Anoma Sooriyaarachchi, also spelt as either as Anoma Sooriyarachchi or Anoma Suriyaarachchi, ( si, අනෝමා සූරීයාරාච්චි) (born 21 March 1981) is a Sri Lankan-based track and field athlete who competes in women's 100m, 200m, 4 × 100 m relay and long jump events. She is a Sri Lankan national and Asian record holder in women's

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event. She obtained the British citizenship during her early career which was at the half way mark as a track and field athlete and now currently lives in Wales.

Career

After completing her education from the Southlands College, she pursued her career in athletics and took part at the 1998 Asian Junior Athletics Championships. She also made her Asian Games debut in the same year representing Sri Lanka and competed in the women's long jump event. Anoma competed at her maiden

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in 2001. She also featured in Sri Lankan squads for the

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and

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and left the country to pursue her athletics career in

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. Sri Lankan selection committee later convinced her to take part at the

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while she was in UK to compete in the 4 × 100 m relay category as a replacement for sprinter

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at that time who was banned from participating in international competitions due to doping scandal. However Anoma didn't participate at the event. On 31 May 2011, during the 2011

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competition, she set Sri Lankan and Asian records in the women's 100yard category which was held in Czech Republic.

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* 1984 births Living people Sri Lankan female sprinters British female sprinters Welsh female sprinters Sri Lankan female long jumpers Athletes (track and field) at the 1998 Asian Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for Sri Lanka Sportspeople from Galle Sri Lankan expatriates in the United Kingdom Welsh people of Sri Lankan descent {{SriLanka-athletics-bio-stub