when delivering the ball in his follow-through at the international level.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Medical experts' views on Murali's action (27 January 1999) |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/medical-experts-views-on-murali-s-action-27-january-1999-80341 |access-date=9 June 2024 |website=ESPNcricinfo |language=en |archive-date=9 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240609162359/https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/medical-experts-views-on-murali-s-action-27-january-1999-80341 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":5" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Behind enemy lines |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/behind-enemy-lines-317166 |access-date=9 June 2024 |website=ESPNcricinfo |language=en |archive-date=9 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240609165157/https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/behind-enemy-lines-317166 |url-status=live }}</ref> |
He was engaged with Sri Lankan cricketers, especially whenever the [[Sri Lanka national cricket team|Sri Lankan men's national cricket team]] traveled to Australia to play against [[Australia national cricket team|Australia]] in an international bilateral series and he also often shared the dressing room with the Sri Lankan cricket team members whenever Sri Lanka toured Australia for international series.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sri Lanka: Deadline for injured players to prove fitness |url=https://i.imgci.com/link_to_database/ARCHIVE/CRICKET_NEWS/1998/NOV/SL_FITNESS_28NOV1998.html |access-date=9 June 2024 |website=i.imgci.com}}</ref> He also gave medical consultation and medical guidance to some of the Sri Lankan cricketers, including former World Cup-winning captain [[Arjuna Ranatunga]] and fast bowlers [[Chaminda Vaas]] and [[Lasith Malinga]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mathews is doing something bio-mechanically wrong says Prof Kannangara |url=https://www.dailymirror.lk/print/cricket-news/Mathews-is-doing-something-bio-mechanically-wrong-says-Prof-Kannangara-/320-143115 |access-date=9 June 2024 |website=www.dailymirror.lk |language=English |archive-date=9 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240609165158/https://www.dailymirror.lk/print/cricket-news/Mathews-is-doing-something-bio-mechanically-wrong-says-Prof-Kannangara-/320-143115 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Dani |first=Bipin |date=28 April 2016 |title=Revealed: Why Malinga injury was prolonged? |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/sports/cricket/280416/revealed-why-lasith-malinga-s-injury-was-a-prolonged-one.html |access-date=9 June 2024 |website=www.deccanchronicle.com |language=en |archive-date=9 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240609165158/https://www.deccanchronicle.com/sports/cricket/280416/revealed-why-lasith-malinga-s-injury-was-a-prolonged-one.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Malinga acted against medical advice- Dr. Siri Kannangara – Breaking News {{!}} Daily Mirror |url=https://www.dailymirror.lk/breaking-news/Malinga-acted-against-medical-advice-Dr-Siri-Kannangara/108-108712 |access-date=9 June 2024 |website=www.dailymirror.lk |language=English |archive-date=9 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240609165158/https://www.dailymirror.lk/breaking-news/Malinga-acted-against-medical-advice-Dr-Siri-Kannangara/108-108712 |url-status=live }}</ref> He also treated Sri Lankans who were not athletes.<ref name="FT" /> It was also revealed that some Sri Lankan cricketers, including [[Sanath Jayasuriya]], [[Muttiah Muralitharan]], [[Ravindra Pushpakumara]], [[Nuwan Zoysa]], Arjuna Ranatunga, and Chaminda Vaas, insisted on bringing Siri Kannangara on board as part of the Sri Lankan medical support staff prior to the start of the [[1999 Cricket World Cup]] in England, but Kannangara turned down the offer due to potential scheduling difficulties involving his duties at a teaching hospital in Sydney.<ref name=":0" /> He provided medical guidance to former Indian cricketer [[Sachin Tendulkar]] in order to help him overcome the challenges with regards to handling career threatening medical injuries which Tendulkar sustained during his 24-year long international career.<ref name=":1" /> During his tenure as the director of the New South Wales Institute of Sports Medicine, he was at the forefront of analyzing [[Muttiah Muralitharan]]'s [[bowling (cricket)|bowling]] action as part of the [[University of South Australia]] case study to determine whether Muralitharan's bowling action was genuinely legitimate or if he was [[throwing (cricket)|chucking]] the ball in his bowling runup when delivering the ball in his follow-through at the international level.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Medical experts' views on Murali's action (27 January 1999) |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/medical-experts-views-on-murali-s-action-27-january-1999-80341 |access-date=9 June 2024 |website=ESPNcricinfo |language=en |archive-date=9 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240609162359/https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/medical-experts-views-on-murali-s-action-27-january-1999-80341 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":5" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Behind enemy lines |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/behind-enemy-lines-317166 |access-date=9 June 2024 |website=ESPNcricinfo |language=en |archive-date=9 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240609165157/https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/behind-enemy-lines-317166 |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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Kannangara was married and had three children.<ref name=":0" /> |
