Hempala Premachandra "Henry" Jayasuriya (born 1930, date of death unknown) was a Sri Lankan

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. He competed in the men's bantamweight event at the

1956 Summer Olympics The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, from 22 November to 8 December 1956, with the exception of the equestrian events, whi ...

. At the 1956 Summer Olympics, he lost to

Robert Bath Robert Gordon "Bobby" Bath (born 1936) is an Australian boxer. He competed in the men's bantamweight event at the 1956 Summer Olympics. At the 1956 Summer Olympics he defeated Hempala Jayasuriya of Ceylon, before losing to Song Soon-chun of ...

of Australia. Jayasuriya is deceased.

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* 1930 births Year of death missing Sri Lankan male boxers Olympic boxers for Sri Lanka Boxers at the 1956 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing Asian Games medalists in boxing Boxers at the 1954 Asian Games Asian Games silver medalists for Sri Lanka Medalists at the 1954 Asian Games Bantamweight boxers {{SriLanka-boxing-bio-stub