Himasha Eshan Waththakankanamge (born 7 May 1995) 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]
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| Full name | Himasha Eshan Waththakankanamge | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 May 1995 Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Track and field | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Sprint | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| International level | 1995 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best | 10.26 South Asian Record | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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
editHe studied at the Kalutara Vidyalaya. He was offered training by the Sri Lankan sports ministry in Jamaica in 1997.[citation needed]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "South Asian Games 2016". Archived from the original on 17 March 2016.
- ^ "100M National Champion Himasha Eshan Suspended". 12 December 2012.
- ^ "WATCH : Yupun Abeykoon breaks Sri Lanka & South Asia 100m record". NewsWire. 8 September 2020. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
- ^ "Yupun Abeykoon sets new South Asian record in 100m". Sri Lanka News - Newsfirst. 9 September 2020. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
- ^ "Himasha leaves island". Ceylon Today. 11 August 2022. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
- ^ Ranasinghe, Chathura. "Himasha gets 6-year ban for doping". The Morning. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
External links
edit- Himasha Eshan Waththakankanamge at World Athletics
- Himasha Eshan Waththakankanamge at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (archived)
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