Rumeshika Rathnayake
Rumeshika Kumari Ratnayake (born 27 June 1996) is a Sri Lankan sprint athlete specialising in the 100 and 200 meters events. She is the current fastest South Asian woman over 100 m, winning the gold at 2016 South Asian Games.[2] She won the Bronze in the 200 m at the same games.
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| Native name | රුමේශිකා කුමාරි රත්නායක | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Full name | Rathnayake Mudiyanselage Rumeshika Kumari Rathnayake | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Sri Lankan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ethnicity | Sinhala | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 27 June 1996 Kegalle, Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Track and field | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Sprint | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| International level | 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 100 m: 11.60 (Guwahati 2016) 200 m: 23.40 (Bhubaneswar 2017)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rathnayake's personal best time of 23.40 in the 200 m and won the Silver at the 2017 Asian Athletics Championships.[3]
Personal life
Rathnayake was born in Kegalle, Sri Lanka and attended to St. Joseph Balika Vidyalaya.[4][5]
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References
- "Rumeshika Kumari Rathnayake#Personal bests". all-athletics.com. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
- "Eashan, Jeevan, Nimali, Rumeshika and Manjula bathe Sri Lanka in Gold – #SAG2016 Day 4". thepapare.com. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
- "Nimali wins gold, Gayanthika, Rumeshika, Relay team win silvers. Asian Athletics Championship". The Island (Sri Lanka). Upali Newspapers (Pvt) Ltd. 9 July 2017. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
- "Priyadharshani, Rumeshika shine at SA Games trials". The Island (Sri Lanka). Upali Newspapers (Pvt) Ltd. 5 December 2015. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
- "Rumeshika set to break Dharsha's 100 metres record. Sprinter improves Dharsha's 200 metres record for a second time". The Island (Sri Lanka). Upali Newspapers (Pvt) Ltd. 25 May 2015. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
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