Dr Nimal Lucas is a veteran
table tennis player from
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 ...
. He also won the national table tennis championship. Additionally, he was the captain of the
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 ...
n table tennis team from 1966 to 1971. He participated in the Men's Open Single events for 65+ and 70 years of age categories, and won several medals. In 2017, he won two silver and two bronze medals at the
New Zealand Masters Games held in Whanganui. He played in his first ever international match in 2004. In 2016, he had a total of about 50 medals in his international career.
See also
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List of Sri Lankans by sport
The following is a list of Sri Lankan sportspeople.
Archery
* Shashikala Kumarasinghe
* Dilhara Salgado
Badminton
* Lucky Dharmasena
*Nadeesha Gayanthi
*Thilini Hendahewa
*Thilini Jayasinghe
*Chamika Karunaratne
*Dinuka Karunaratne
*Niluka Karu ...
References
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Sinhalese people
Sri Lankan table tennis players
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