Dilhara Salgado (born 25 March 1983) is a Sri Lankan archer. She attended Methodist College, Colombo and is a member of the Sri Lanka Air Force Archery Club. She competed in the

2011 World Archery Championships The 2011 World Archery Championships was the 46th edition of the event. It was held in Turin, Italy on 2–10 July 2011 and was organized by International Archery Federation (FITA). The event was contested in two different areas. The preliminary ...

in Turin, Italy, scoring 1289. Salgado has also participated in the

2006 Asian Games 6 (six) is the natural number following 5 and preceding 7. It is a composite number and the smallest perfect number. In mathematics Six is the smallest positive integer which is neither a square number nor a prime number; it is the second small ...

and in the

2010 Asian Games The 2010 Asian Games (), officially known as the XVI Asian Games () and also known as Guangzhou 2010 (), was a regional multi-sport event celebrated from November 12 to November 27, 2010 in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, although several events ...

. She competed at the Olympic qualification tournament in the United States in an attempt to reach the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

. In the

2016 South Asian Games The 2016 South Asian Games, officially the XII South Asian Games, is a major multi-sport event which took place from 5 February to 16 February 2016 in Guwahati and Shillong, India. A total of 2,672 athletes competed in 226 events over 22 sports ...

, she was part of the Sri Lankan women's archery team which won the silver medal in the Archery event.

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Profile at World Archery
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1983 births Living people Sri Lankan female archers Archers at the 2006 Asian Games Archers at the 2010 Asian Games Archers at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Asian Games competitors for Sri Lanka Commonwealth Games competitors for Sri Lanka South Asian Games silver medalists for Sri Lanka South Asian Games medalists in archery 20th-century Sri Lankan women 21st-century Sri Lankan women Sportspeople from Colombo {{SriLanka-sport-bio-stub