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| ⚫ | After migrating to [[Australia]] in 1977,<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Knox |first=Malcolm |date=2 January 2013 |title=At long last, rivalry hits home turf |url=https://www.smh.com.au/sport/cricket/at-long-last-rivalry-hits-home-turf-20130102-2c56w.html |access-date=9 June 2024 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en |archive-date=9 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240609165157/https://www.smh.com.au/sport/cricket/at-long-last-rivalry-hits-home-turf-20130102-2c56w.html |url-status=live }}</ref> he lived there for the rest of his life and died in [[Sydney]] on 7 June 2024.<ref name=":3" /><ref name="death" /> |
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Siri Kannangara | |
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| Died | 7 June 2024 |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Occupation(s) | Sports medical doctor, trainer, sports medicine specialist and rheumatologist |
| Known for | Specialised in sports medicine |
| Children | 3 |
Siri Kannangara (died 7 June 2024) was a Sri Lankan-born Australian sports medical doctor, trainer, sports medicine specialist and rheumatologist.[2] He was well known for having served the Sri Lankan diaspora community living in Australia for over four decades in terms of assisting them with his medical expertise.[3]
Early life and education
Kannangara hailed from a village in Bandaragama.[4] He initially pursued his studies at Bandaragama Rambukkara Vidyartha Vidyalaya.[5]
He pursued his primary and secondary education at Royal College in Colombo. He excelled in numerous sports, including table tennis, basketball, and field hockey, when he was studying at Royal College. He entered medical college in 1964 and continued to be engaged in multiple sporting activities, including table tennis, basketball, and field hockey, at the University of Ceylon.[1] He also went onto take the leadership role during his academic career by captaining the Combined Universities team for both field hockey and table tennis during a mercantile invitational tournament which was held in India. He successfully completed his MBBS at the University of Colombo in 1970.[1] Immediately after he became qualified as a doctor in 1971, he received a lucrative employment opportunity in New Zealand at a teaching hospital at Christchurch.[4]
He met an All Blacks rugby union player who also served as a physician at Guy's Hospital in London. The player then invited Siri for a job offer to take up the role of senior registrar.[4] He also received a scholarship to New Zealand where he completed further medical training in sports medicine.[4]
Career
In October 1977, he was appointed the doctor to Kerry Packer's World Series Cricket involving powerhouses Australia and the West Indies.[4][6] During the 1977 World Series Cricket, he notably offered medical treatment and consultancy to leading cricketers at the time, including Viv Richards, Barry Richards and Clive Lloyd.[7][8] He also became a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (FRACP) as well as a Fellow of the Australian College of Sports Physicians (FACSP). He was also appointed the Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Sydney.[1] During his career, he also trained several aspiring medical students as well as young doctors, offering consultancy and mentorship whenever necessary. He had also notably provided consultancy services and guidance related to medical issues for Sri Lankan sportspeople prior to their participation at certain international sporting events in Australia.[1] He provided medical support at various soccer, cricket, netball, and field hockey events.[9] He was also appointed the designated physician to Australian Olympic contingents during the 1992, 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics.[9][10] He was also invited by the International Olympic Committee to join the torch relay during the opening ceremony of the 2000 Summer Olympics, which was staged in Sydney.[1]
He was appointed the first Australian Medical Officer by FIFA for its Medical Committee, and his role was aimed at providing insight and analysis on medical matters and issues pertaining to visiting Asian and Oceanian countries by teaching them various aspects of sports medicine.[9] He served in as a FIFA Medical Committee Member for a seven-year period from 1999 to 2006. He was officially inducted to the Football Australia Hall of Fame in 2002 in recognition for his outstanding services towards medical field.[11] He was conferred with a Member (AM) in the General Division of the Order of Australia during the 2013 Queen's Birthday Honours highlighting his significant contributions to medicine, particularly in the field of sports medicine and rheumatology.[7]
