Dulangi Wannithilake

Dulangi Wannithilake also spelled as Dulangi Wannithileka (Sinhala: දුලාංගී වන්නිතිලක) (born 17 October 1994) is a Sri Lankan netball player who also is a basketball player and represents Sri Lankan netball team in international netball tournament.[1][2][3]

Dulangi Wannithilake
Personal information
Born (1994-10-17) 17 October 1994
Kurunegala, Sri Lanka
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Occupation netball player, basketball player
Netball career
Playing position(s): goal attack, wing attack

Early life

She was born and raised in Kurunegala. Her father Wannithilake is a former volleyball player and her mother is a netball coach. She started playing netball at U12 level for the Holy Family Convent, Kurunegala before grabbing the opportunity to play for Sri Lanka U19 netball team.[4]

Career

She was selected to the national team after emerging from the youth level and was part of the Sri Lankan U19 team which won the Asian Youth Netball Championship in 2015. She made her senior international debut in 2018.[4]

She was a member of the Sri Lankan contingent which emerged as champions at the 2018 Asian Netball Championships beating Singapore 69-50 in the final, which also marked Sri Lanka's first Asian Netball Championships triumph since 2009.[5][6] She also represented Sri Lanka at the 2019 Netball World Cup, which was also her first World Cup tournament.[7][8]

References
  1. "Netball World Cup". Retrieved 2019-09-30.
  2. "Dulangi Wannithilake". Netball Draft Central. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
  3. "Dulangi Wannithilake". play.fiba3x3.com. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
  4. "Dulangi Wannithilake: Born to play netball". The Sunday Times Sri Lanka. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
  5. "Sri Lanka : Sri Lanka wins Asian Netball Championship after 9 years". www.colombopage.com. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
  6. hermesauto (2018-09-09). "Netball: Sri Lanka prove too strong for Singapore as they triumph 69-50 in Asian Championship final". The Straits Times. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
  7. "Sri Lanka pick netball squad for World Cup". Sunday Observer. 2019-05-18. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
  8. "Sri Lanka". Netball Draft Central. Retrieved 2019-09-30.


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