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Athlete and Team Biographies

Sri Lanka

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Aquatics Diving | Aquatics Swimming | Athletics | Badminton | Boxing | Gymnastics Artistic | Rugby 7s | Shooting | Squash | Table Tennis | Weightlifting | Medal Winners

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Aquatics Diving

Esiri Chathuranga Kankanige biography
Tharaki Javendra Siyaguna biography

Aquatics Swimming

Chathuri Abeykoon biography
Joseph Arsacularatne biography
Prabha Dharmadasa biography
Conrad Francis biography
Migali Gunatilake biography
Chaminda Priyadarshana Kalugala Vithanage biography
Arun Karunaratne biography
Stefan Lee biography
Mayumi Raheem biography
Sri Lanka Aquatics Swimming Women biography
Anthony Wickramasinghe biography

Athletics

Prasanna Amarasekara, Track biography
Damayanthi Darsha, Track biography
Anne De Silva, Javelin biography
Geetha Gallage, 20km Walk biography
Rohan Kumara, Track biography
Maduka Marasinghe, Track biography
Rohitha Pushpakumara, Track biography
Sirimanna Shantha, Track biography
Sri Lanka Athletics Men, Track biography
Herath Walgampaya, Track biography
Shiwantha Weerasuriya, Track biography
Manjula Wijesekara, High Jump biography

Badminton

Thushara Yasalal Edirisinghe biography
Renu Hettiarachchige biography
Hettiarachchige/Jayasingh Badminton Women biography
Thilini Jayasinghe biography
Dinuka Karunaratne biography
Niluka Karunaratne biography
Karunaratne/Kumarapperuma Badminton Men biography
Brinsly Kumarapperuma biography
Kumarapperuma/Jayasinghe Badminton Open biography
Sri Lanka Badminton Open biography

Boxing

Kamal Sameera A.K.G. biography
Jayantha Kumara H.P.L. biography
Fernando P.R.D.A. biography
Upali Bandara R.M. biography
Kumara S.I. biography
Tennakoon T.M.C. biography
Manju Wanniarachchi biography

Gymnastics Artistic

Eranga A. Dias Gunasekara biography
P Ekanayake Mudiyanselage biography
Eranda N. Gunasekara Dias biography
Sri Lanka Gymnastics Artistic Men biography
Thrimana Hettiarachchige biography
Danushka Nadee. Wijeratne biography

Rugby 7s

Mohamed Amjad Buksh biography
Anuradha Dharmatilake biography
Sanjeewa Jayasinghe biography
Saliya Kumara biography
Sajith Mallikarachchi biography
Thuwan Fazil Marija Mohamed biography
Danushka Perera biography
Sri Lanka Rugby 7s Men biography
Chamara Gonagala Vithanage biography
Eranda Hasitha Weerakkody biography
Nalaka Weerakkody biography
Dilanka Wijayasekara biography

Shooting

Ruwini Abeymanna biography
Chandana Gunaratna biography
Pushpamali I. Ramanayaka biography
Sri Lanka - Shooting biography
Sri Lanka - Shooting biography
Sri Lanka - Shooting biography
Sri Lanka - Shooting biography
Sri Lanka - Shooting biography
Sri Lanka - Shooting biography
Sri Lanka Shooting Women biography
Sri Lanka Shooting Women biography
Chandrika S. Wijesuriya biography

Squash

Nirasha Guruge biography
Tehani Guruge biography
Guruge/Guruge Squash Women biography
Guruge/Issadeen Squash Open biography
Guruge/Samarasinghe Squash Open biography
Yassir Issadeen biography
Issadeen/Samarasinghe Squash Men biography
Navin Samarasinghe biography

Table Tennis

Gihan Liyanage biography
Ishara Manikku Babu biography
Manikku Babu/Rodrigo Table Tennis Women biography
Thilina Piyadasa biography
Piyadasa/Manikku Babu Table Tennis Open biography
Piyadasa/Silva Table Tennis Men biography
Deepika Rodrigo biography
Pitiyage Silva biography
Silva/Rodrigo Table Tennis Open biography
Sri Lanka Table Tennis Men biography
Ruhansi Wijekoon biography

Weightlifting

Nadini Gunasekara biography
Ranjith Kumara biography
Sudesh Narayana biography
Dayan Nawendra biography
Dhanushka Nicholas biography
Emil Nishantha biography
Sadun Perera biography
Antoni Sudesh biography
Chinthana Vidanage biography

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