He was engaged with Sri Lankan cricketers, especially whenever the Sri Lankan men's national cricket team traveled to Australia to play against Australia in an international bilateral series and he also often shared the dressing room with the Sri Lankan cricket team members whenever Sri Lanka toured Australia for international series.[12] He also gave medical consultation and medical guidance to some of the Sri Lankan cricketers, including former World Cup-winning captain Arjuna Ranatunga and fast bowlers Chaminda Vaas and Lasith Malinga.[13][14][15] He also treated Sri Lankans who were not athletes.[10] It was also revealed that some Sri Lankan cricketers, including Sanath Jayasuriya, Muttiah Muralitharan, Ravindra Pushpakumara, Nuwan Zoysa, Arjuna Ranatunga, and Chaminda Vaas, insisted on bringing Siri Kannangara on board as part of the Sri Lankan medical support staff prior to the start of the 1999 Cricket World Cup in England, but Kannangara turned down the offer due to potential scheduling difficulties involving his duties at a teaching hospital in Sydney.[4] He provided medical guidance to former Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar in order to help him overcome the challenges with regards to handling career threatening medical injuries which Tendulkar sustained during his 24-year long international career.[7] During his tenure as the director of the New South Wales Institute of Sports Medicine, he was at the forefront of analyzing Muttiah Muralitharan's bowling action as part of the University of South Australia case study to determine whether Muralitharan's bowling action was genuinely legitimate or if he was chucking the ball in his bowling runup when delivering the ball in his follow-through at the international level.[16][11][17]
Later life
Kannangara was married and had three children.[4]
After migrating to Australia in 1977,[6] he lived there for the rest of his life and died in Sydney on 7 June 2024.[1][3]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g "Prof. Siri Kannangara – a colossus, a legend". Print Edition – The Sunday Times, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
- ^ "Dr Siri Kannangara in Dee Why, NSW, Eastwood, NSW". australia-health.com. Archived from the original on 9 June 2024. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
- ^ a b "Dr Siri–A remarkable human being". www.dailynews.lk. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Physiotherapy essential for Sports Medicine (3 January, 1999)". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 9 June 2024. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
- ^ "Dr. Siri Kannangara: A friend who taught us all the strokes that matter in life". www.dailymirror.lk. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
- ^ a b Knox, Malcolm (2 January 2013). "At long last, rivalry hits home turf". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 9 June 2024. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
- ^ a b c "Sri Lanka's famous sports doctor Siri Kannangara passes away in Australia | Daily FT". www.ft.lk. Archived from the original on 9 June 2024. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
- ^ "Dr. Siri Kannangara passes away". Latest in the News Sphere | The Morning. 9 June 2024. Archived from the original on 9 June 2024. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
- ^ a b c "Vale Dr. Siri Kannangara | Football Australia". www.footballaustralia.com.au. 9 June 2024. Archived from the original on 9 June 2024. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
- ^ a b "Dr. Siri Kannangara: His healing and teaching remain within us | Daily FT". www.ft.lk. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
- ^ a b Cooray, Krishantha Prasad (8 June 2024). "Dr. Siri: Village boy to global healer, a legacy of kindness and excellence". Sunday Observer. Archived from the original on 9 June 2024. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
- ^ "Sri Lanka: Deadline for injured players to prove fitness". i.imgci.com. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
- ^ "Mathews is doing something bio-mechanically wrong says Prof Kannangara". www.dailymirror.lk. Archived from the original on 9 June 2024. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
- ^ Dani, Bipin (28 April 2016). "Revealed: Why Malinga injury was prolonged?". www.deccanchronicle.com. Archived from the original on 9 June 2024. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
- ^ "Malinga acted against medical advice- Dr. Siri Kannangara – Breaking News | Daily Mirror". www.dailymirror.lk. Archived from the original on 9 June 2024. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
- ^ "Medical experts' views on Murali's action (27 January 1999)". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 9 June 2024. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
- ^ "Behind enemy lines". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 9 June 2024. Retrieved 9 June 2024.