Gayanthika Abeyratne

Gayanthika Artigala Thushari Abeyratne (born 23 December 1986) is a Sri Lankan middle-distance runner.[3] She won a gold medal at the 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games and silver at the 2017 Asian Championships. She currently holds her country's national record in the 800 metres.

Gayanthika Aberathna
Personal information
Born (1986-12-23) 23 December 1986
Sooriyawewa, Sri Lanka[1]
Height1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)[2]
Weight48 kg (106 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)800 m, 1500 m

International competitions
Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Sri Lanka
2014 Asian Games Incheon, South Korea 7th 800 m 2:06.21
2015 Asian Championships Wuhan, China 6th 800 m 2:07.46
Military World Games Mungyeong, South Korea 13th (h) 1500 m 4:36.29
2016 South Asian Games Guwahati, India 2nd 800 m 2:09.64
2nd 1500 m 4:25.75
2017 Asian Championships Bhubaneswar, India 2nd 800 m 2:05.27
Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games Ashgabat, Turkmenistan 1st 800 m 2:05.12
2018 Asian Indoor Championships Tehran, Iran 4th 800 m 2:11.20
1st 1500 m 4:26.83
Commonwealth Games Gold Coast, Australia 21st (h) 800 m 2:04.72
Asian Games Jakarta, Indonesia 6th 800 m 2:05.50
2019 Asian Championships Doha, Qatar 4th 800 m 2:05.74
11th 1500 m 4:24.42

Personal bests

[4]

Outdoor

Indoor

References
  1. Ashgabat 2017 bio
  2. "2018 CWG bio". Retrieved 29 April 2018.
  3. Gayanthika Abeyratne at World Athletics
  4. All-Athletics profile


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