Dilhani Lekamge

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Dilhani Lekamge
Nadeesha Of Srilanka With Silver (cropped).jpg
Lekamge at the 2017 Asian Championships
Personal information
Full nameNadeesha Dilhani Lekamge
Born14 October 1987 (1987-10-14) (age 38)
Eheliyagoda, Sri Lanka [1]
Height1.6 m (5 ft 3 in) [1]
Military career
BranchFlag of the Sri Lankan Army.png  Sri Lanka Army
Rank Corporal
Unit Women's Corps
Sport
Sport Track and field
Event
 Javelin throw
Achievements and titles
Personal best61.57 m (2023)
Medal record
Women's athletics Athletics pictogram.svg
Representing Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka
Asian Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Hangzhou Javelin throw
Asian Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2017 Bhubaneswar Javelin throw
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2023 Bangkok Javelin throw
South Asian Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Kathmandu Javelin throw
South Asian Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2025 Ranchi Javelin throw

Nadeesha Dilhani Lekamge (born 14 October 1987) is a Sri Lankan javelin thrower. Lekamge represented Sri Lanka in the women's javelin event at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

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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. [2]

She enlisted as a private in the Sri Lankan army. [3] Lekamge is at present a corporal in the Sri Lanka Army Women's Corps. [4]

She won a silver medal at the 2017 Asian Championships [5] 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. [6]

References

  1. 1 2 "Dilhani LEKAMGE". 2018 Commonwealth Games.
  2. ↑ Premalal, Susil (9 July 2017). "Nadeesha dazzles, bags first medal". The Sunday Times . Colombo – via www.pressreader.com.
  3. ↑ "Army's Dilhani Lekamge Wins Silver in Asian Athletics Championship | Sri Lanka Army". www.army.lk. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  4. ↑ "Army Women Athletes Win Gold & Bronze in Bangkok AAC". Sri Lanka Army. army.lk. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
  5. ↑ Results Archived 28 October 2017 at the Wayback Machine , Odisha 2017, Retrieved 21 July 2017
  6. ↑ "Dilhani, Gayanthika win at Asian Athletics C'ships". 12 July 2023. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
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