Hiruni Wijayaratne (born December 5, 1990) is a Sri Lankan-American track and field athlete, specializing in

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events. She is considered the most decorated Sri Lankan distance athlete, as she holds eleven Sri Lankan national records for road and track events as of 2019. These include the women's 10,000 metres and marathon. She first ran the Sri Lankan women's marathon record of 2:36:35 in Houston, Texas, USA during the 2018 Chevron Houston Marathon. She then renewed the Sri Lankan women's marathon record at the 2019

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, with a time of 2:34:10 which is also a South Asian Area Record. Hiruni represented

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 ...

in the 2017 London marathon at the

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. In 2019, she competed in the women's marathon at the

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held in Doha, Qatar. She did not finish her race. She was discarded from selection for the

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by National Sports Selection Committee despite recommendation by

Wimalasena Perera Rupasinghe A. Wimalasena Perera (born 30 May 1945) is a Sri Lankan former long-distance runner. He competed in the marathon at the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as ...

. Outside of running, Hiruni works in Customer Success for Omada Health.

Competition record

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Hiruni Wijayaratne Kentucky Wildcats results
{{DEFAULTSORT:Wijayaratne, Hiruni 1990 births Living people World Athletics Championships athletes for Sri Lanka Sri Lankan female marathon runners University of Kentucky alumni Sportspeople from Virginia People from Virginia Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Asian Games Sri Lankan emigrants to the United States Asian Games competitors for Sri Lanka South Asian Games gold medalists for Sri Lanka South Asian Games medalists in athletics Asian sportspeople Commonwealth Games competitors for Sri Lanka