Indunil Herath

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Indunil Herath
Indunil Herath 2017.jpg
Herath in 2017
Personal information
Full nameEkanayake Mudiyaselage Indunil Madushan Herath [1]
Born (1993-03-27) 27 March 1993 (age 32)
Mahiyanganaya, Sri Lanka [2]
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event 800 metres
ClubSri Lanka Army
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka
South Asian Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2016 Guwahati 800 m
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Kathmandu 800 m
Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2017 Ashgabat 800 m
Asian Junior Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2012 Colombo 4 × 400 m relay
Asian Youth Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2009 Singapore 800 m

Ekanayake Mudiyaselage Idame Gedara Indunil Madushan Herath (born 27 March 1993) is a Sri Lankan middle-distance runner who specialises in the 800 metres. [3] He won a silver medal at the 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games. [4]

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In 2018, Herath broke the national record in the men's 800 m (with a time of 1:47.13) at the Kenyan President's Cup athletics. [5]

International competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka
2009 Asian Youth Games Singapore 3rd800 m1:56.33
2010 Youth Olympic Games Singapore 3rd (B)1000 m 2:27.57
2012 Asian Junior Championships Colombo, Sri Lanka 7th400 m48.82
5th800 m1:49.94
3rd4 × 400 m relay3:11.79
2014 Lusophony Games Bambolin, India 4th800 m 1:57.27
4th4 × 400 m relay 3:19.02
2015 Asian Championships Wuhan, China 5th800 m 1:51.51
2016 South Asian Games Guwahati, India 1st800 m1:51.46
Asian Indoor Championships Doha, Qatar 8th800 m 1:57.26
2017 Asian Championships Bhubaneswar, India 5th800 m 1:50.57
Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games Ashgabat, Turkmenistan 2nd800 m 1:49.45
2018 Asian Games Jakarta, Indonesia 8th800 m 1:51.36
2019 South Asian Games Kathmandu, Nepal 1st800 m1:50.52

Personal bests

[6] Outdoor

Indoor

References

  1. ↑ "Honouring our SAG gold medallists". Daily News . 5 March 2016. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
  2. ↑ Ashgabat 2017 bio
  3. ↑ "Herath INDUNIL". World Athletics.
  4. ↑ "Athletics Results Book" (PDF). 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 August 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  5. ↑ Peiris, Sudarshana (17 June 2018). "New 800m record by Indunil Herath". www.thepapare.com. Dialog Axiata . Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  6. ↑ "All-Athletics profile". All-Athletics.com. Archived from the original on 21 October 2017. Retrieved 21 October 2017.


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