Personal information | |
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Full name | Rupasinghe A. Wimalasena Perera |
Nationality | Sri Lankan |
Born | Colombo, Sri Lanka | 30 May 1945
Sport | |
Sport | Long-distance running |
Event | Marathon |
Rupasinghe A. Wimalasena Perera (born 30 May 1945) is a Sri Lankan former long-distance runner. He competed in the marathon at the 1968 Summer Olympics. [1]
Deshamanya is the second-highest national honour of Sri Lanka awarded by the Government of Sri Lanka as a civil honour. It is awarded for "highly meritorious service", and is conventionally used as a title or prefix to the recipient's name.
Ceylon competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Six competitors, all men, took part in six events in four sports.
Perera is a surname of Portuguese origin. The name is a variant of the common Portuguese surname Pereira. There are other variants in the Iberian Peninsula: Perer (Catalan), Perero, Pereros, Pereyra, Pereyras, Das Pereiras, Paraira (Portuguese), Pereire, Pereyre (Pyrenees), Pereiro, Pereiros (Galician).
Madol Duwa is a 1976 Sri Lankan drama film directed by Lester James Peries and produced by Upasena Marasinghe. The film stars Ajith Jinadasa as Upali, a young rebellious youth who travels to a small island to get away from the restrictive society around him.
Deshamanya Noel Wimalasena was a Sri Lankan lawyer, politician and the first Governor of Sabaragamuwa.
The following lists events that happened during 1989 in Sri Lanka.
The following lists events that happened during 1992 in Sri Lanka.
Habarakadage R. Perera was a Sri Lankan sports shooter. He competed in the 50 metre rifle, prone event at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
Kosala Premaraja Sahabandu, is a Sri Lankan athlete that competed in the 800 metres and 400 metres events.
Kenneth Perera is a Malaysian sprinter. He competed in the men's 400 metres at the 1956 Summer Olympics.
Hiruni Wijayaratne is a Sri Lankan distance athlete. She holds eleven Sri Lankan national records for road and track events as of 2022, including the women's 10,000 metres and marathon.
K. T. Newton Perera is a Sri Lankan former sprinter. He competed in the men's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 1980 Summer Olympics.
Manura Kuranage Lanka Perera is a Sri Lankan former sprinter. He competed in the men's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2000 Summer Olympics.
Mahesh Perera is a Sri Lankan hurdler. He competed in the men's 110 metres hurdles at the 1996 Summer Olympics.
Lumbini College or Lumbini Vidyalaya is a Sinhalese mixed school located in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The school was founded in 1929 and has a current enrollment of 4,500 students from primary class to secondary. The school was named as a national school in 2009.
Albert Perera was a Sri Lankan boxer who mainly competed in the bantamweight category.
Leslie Donovan Perera Handunge was a Sri Lankan boxer. He competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics and the 1952 Summer Olympics.
President Super Star is a 2019 Sri Lankan Sinhala political comedy film directed and produced by Udayakantha Warnasuriya for U Creations. It stars ensemble cast of veteran and young artists including Isuru Lokuhettiarachchi in lead role along with Mahendra Perera, Sriyantha Mendis, Gihan Fernando, Priyantha Seneviratne and Srimal Wedisinghe in supportive roles. Music composed by Mahesh Denipitiya.