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Dilhani Lekamge

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Dilhani Lekamge
Lekamge at the 2017 Asian Championships
Personal information
NationalitySri Lanka
Born14 October 1987 (1987-10-14) (age 37)
Eheliyagoda, Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka[1]
EducationMahinda School
Height1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)[1]
Weight68 kg (150 lb)[1]
Sport
SportAthletics
EventJavelin throw
Achievements and titles
Personal best58.41 m (2018)[2]
Medal record
Representing  Sri Lanka
Asian Athletics Championships
Silver medal – second place 2017 Bhubaneswar Javelin throw

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

  1. ^ a b c "Dilhani LEKAMGE". 2018 Commonwealth Games.
  2. ^ Dilhani Lekamge. IAAF
  3. ^ a b Results Archived 28 October 2017 at the Wayback Machine, Odisha 2017, Retrieved 21 July 2017
  4. ^ https://www.pressreader.com/sri-lanka/sunday-times-sri-lanka/20170709/282016147360472
  5. ^ "Army's Dilhani Lekamge Wins Silver in Asian Athletics Championship | Sri Lanka Army". www.army.lk. Retrieved 14 September 2018.