Edirisinghe Senanayake

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Edirisinghe Senanayake
Personal information
Full nameEdirisinghe Mudiyanselage Senanayake
Nickname(s)E. M.
NationalityFlag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka
Born (1970-02-14) 14 February 1970 (age 52)
Kandy, Sri Lanka
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight79 kg (174 lb)
Sport
Sport Shooting
Event(s)10 m air pistol (AP60)
50 m pistol (FP)

Edirisinghe Mudiyanselage "E. M." Senanayake (born February 14, 1970 in Kandy) is a Sri Lankan sport shooter. [1] At age thirty-eight, Senanayake made his official debut for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed in two pistol shooting events. He scored a total of 561 targets in the preliminary rounds of the men's 10 m air pistol, by two points behind Egypt's Mahmod Abdelaly, finishing only in forty-eighth place. [2] Three days later, Senanayake placed thirty-sixth in his second event, 50 m pistol, by one point ahead of Czech Republic's Martin Tenk, with a total score of 545 targets. [3]

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References

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