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Abeysinghe Competing In The 2016 Olympic Games
Abeysinghe is a Sri Lankan last name. It may refer to one of the following people: * Ashoka Abeysinghe, Sri Lankan politician *Dilshan Abeysinghe (born 1996), Sri Lankan cricketer *Hiroshi Abeysinghe (born 1978), Sri Lankan cricketer *Kamal Abeysinghe, Sri Lankan social entrepreneur *Kyle Abeysinghe (born 2000), Sri Lankan swimmer *Matthew Abeysinghe (born 1996), Sri Lankan swimmer *Nicholas Dias Abeysinghe (1719-1794), Ceylonese Dutch colonial administrator *Ronnie Abeysinghe (1936-2002), Sri Lankan civil servant * Roshan Abeysinghe (born 1963), Sri Lankan businessperson *Tilake Abeysinghe Cavaliere ( OMRI) Tilake Abeysinghe ( Sinhala: කැවාලියර් තිලක අබේසිංහ; Tamil: காவலியர் திலகே அபேசிங்க; 28 March 1929 – 24 September 2022), better known as Tilake ... (1929-2022), Sri Lankan painter {{surname Surnames of Sinhalese origin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashoka Abeysinghe
Ashoka Abeysinghe is a Sri Lankan politician, a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka. He belongs to the United National Party. He was the first mayor of Kurunegala from the Sri Lanka Freedom Party The Sri Lanka Freedom Party ( si, ශ්රී ලංකා නිදහස් පක්ෂය, translit=Śrī Laṁkā Nidahas Pakṣaya; ta, இலங்கை சுதந்திரக் கட்சி, translit=Ilaṅkai Cutantirak Ka ..., and later joined the United National Party. He was appointed the Deputy Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation after United National Party won the 2015 general elections. References Members of the 14th Parliament of Sri Lanka Members of the 15th Parliament of Sri Lanka Members of the 16th Parliament of Sri Lanka Samagi Jana Balawegaya politicians United National Party politicians 1956 births Living people Sinhalese politicians {{NorthWesternLK-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dilshan Abeysinghe
Dilshan Abeysinghe is a Sri Lankan cricketer. He made his first-class debut for Sinhalese Sports Club in the 2016–17 Premier League Tournament on 14 February 2017. He made his Twenty20 debut for Chilaw Marians Cricket Club in the 2018–19 SLC Twenty20 Tournament on 21 February 2019. He made his List A debut on 14 December 2019, for Panadura Sports Club in the 2019–20 Invitation Limited Over Tournament. In March 2021, he was part of the Sinhalese Sports Club team that won the 2020–21 SLC Twenty20 Tournament The 2020–21 SLC Twenty20 Tournament was a Twenty20 cricket tournament that was held in Sri Lanka. It took place from 4 to 20 March 2021. Colombo Cricket Club were the defending champions. A total of 26 teams took part in the tournament, split ..., the first time they had won the tournament since 2005. References External links * Living people 1996 births Sri Lankan cricketers Chilaw Marians Cricket Club cricketers Panadura Sports Club cricketers Sinh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiroshi Abeysinghe
Amathagodage Don Hiroshi Abeysinghe (born 2 November 1978) is a former Sri Lankan international cricketer and internationally qualified cricket coach. International playing career As a player, Abeysinghe represented the Sri Lankan national team between 1999 and 2006. An all-rounder, Abeysinghe batted right-handed and bowled right-arm off-spin. She was a member of the Sri Lanka Women's cricket team for the visiting Pakistan team, and for the tour of India in 1999. Abeysinghe made her international debut at the 2000 Women's World Cup in New Zealand.Women's ODI matches played by Hiroshi Abeysinghe CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 August 2016. She played in all seven of her team's matches, and made 186 runs to finish as Sri Lanka's leading run-scorer. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamal Abeysinghe
Kamal Abeysinghe is a Sri Lankan banker and a social entrepreneur. He is the founder and current chairman of EDEX. Abeysinghe has served as the chairman of EDEX since its inception in 2004. EDEX was initiated as a social project to organize education exhibitions to provide career guidance for students who completed their A/L examinations. Since 2004 it has held exhibitions annually in Colombo and Kandy becoming the largest education fair in Sri Lanka. During Abeysinghe's tenure as the chairman of EDEX, he has initiated several social development projects such as the ''Live your Dream'' project in 2012 which aims at empowering Sri Lankan youth and has carried out several school development projects in many parts of the country. Educated at Royal College Colombo, he had worked at Sampath Bank for over two decades moving into its senior management where he had served as its head of compliance. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Bankers of Sri Lanka and a former treasurer of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kyle Abeysinghe
