Dilhani Lekamge

Dilhani Lekamge
Lekamge at the 2017 Asian Championships
Personal information
Full nameHatarabage Lekamge Nadeesha Dilhani Lekamge
NationalitySri Lankan
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
Women's athletics
Representing  Sri Lanka
South Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2019 Kathmandu Javelin throw
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2022 Hangzhou Javelin throw
Asian Championships
Silver medal – second place 2017 Bhubaneswar Javelin throw
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Bangkok 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 enlisted as a private in the Sri Lankan army.[5] Lekamge is at present a corporal in the Sri Lanka Army Women's Corps.[6]

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.

At the 2023 Asian Athletics Championships in Bangkok she threw a national record javelin throw of 60.93m and she won the bronze medal. At the same games her fellow athlete Gayanthika Abeyratne also won a bronze medal in the 1500m.[7]

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. ^ Premalal, Susil (9 July 2017). "Nadeesha dazzles, bags first medal". The Sunday Times. Colombo – via www.pressreader.com.
  5. ^ "Army's Dilhani Lekamge Wins Silver in Asian Athletics Championship | Sri Lanka Army". www.army.lk. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  6. ^ "Army Women Athletes Win Gold & Bronze in Bangkok AAC". Sri Lanka Army. army.lk. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
  7. ^ "Dilhani, Gayanthika win at Asian Athletics C'ships". 12 July 2023. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
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