Gayanthika Abeyratne

Gayanthika Aberathna
Personal information
Born	23 December 1986 (age 38); Sooriyawewa, Sri Lanka
Height	1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight	48 kg (106 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	800 m, 1500 m
Medal record
Women's Athletics
Representing Sri Lanka
South Asian Games

Gayanthika Artigala Thushari Abeyratne (born 23 December 1986) is a Sri Lankan middle-distance runner^[3] who established a national record time at 800m.

Career

She won a gold medal at the 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games and silver at the 2017 Asian Championships.^[4] She currently^[when?] holds her country's national record in the 800 metres.

At the 2023 Asian Athletics Championships in Bangkok she won a bronze medal in the 1500m.^[5]

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Sri Lanka
2014	Asian Games	Incheon, South Korea	7th	800 m	2:06.21
2015	Asian Championships	Wuhan, China	6th	800 m	2:07.46
2015	Military World Games	Mungyeong, South Korea	13th (h)	1500 m	4:36.29
2016	South Asian Games	Guwahati, India	2nd	800 m	2:09.64
2016	South Asian Games	Guwahati, India	2nd	1500 m	4:25.75
2017	Asian Championships	Bhubaneswar, India	2nd	800 m	2:05.27
2017	Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games	Ashgabat, Turkmenistan	1st	800 m	2:05.12
2018	Asian Indoor Championships	Tehran, Iran	4th	800 m	2:11.20
	Asian Indoor Championships	Tehran, Iran	1st	1500 m	4:26.83
	Commonwealth Games	Gold Coast, Australia	21st (h)	800 m	2:04.72
	Asian Games	Jakarta, Indonesia	6th	800 m	2:05.50
2019	Asian Championships	Doha, Qatar	4th	800 m	2:05.74
	Asian Championships	Doha, Qatar	11th	1500 m	4:24.42
	South Asian Games	Kathmandu, Nepal	2nd	800 m	2:08.52
2022	World Championships	Eugene, United States	29th (h)	800 m	2:02.35
2023	Asian Championships	Bangkok, Thailand	3rd	800 m	2:03.25
	Asian Championships	Bangkok, Thailand	3rd	1500 m	4:14.39
	Asian Games	Hangzhou, China	8th	800 m	2:05.87
	Asian Games	Hangzhou, China	4th	1500 m	4:18.77

Personal bests

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Outdoor

400 metres – 55.62 (Colombo 2014)
800 metres – 2:02.55 (Diyagama 2017) NR
1500 metres – 4:18.7 (Jaffna 2016)
5000 metres – 17:00.46 (Diyagama 2011)

Indoor

800 metres – 2:05.12 (Ashgabat 2017)

References

^ "Ashgabat 2017 bio". Archived from the original on 11 November 2019. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
^ "2018 CWG bio". Archived from the original on 30 April 2018. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
^ Gayanthika Abeyratne at World Athletics
^ "Athletics Results Book" (PDF). 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 August 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
^ "Dilhani, Gayanthika win at Asian Athletics C'ships". 12 July 2023. Archived from the original on 29 March 2024. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
^ All-Athletics profile^{[permanent dead link‍]}

External links

Gayanthika Abeyratne at World Athletics

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[1] "Ashgabat 2017 bio". Archived from the original on 11 November 2019. Retrieved 27 October 2017.

[2] "2018 CWG bio". Archived from the original on 30 April 2018. Retrieved 29 April 2018.

[3] Gayanthika Abeyratne at World Athletics

[athletics_results_book_indoor_asian_martial_arts_2017-4] "Athletics Results Book" (PDF). 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 August 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2020.

[5] "Dilhani, Gayanthika win at Asian Athletics C'ships". 12 July 2023. Archived from the original on 29 March 2024. Retrieved 29 March 2024.

[6] All-Athletics profile^{[permanent dead link‍]}

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