Nethmi Poruthotage
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| Full name | Nethmi Ahinsa Fernando Poruthotage | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Sri Lankan | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 17 June 2004[1] Welpalla, Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Freestyle wrestling 53 / 57 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Nethmi Ahinsa Fernando Poruthotage (born 17 June 2004) is a Sri Lankan wrestler. She won a bronze medal in the 2022 Commonwealth Games.[2][3] By winning a bronze medal in the Women's 57 kg event, it marked Sri Lanka's first ever medal in the sport of wrestling and becoming the youngest ever Sri Lankan medalist at the Commonwealth Games.[4]
She competed at the 2024 Asian Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan hoping to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.[5] She was eliminated in her first match and she did not qualify for the Olympics.[5] In September 2024, Poruthotage won the bronze medal at the 2024 U20 World Wrestling Championships, becoming the First Sri Lankan wrestler to win a medal at any World Championships.[6]
Poruthotage was born in Welpalla, Sri Lanka.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "Nethmi Poruthotage". www.results.birmingham2022.com/. Birmingham 2022. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
- ^ "Wrestler Nethmi Poruthotage wins bronze for Sri Lanka at CWG 2022". Adaderana. 5 August 2022. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
- ^ "Nethmi Poruthotage wins a bronze medal at the Commonwealth Games". Newsradio. 5 August 2022. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
- ^ Vasudevan, Estelle (6 August 2022). "Nethmi Poruthotage give Sri Lanka its 1st Wrestling medal at CWG". www.thepapare.com. Dialog Axiata. Retrieved 7 August 2022.
- ^ a b "2024 Asian Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 April 2024. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- ^ Siwach, Vinay (7 September 2024). "Zhang twins continue growth with U20 Worlds golds". www.uww.org/. United World Wrestling (UWW). Retrieved 8 September 2024.
Sri Lanka won its first-ever wrestling medal on the world stage after Nethmi AHINSA (SRI) won the bronze medal at 53kg against Valeryia MIKITSICH (AIN), 6-1. The win makes Ahinsa the first Sri Lanka wrestler to win a medal at any World Championships
- ^ Nethmi Fernando Next Olympic Hope
External links
[edit]- Nethmi Ahinsa Fernando Poruthotage at the International Wrestling Database (alternate link)
- Nethmi Ahinsa Fernando Poruthotage at United World Wrestling
- Nethmi Poruthotage at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games