Nadeeka Lakmali Bambarenda Liyanage (born September 18, 1981 in
Elpitiya
Elpitiya is a town in Galle District, Southern Province, Sri Lanka.
Elpitiya is easily accessible from the Southern Expressway (Sri Lanka). The city is located away from the Kurudugahahetekma Interchange. Elpitiya is also accessible from Colomb ...
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Galle
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) is a Sri Lankan javelin thrower. She is regarded one of the finest javelin throwers in Sri Lanka with global fame. She is also attached with the
Sri Lanka Army Volunteer Force
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Liyaanage won a bronze medal for the same category at the
2007 Asian Athletics Championships
The 17th Asian Athletics Championships were held on the Amman International Stadium in Amman, Jordan between 25 July and 29 July 2007. It was moved in the last minute from original host country Lebanon due to the unrest in that country.
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in
Amman, Jordan
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, achieving her best throw at 52.59 metres.
Lakmali represented
Sri Lanka
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at the
2008 Summer Olympics
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, where she competed for the women's javelin throw. She performed the best throw of 54.28 metres, on her third and final attempt, finishing forty-third overall in the qualifying rounds.
She represented Sri Lanka at the 2010 Commonwealth Games which was held in New Delhi where she finished at seventh place in women's javelin throw event clearing a distance of 53.36 meters. Lakmali improved her personal best and national record to 59.32 metres on June 30, 2013 in
Pihtipudas
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Finland
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Lakmali gained first place in all 3 stages of 2013 Asian Athletics Grand Prix to win gold after clearing a distance of 56.83m during the first leg which was held at Thammasat University Ground. Later she renewed her national record to 60.16 at the
2013 Asian Athletics Championships
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in
Pune, India
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Li Lingwei
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. She also qualified for the IAAF world championships in Moscow in August. Just before the world championships, Lakmali competed in Sri Lanka Army Volunteer Forces' Inter-Regiment Athletics Championships where she broke her own national record once again. She achieved 60.64 metres. Lakmali qualified for the finals of the Javelin throw in 2013 IAAF world championships with a best of 60.39m from the Group B. Even though she was not able to match the automatic qualifying mark of 61.50m, she entered the finals as the next best performance from Group A and B. With this performance she became only the second athlete from Sri Lanka after sprinter
Susanthika Jayasinghe
Deshabandu Kameradin Susanthika Jayasinghe ( si, සුසන්තිකා ජයසිංහ; Tamil: சுசந்திகா ஜயசிங்ஹ, born December 17, 1975) is a Sri Lankan retired sprinter, who specialized in the 100 and ...
Li Lingwei
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but significantly Dilhani Lekamge matched her former training partner Nadeeka LakmaliDilhani turns Tables CeylonToday, Retrieved 21 July 2017 and took the bronze.Results , Odisha 2017, Retrieved 21 July 2017 She also represented
Sri Lanka at the 2019 South Asian Games
Sri Lanka competed in the 2019 South Asian Games in Kathmandu and Pokhara, Nepal from 1 to 10 December 2019.
Cricket
Sri Lanka sent under-23 teams to participate in both the men's and women's events by sending U23 teams.Nadeeka Lekamge who herself admires Nadeeka Lakmali as her role model won the gold medal. She also claimed bronze medal at the
2019 Military World Games
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which was held in Wuhan clearing distance of 52.73m.
Lakmali is a
Warrant Officer
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