Amara Lallwala Palliyagurunnans (born 1986), also known as Amara Indumathi, is a Sri Lankan female Paralympic athlete. She competed at the

2012 Summer Paralympics The 2012 Summer Paralympics, branded as the London 2012 Paralympic Games, were an international multi-sport parasports event held from 29 August to 9 September 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. They were the 14th Summer Paralympic Gam ...

and at the

2016 Summer Paralympics ) , nations = 159 , athletes = 4,342 , opening = 7 September , closing = 18 September , opened_by = President Michel Temer , cauldron = Clodoaldo Silva , events = 528 in 22 sports , stadium = Maracanã , sum ...

. Indumathi became the first Sri Lankan woman athlete to represent

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

at the

Paralympics The Paralympic Games or Paralympics, also known as the ''Games of the Paralympiad'', is a periodic series of international multisport events involving athletes with a range of physical disabilities, including impaired muscle power and impaired ...

. Amara has represented her nation at two

World Para Athletics Championships The World Para Athletics Championships, known as the IPC Athletics World Championships prior to 2017, are a biennial Paralympic athletics event organized by World Para Athletics, a subcommittee of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC). It ...

in 2013 World Para Athletics Championships and in

2017 World Para Athletics Championships The 2017 World Para Athletics Championships were a Paralympic track and field meet organized by World Para Athletics, a subcommittee of the International Paralympic Committee. It was held at London Stadium in London from 14 to 23 July 2017. It wa ...

Career

* Athletics at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Women's 100 metres - Round 1 * Athletics at the 2012 Summer Paralympics - Women's 200 metres - Round 1 * Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Women's 200 metres - 6th *

Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Women's long jump The women's long jump athletics events for the 2016 Summer Paralympics take place at the Rio Olympic Stadium from 8 September. A total of 8 events are contested for 8 different classifications. Competition format The competition for each clas ...

- 12th * Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics - Women's 400 metres - 5th

References

1986 births Living people Sri Lankan female sprinters Sri Lankan female long jumpers Paralympic athletes for Sri Lanka Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Paralympics People from Uva Province {{SriLanka-athletics-bio-stub