Kumudu Priyanka Dissanayake Mudiyanselage (born 26 March 1988) is a Sri Lankan paralympic track and field athlete who is also a current world record holder in women's 200m T45 category.[1] She made her first Paralympic appearance representing Sri Lanka at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.[2][3]
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| Full name | Kumudu Priyanka Dissanayake Mudiyanselage | ||||||||||||||||||||
| National team | Sri Lanka | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 26 March 1988 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Years active | 2006-Present | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Para-athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | T47 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Rehab Lanka Sports Club | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Biography
editShe lost both her hands and vision in one of her eyes at the age of 16 due to a hand grenade explosion.[4] She is also current employed at MAS Holdings.[5]
Career
editShe made her debut in para-athletics during the 2006 Para Athletics National Meet. On 17 December 2010, she set the IPC world record in the women's 200m T45 category with a timing of 28.58 seconds.[6]
She represented Sri Lanka at the 2018 Asian Para Games and claimed a bronze medal in the women's long jump event where he compatriot Amara Indumathi claimed gold medal. Kumudu initially ended up at fourth position in women's long jump final at the 2018 Asian Para Games but she was upgraded to bronze medal position following a doping violation by an Uzbekistani athlete in the same event.[7] She claimed bronze medal in women's long jump event at the 2021 World Para Athletics Grand Prix which was held in Dubai.[8][7]
She received bipartite invitation from International Paralympic Committee to participate at the Tokyo Paralympics. She was the only female athlete to have represented Sri Lanka at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics and she was also the only civilian to have qualified to compete for Sri Lanka at the Tokyo Paralympics whereas rest of the athletes were attached to Sri Lankan Army.[5] She became only the second female competitor to represent Sri Lanka at the Paralympics after Amara Indumathi.[5]
She competed in both the women's long jump and women's 100m T47 events at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.[9][10]
References
edit- ^ "World Para Athletics Grand Prix 2021 - 200m M+W - Results". fidalservizi.it. FIDAL. Archived from the original on 31 August 2021. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
- ^ Peiris, Sudarshana (31 August 2021). "Kumudu Priyanka makes her Paralympic debut". ThePapare.com. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
- ^ "Athletics - DISSANAYAKE MUDIYANSELAGE Kumudu P." Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 30 August 2021. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
- ^ "Kumudu Priyanka Dissanayake Mudiyanselage - Athletics | Paralympic Athlete Profile". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
- ^ a b c Ratnaweera, Dhammika (16 August 2021). "Sri Lanka's only female athlete at Tokyo Para Games". Daily News. Retrieved 18 November 2023.
- ^ "IPC Women's 200m Records". ipc-services.org. International Paralympic Committee. 26 September 2017. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
- ^ a b Ratnaweera, Dhammika (12 February 2021). "Para Athlete Kumudu Priyanka wins Bronze in Dubai". Daily News. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
- ^ "Kumudu Priyanka wins bronze at World Para Athletics Grand Prix 2021". CeylonToday. 13 February 2021. Archived from the original on 31 August 2021. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
- ^ "Athletics - Women's 100m - T47 Schedule". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 31 August 2021. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
- ^ "Athletics - Women's Long Jump - T47 Schedule". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 31 August 2021. Retrieved 31 August 2021.