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.

Rumeshika Rathnayake
Rumeshika Rathnayake in 2017
Personal information
Native nameරුමේශිකා කුමාරි රත්නායක
Full nameRathnayake Mudiyanselage Rumeshika Kumari Rathnayake
NationalitySri Lankan
EthnicitySinhala
Born (1996-06-27) 27 June 1996
Kegalle, Sri Lanka
Sport
CountrySri Lanka
SportTrack and field
Event(s)Sprint
International level2016
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)100 m: 11.60 (Guwahati 2016)
200 m: 23.40 (Bhubaneswar 2017)[1]
Updated on 11 July 2017.

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]

References

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