Biography
Impairment information
Type of Impairment
Limb deficiency
Origin of Impairment
Congenital
Classification
T47
Further personal information
Languages
English, Sinhala
Sport specific information
When and where did you begin this sport?
She took up Para athletics in 2012.
International debut
Year
2006
Competing for
Sri Lanka
General interest
Most influential person in career
Her father. (Athlete, 18 Sep 2016)
Hero / Idol
Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt. (Athlete, 18 Sep 2016)
Milestones
She became the first female athlete to represent Sri Lanka at the Paralympic Games when she competed in the T46 100m and 200m at the 2012 Games in London. (bbc.co.uk, 29 Aug 2012; srilankasports.com, 14 Aug 2012; SportsDeskOnline, 05 Aug 2020)
Impairment
Her left arm has been amputated below the elbow. (Athlete, 18 Sep 2016)
Results
Unit | Date | Rank |
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Event | Medal | Unit | Date | Rank |
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Women's 200 m T46 | Heat 1 | 2012-08-31 | 5 | |
Women's 100 m T46 | Heat 1 | 2012-09-04 | 5 |
Event | Medal | Unit | Date | Rank |
---|---|---|---|---|
Women's Long Jump T46 | Final 1 | 2013-07-23 | 7 | |
Women's 200 m T46 | Semifinal 1 | 2013-07-24 | 8 | |
Women's 200 m T46 | Final 1 | 2013-07-25 | 8 | |
Women's 100 m T46 | Semifinal 1 | 2013-07-26 | 12 |
Event | Medal | Unit | Date | Rank |
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Women's Long Jump T47 | Final 1 | 2015-10-23 | 11 | |
Women's 200 m T47 | Heat 2 | 2015-10-27 | 10 |
Event | Medal | Unit | Date | Rank |
---|---|---|---|---|
Women's Long Jump T47 | Final Round | 2016-09-08 | 12 | |
Women's 400 m T47 | Heat 1 | 2016-09-13 | 3 | |
Women's 400 m T47 | Final Round | 2016-09-14 | 5 | |
Women's 200 m T47 | Heat 2 | 2016-09-15 | 4 | |
Women's 200 m T47 | Final Round | 2016-09-16 | 6 |
Event | Medal | Unit | Date | Rank |
---|---|---|---|---|
Women's 200 m T47 | Heat 1 | 2017-07-14 | 11 | |
Women's Long Jump T47 | Final 1 | 2017-07-23 | 7 | |
Women's 400 m T47 | Final 1 | 2017-07-23 | 5 |