Himasha Eshan Waththakankanamge is a Sri Lankan sprint athlete specializing in the 100 and 200 metres. He held the South Asian and Sri Lankan records in the 100 m sprint with the time of 10.26 seconds, until September 2020.[1]

Himasha Eshan
Personal information
NationalitySri Lankan
Born (1995-05-07) May 7, 1995 (age 29)
Sri Lanka
Sport
CountrySri Lanka
SportTrack and field
EventSprint
International level1995
Achievements and titles
Personal best10.26 South Asian Record
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Sri Lanka
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Asian Junior Athletics Championships 0 1 0
Asian Grand Prix 0 2 0
South Asian Games 2 0 0
Lusophony Games 1 0 0
Total 3 3 0
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
200 m 1 3 0
100 m 0 0 0
4x100 m relay 2 0 0
Lusophony Games
Gold medal – first place 1999 Goa 1500 m
South Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 1999 Guwahati 1500 m
Asian Junior Athletics Championships
Silver medal – second place 2014 Taipei 100 m
Asian Grand Prix
Silver medal – second place 2017 Jinhua 100 m Leg 1
Silver medal – second place 2017 Jinhua 100 m Leg 2

Himasha has been banned twice from competition for doping violations. He was first banned following after being found positive for banned substance methylhexanamine in 2012 and kept out of the field for one year by Sri Lanka.[2][3][4]

His second ban of six years to be in effect from 2021 to 2027 was due to testing positive for a banned substance at an event in October 2021.[5] The initial ban's four-year duration was later extended to six years.[6]

Personal life

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He studied at the Kalutara Vidyalaya. He was offered training by the Sri Lankan sports ministry in Jamaica in 1997.[citation needed]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "South Asian Games 2016". Archived from the original on 2016-03-17.
  2. ^ "100M National Champion Himasha Eshan Suspended". December 12, 2012.
  3. ^ "WATCH : Yupun Abeykoon breaks Sri Lanka & South Asia 100m record". NewsWire. 2020-09-08. Retrieved 2020-09-09.
  4. ^ "Yupun Abeykoon sets new South Asian record in 100m". Sri Lanka News - Newsfirst. 2020-09-09. Retrieved 2020-09-09.
  5. ^ "Himasha leaves island". Ceylon Today. 11 August 2022. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
  6. ^ Ranasinghe, Chathura. "Himasha gets 6-year ban for doping". The Morning. Retrieved 14 July 2024.