Nethmi Poruthotage

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Nethmi Poruthotage
Personal information
Full nameNethmi Ahinsa Fernando Poruthotage
NationalityFlag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lankan
Born (2004-06-17) 17 June 2004 (age 21) [1]
Welpalla, Sri Lanka
Height1.55 m (5 ft 1 in)
Medal record
Women's freestyle wrestling Wrestling pictogram.svg
Representing Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Birmingham 57 kg
U23 Asian Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2025 Vung Tau57 kg
U20 World Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2024 Pontevedra 53 kg
U20 Asian Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2024 Sriracha53 kg

Nethmi Poruthotage (born 17 June 2004) is a Sri Lankan freestyle wrestler. She won a bronze medal in the women's 57 kg event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, becoming Sri Lanka's first-ever medalist in wrestling and the youngest Sri Lankan to win a medal at the Games. [2]

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  1. "Nethmi Poruthotage". www.results.birmingham2022.com/. Birmingham 2022. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  2. 1 2 Vasudevan, Estelle (6 August 2022). "Nethmi Poruthotage give Sri Lanka its 1st Wrestling medal at CWG". www.thepapare.com. Dialog Axiata . Retrieved 7 August 2022.
  3. "2024 Asian Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 April 2024. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
  4. Siwach, Vinay (7 September 2024). "Zhang twins continue growth with U20 Worlds golds". www.uww.org/. United World Wrestling (UWW). Retrieved 8 September 2024. Sri Lanka won its first-ever wrestling medal on the world stage after Nethmi AHINSA (SRI) won the bronze medal at 53kg against Valeryia MIKITSICH (AIN), 6-1. The win makes Ahinsa the first Sri Lanka wrestler to win a medal at any World Championships