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Dilhani Lekamge

Lekamge at the 2017 Asian Championships
Personal information
Full name	Hatarabage Lekamge Nadeesha Dilhani Lekamge
Nationality	Sri Lankan
Born	14 October 1987 (1987-10-14) (age 37) Eheliyagoda, Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka
Education	Mahinda School
Height	1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight	68 kg (150 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Javelin throw
Achievements and titles
Personal best	58.41 m (2018)
Medal record Women's athletics Representing  Sri Lanka South Asian Games 2019 Kathmandu Javelin throw Asian Games 2022 Hangzhou Javelin throw Asian Championships 2017 Bhubaneswar Javelin throw 2023 Bangkok Javelin throw

Nadeesha Dilhani Lekamge (born 14 October 1987) is a Sri Lankan javelin thrower. She won a silver medal at the 2017 Asian Championships.

Life

Lekamge was born in 1987 in the town of Eheliyagoda on Sri Lanka. It was there that she was educated at the Mahinda School.

She enlisted as a private in the Sri Lankan army. Lekamge is at present a corporal in the Sri Lanka Army Women's Corps.

She won a silver medal at the 2017 Asian Championships with a throw of 58.11m. She was placed fifth at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.

At the 2023 Asian Athletics Championships in Bangkok she threw a national record javelin throw of 60.93m and she won the bronze medal. At the same games her fellow athlete Gayanthika Abeyratne also won a bronze medal in the 1500m.

References

1. ^ "Dilhani LEKAMGE". 2018 Commonwealth Games.
2. Dilhani Lekamge. IAAF
3. ^ Results Archived 28 October 2017 at the Wayback Machine, Odisha 2017, Retrieved 21 July 2017
4. Premalal, Susil (9 July 2017). "Nadeesha dazzles, bags first medal". The Sunday Times. Colombo – via www.pressreader.com.
5. "Army's Dilhani Lekamge Wins Silver in Asian Athletics Championship | Sri Lanka Army". www.army.lk. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
6. "Army Women Athletes Win Gold & Bronze in Bangkok AAC". Sri Lanka Army. army.lk. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
7. "Dilhani, Gayanthika win at Asian Athletics C'ships". 12 July 2023. Retrieved 29 March 2024.

External links

• Dilhani Lekamge at World Athletics
• Dilhani Lekamge at Olympics.com
• Dilhani Lekamge at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
• Dilhani Lekamge at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (archived)

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