List of Sri Lankans by sport

The following is a list of Sri Lankan sportspeople .

Archery

• Shashikala Kumarasinghe
• Dilhara Salgado

Badminton

• Lucky Dharmasena
• Nadeesha Gayanthi
• Thilini Hendahewa
• Thilini Jayasinghe
• Chamika Karunaratne
• Dinuka Karunaratne
• Niluka Karunaratne
• Oshadie Kuruppu
• Inoka Rohini de Silva
• Lekha Shehani
• Chandrika de Silva
• Kavidi Sirimannage
• Niroshan Wijekoon

Basketball

Main article: List of basketball players from Sri Lanka

Billiards

• Muhammad Lafir

Boxing

Main article: List of Sri Lankan boxers

• Manju Wanniarachchi

Carrom

• Nishantha Fernando
• Chamil Cooray

Cricket

Main article: List of cricketers from Sri Lanka

• Charuka Kahagalla ^[1]
• Ravi Philips ^[2]

Cycling

• Maurice Coomarawel

Football

Main article: List of footballers from Sri Lanka

Golf

• Mithun Perera
• Nandasena Perera
• Anura Rohana

Gymnastics

• Achini Chamen
• Anna-Marie Ondaatje

Karate

• Wasantha Soysa

Netball

• Deepika Abeykoon
• Kasturi Chellaraja Wilson
• Gayani Dissanayake
• Chathurangi Jayasooriya
• Nauchalee Rajapakse
• Elilenthini Sethukavalar
• Tharjini Sivalingam
• Dulangi Wannithilake
• Mellony Wijesinghe

Racing

• Ananda Wedisinghe
• Dilantha Malagamuwa

Rugby

Main article: List of rugby union players from Sri Lanka

Swimming

Main article: List of Sri Lankan swimmers

• Mathew Abeysinghe
• Julian Bolling
• Cherantha de Silva
• Kimiko Raheem
• Mayumi Raheem

Table Tennis

• Dr. Nimal Lucas

Track & field athletes

Main article: List of Sri Lankan track & field athletes

• Sriyantha Dissanayake
• Manjula Kumara
• Himasha Eashan
• Sugath Thilakaratne
• Tharushi Karunarathna

Weightlifting

Main article: List of Sri Lankan weightlifters

• Sudesh Peiris
• Chinthana Vidanage

References

1. "The Home of CricketArchive". cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 23 February 2024.
2. List of Sri Lankans by sport  at CricketArchive (subscription required)