Gayanthika Artigala Thushari Abeyratne (born 23 December 1986) is a

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 ...

middle-distance runner Middle-distance running events are track races longer than sprints, up to 3000 metres. The standard middle distances are the 800 metres, 1500 metres and mile run, although the 3000 metres may also be classified as a middle-distance event. The 1 ...

who established a national record time at 800m.

Career

She won a gold medal at the 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games and silver at the 2017 Asian Championships. She currently holds her country's national record in the

800 metres The 800 metres, or meters ( US spelling), is a common track running event. It is the shortest commonly run middle-distance running event. The 800 metres is run over two laps of an outdoor (400-metre) track and has been an Olympic event since the ...

. At the

2023 Asian Athletics Championships The 2023 Asian Athletics Championships is the 25 th edition of the Asian Athletics Championships. It was held from 12 to 16 July 2023 in Bangkok, Thailand. It is the first time that Thailand hosted this event since 1973. Held at the Supachalasai ...

in Bangkok she won a bronze medal in the 1500m.

International competitions

Personal bests

All-Athletics profile
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400 metres The 400 metres, or 400-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics (sport), athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 for men and since 1964 for women. On a standard outdoor runn ...

– 55.62 (Colombo 2014) *

– 2:02.55 (Diyagama 2017) NR *

1500 metres The 1500 metres or 1,500-metre run (typically pronounced 'fifteen-hundred metres') is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics. The distance has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 and the World Championships in Athletic ...

– 4:18.7 (Jaffna 2016) *

5000 metres The 5000 metres or 5000-metre run is a common long-distance running event in track and field, approximately equivalent to or . It is one of the track events in the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics, run over laps of a stan ...

– 17:00.46 (Diyagama 2011) Indoor *

– 2:05.12 (Ashgabat 2017)

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* 1986 births Living people Sportspeople from Southern Province, Sri Lanka Sri Lankan female middle-distance runners Asian Games competitors for Sri Lanka Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Asian Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Asian Games Commonwealth Games competitors for Sri Lanka Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Commonwealth Games South Asian Games medalists in athletics South Asian Games silver medalists for Sri Lanka Asian Indoor Athletics Championships winners 20th-century Sri Lankan women 21st-century Sri Lankan women {{SriLanka-athletics-bio-stub