Dilhani Lekamge

Dilhani Lekamge
Lekamge at the 2017 Asian Championships
Personal information
Nationality Sri Lanka
Born 14 October 1987 (1987-10-14) (age 30)
Eheliyagoda, Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka[1]
Education Mahinda School
Height 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)[1]
Weight 68 kg (150 lb)[1]
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event(s) Javelin throw
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s) 58.41 m (2018)[2]
Medal record
Representing  Sri Lanka
Asian Athletics Championships
2017 BhubaneswarJavelin 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. 1 2 3 "Dilhani LEKAMGE". 2018 Commonwealth Games.
  2. ↑ Dilhani Lekamge. IAAF
  3. 1 2 Results, 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 2018-09-14.


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