Dilhani Lekamge

Dilhani Lekamge
	Lekamge at the 2017 Asian Championships
Personal information
Full name	Hatarabage Lekamge Nadeesha Dilhani Lekamge
Nationality	Sri Lankan
Born	14 October 1987 (age 37); Eheliyagoda, Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka
Education	Mahinda School
Height	1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight	68 kg (150 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Javelin throw
Achievements and titles
Personal best	58.41 m (2018)
Medal record
Representing Sri Lanka
Asian Games
Asian Athletics Championships

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 enlisted as a private in the Sri Lankan army.^[5] Lekamge is at present a corporal in the Sri Lanka Army Women's Corps.^[6]

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.

^ ^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.
^ "Army Women Athletes Win Gold & Bronze in Bangkok AAC". Sri Lanka Army. army.lk. Retrieved 15 July 2023.

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