Gayanthika Abeyratne

Gayanthika Aberathna

Personal information
Born	(1986-12-23) 23 December 1986 (age 38) Sooriyawewa, Sri Lanka [1]
Height	1.62 m (5 ft 4 in) [2]
Weight	48 kg (106 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	800 m, 1500 m
Medal record Women's Athletics Representing   Sri Lanka Asian Indoor Championships 2018 Tehran 1500 m South Asian Games 2019 Kathmandu 4 × 400 m relay 2019 Kathmandu 800 m 2016 Guwahati 800 m 2016 Guwahati 1500 m

Gayanthika Artigala Thushari Abeyratne (born 23 December 1986) is a Sri Lankan middle-distance runner ^[3] who established a national record time at 800m.

Career

She won a gold medal at the 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games and silver at the 2017 Asian Championships. ^[4] She currently^{[ when? ]} holds her country's national record in the 800 metres.

At the 2023 Asian Athletics Championships in Bangkok she won a bronze medal in the 1500m. ^[5]

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
	South Asian Games	Kathmandu, Nepal	2nd	800 m	2:08.52
2022	World Championships	Eugene, United States	29th (h)	800 m	2:02.35
2023	Asian Championships	Bangkok, Thailand	3rd	800 m	2:03.25
			3rd	1500 m	4:14.39
	Asian Games	Hangzhou, China	8th	800 m	2:05.87
			4th	1500 m	4:18.77

Personal bests

^[6]

Outdoor

• 400 metres – 55.62 (Colombo 2014)
• 800 metres – 2:02.55 (Diyagama 2017) NR
• 1500 metres – 4:18.7 (Jaffna 2016)
• 5000 metres – 17:00.46 (Diyagama 2011)

Indoor

• 800 metres – 2:05.12 (Ashgabat 2017)

References

1. "Ashgabat 2017 bio". Archived from the original on 11 November 2019. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
2. "2018 CWG bio". Archived from the original on 30 April 2018. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
3. Gayanthika Abeyratne at World Athletics
4. "Athletics Results Book" (PDF). 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 August 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
5. "Dilhani, Gayanthika win at Asian Athletics C'ships". 12 July 2023. Archived from the original on 29 March 2024. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
6. All-Athletics profile

External links

• Gayanthika Abeyratne at World Athletics