Ekanayake Mudiyaselage Idame Gedara Indunil Madushan Herath (born 27 March 1993) 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 ...

n middle-distance runner who specialises 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 ...

. He won a silver medal at the

2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games The 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games ( tk, Ýapyk binalarda we söweş sungaty boýunça V Aziýa oýunlary/Япык биналарда ве сөвеш сунгаты боюнча V Азия оюнлары), which is also counted as the 5 ...

. In 2018, Herath broke the national record in the men's 800 m (with a time of 1:47.13) at the Kenyan President's Cup athletics.

International competitions

Personal bests

Outdoor *

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 ...

– 48.30 (Colombo 2014) *

– 1:47.13 (Kenya 2018) Indoor *

– 1:49.45 (Ashgabat 2017)

References

1993 births Living people Sri Lankan male middle-distance runners Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Asian Games South Asian Games gold medalists for Sri Lanka Asian Games competitors for Sri Lanka South Asian Games medalists in athletics 21st-century Sri Lankan people People from Badulla District {{SriLanka-athletics-bio-stub