Kyle Abeysinghe (born 4 February 2000) is a Sri Lankan national swimmer who has represented his country at several international competitions. At the domestic level, Abeysinghe holds numerous national records, has been national champion several times, and is a member of the Killer Whale Aquatic Club, under his coach and father, Manoj Abeysinghe. At the 2017 Youth Commonwealth Games in Nassau, Bahamas, Abeysinghe won two silver medals in the 50m and the 100m Freetyle, becoming the only Sri Lankan in swimming to achieve this feat. Career His first time representing Sri Lanka was at the FINA Youth Programme in Doha, Qatar in 2014. Since then he has represented Sri Lanka at the 2015 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships, 2015 Junior World Swimming Championships held in Singapore, the 2016 South Asian Games held in Guwahati, India, where he won 4 medals; one gold, two silvers, and one bronze. Subsequently, he competed in the 2016 South Asian Aquatic Championships held in Colombo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matthew Abeysinghe
Matthew Duncan Abeysinghe, OLY (born 19 March 1996) is a competitive swimmer who has represented Sri Lanka at numerous international competitions, including the 2016 and 2020 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo respectively. Abeysinghe trained under his coach and father, Manoj Abeysinghe, with Killer Whale Aquatics, until his departure for higher education, where he resumed his training at Ohio State University in the US. Abeysinghe is regarded as the greatest swimmer and one of the most accomplished athletes Sri Lanka has ever produced. Career Abeysinghe started swimming when he was three years old alongside his elder brother, Andrew. He has been quoted, saying he started swimming merely for water safety, not to compete. Over the course of his career, Abeysinghe has achieved numerous accolades, including; international medals, national records, national championships, and several national awards. Abeysinghe is considered the greatest athlete in South Asian Games history. He is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicholas Dias Abeysinghe
Nicholas Dias Abeysinghe Amarasekere Maha Mudaliyar, ( Sinhala: නිකලස් ඩයස් අබේසිංහ අමරසේකර) (8 May 1719 - 10 May 1794) was a Ceylonese Dutch colonial administrator. He was appointed as the Maha Mudaliyar (Head Mudaliyar) of Dutch Ceylon, hence he was one of the most powerful personalities in the country. By Alicia Schrikker, pp 67 He received Mudaliyar medal from Governor in 1768 and later received the Head Mudaliyar Gold medal on 31 May 1785 from Governor [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ronnie Abeysinghe
Ronald Abeysinghe (also called "Ronnie") (26 July 1936 – 11 February 2002) was the former Serjeant-at-Arms of the Sri Lankan Parliament from 1970 to 1996. Early life Abeysinghe was born on 26 July 1936 in Teldeniya, close to Kandy. His father Robert Abeysinghe was a government doctor while his mother, Meraya Goonatillake, hailed from Panadura. He had his education initially at St. John's College, Panadura and then at Prince of Wales College, Moratuwa. He was the eldest of nine siblings. Career Abeysinghe joined Parliament in 1961 when he was appointed Assistant Serjeant-at-Arms. In 1970, he was promoted when he was appointed as Serjeant-at-Arms. He remained in the position for 26 years, a record for the most senior Serjeant-at-Arms of Parliament in the Commonwealth. He served under Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike, President J. R. Jayewardene, Ranasinghe Premadasa, Dingiri Banda Wijetunga, and Chandrika Kumaratunge in his service in the parliament. He w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roshan Abeysinghe
Lincoln Clement Roshan Abeysinghe ( si, ලින්කන් ක්ලෙමන්ට් රොෂාන් අබේසිංහ: born 10 February 1963) is a Sri Lankan businessperson and international cricket commentator. He is also working as a marketing professional in a skincare company. Biography Roshan Abeysinghe was born on 10 February 1963, in Colombo. He was educated and played school cricket at the St. Joseph's College. He is one of the fewest school boys to have played for St. Joseph's College in the Big match contests against St. Peter's College. Career as a commentator Presently, Roshan has been regarded as one of the very few international cricket commentators from Sri Lanka along with Russel Arnold Russel Premakumaran Arnold (Tamil language, Tamil: ரசல் பிரேமகுமரன் ஆனோல்ட், born 25 October 1973), or Russel Arnold, is a former Sri Lankan cricket team, Sri Lankan cricketer of Sri Lankan Tamil peo ... and Ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tilake Abeysinghe
Cavaliere ( OMRI) Tilake Abeysinghe ( Sinhala: කැවාලියර් තිලක අබේසිංහ; Tamil: காவலியர் திலகே அபேசிங்க; 28 March 1929 – 24 September 2022), better known as Tilake, was an internationally reputed Sri Lankan painter and sculptor. Using traditional media such as oil on canvas and water colours, and sculpting in bronze, cement, clay and plaster-of-paris, Tilake fused oriental ethos with western sensuality in his art pieces. Tilake created abstract, semi-abstract and feminine form inspired paintings and sculptures. Tilake Abeysinghe passed away at age 93 in his home in Toronto, Canada. Early life Tilake, was born in Hakmana, British Ceylon as Gunatilake Samaratunga Abeysinghe. Tilake was the nickname his wife Padma fondly called him and the name he would eventually use throughout his life. Tilake lost his mother during the birth of her second child when he was 2 years old. When Tilake was 10 year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
