''Platinum Awards'' (Sinhala:සිරස ප්ලැටිනම් සම්මාන) is an award bestowed to distinguished individuals involved with the sports in Sri Lanka, who lifted the country in local and international level. The award will present in each year by the MTV / MBC Network in collaboration with many sponsors. The first Platinum awards were held in 2014. Platinum Awards, is the first ever sports awards ceremony started in Sri Lanka and thus dubbed “The Oscars of sports awards ceremonies in Sri Lanka”.

2014 Platinum Awards

The press conference about the launch of the Sports1st Mobitel Platinum Awards Ceremony was held on 26 September 2014. Capital Maharaja news network called ''

News First News First or News 1st is a Sri Lankan news organization owned by the Capital Maharaja Organization Ltd. News 1st primarily broadcasts news, live on three TV channels (Sirasa TV, Shakthi TV, TV1, five radio channels (Sirasa FM, Yes FM, Shakthi FM ...

'' collaborated with Mobitel Sri Lanka to launch first Platinum Awards in 2014. To educate the people about the ceremony, a promotion vehicle travelled from one village to village by starting the journey from Jaffna on 29 September 2014. Applications for the Most Popular Sportsperson could be handed over to the promotion vehicle, which closed on October 31, 2014. Over 5,000 applications were received for the 21 award categories at the First Platinum Awards. The Awards night was held on 30 November 2014 at Sirasa Stein Studios, Ratmalana. Sri Lanka national cricket captain

Angelo Mathews Angelo Davis Mathews, (Tamil: அஞ்செலோ மத்தியூஸ்; born 2 June 1987) is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer and a former captain in all formats. Even though he represented Sri Lanka in all three formats, Mathews cur ...

won the Most Popular Sports Person of The Year Award.

Jury panel

* Sunil Gunawardena *

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 ...

* Julian Bolling * Dilroy Fernando * Kishu Gomes * Hemaka Amarasuriya

Award winners

*Award for the Most Talented School Cricketer - Tharinda Mendis of Dharmashoka Vidyalaya, Ambalangoda *Award for the Most Talented School Rugby Player - Omalka Gunaratne of Isipathana College, Colombo *Award for the Best Outstation School Athlete -

Himasha Eashan Himasha Eshan Waththakankanamge is a Sri Lankan sprint athlete specializing in the 200 and 100 metres. He studied at the Kalutara Vidyalaya. He held the South Asian and Sri Lankan records in the 100 m sprint with the time of 10.26 seconds, until ...

Kalutara Vidyalaya Kalutara Vidyalaya ( si, කළුතර විද්‍යාලය) is a Buddhist boys' school in Kalutara, Sri Lanka. The college was founded in 1941 by Sir Cyril De Zoysa. It is a national school providing primary and secondary education. ...

*Award for the Best School Sports Team - Rugby Team of

Isipathana College Isipathana College (formerly known as Greenlands College) is a national school for boys located in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Founded in January 1952, the school was initially named Isipathana Maha Vidalaya, but is now referred to simply as "Isipathan ...

*Award for the Best Upcoming Sports Woman of the Year -

Kimiko Raheem Kimiko Shihara Raheem (born 28 January 1999) is a Sri Lankan national swimmer who has represented her country at several international competitions. She represented her country at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She won multip ...

*Award for the Best Upcoming Sportsman Of The Year - Akila Ravisanka *Award for the Best University Sportsperson of The Year - Nisansala Weerasinghe *Award for the Best PTI Teacher Of The Year - A D Nandawathi *Award for the Best Military Sportsperson of The Year -

Yoshitha Rajapaksa Lieutenant Commander Yoshitha Rajapaksa (born 12 June 1988) is a Sri Lankan sportsman and former naval officer. He is the son of the sixth president of Sri Lanka, Mahinda Rajapaksa and served as the Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister of ...

*Award for the Best Comeback Sportsperson of The Year -

Anurudha Rathnayake Anurudha Bandara Ratnayake (Sinhalese: අනුරුද්ධ බණ්ඩාර රත්නායක; Tamil Tamil may refer to: * Tamils, an ethnic group native to India and some other parts of Asia **Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamil people native t ...

*Award for the Best Action Sportsperson of the Year (Motor Sports) -

Dilantha Malagamuwa Dilantha Ranjula Bandara Malagamuwa ( Sinhalese: ඩිලන්ත රන්ජුල බණ්ඩාර මාලගමුව, Tamil: டிலந்த ரஞ்சுல (B)பண்டார மாலகமுவ ) (born 24 June 1963) is ...

*Award for the Best Para Sportsperson Of The Year -

Pradeep Sanjaya Uggal Dena Pathirannehelage Pradeep Sanjaya (born 29 April 1986) is a Paralympian track and field athlete from Sri Lanka competing mainly in T46 sprint events. In 2012, in London he became the first Sri Lankan competitor to win a Paralympic med ...

*Award for the Best Coach Of The Year - Srimal Aponsu *Award for the Best Team Of The Year - Sri Lanka Navy Rugby Team *Award for the Best Schools Sportswoman of the Year - Machiko Raheem *Award for the Best School Sportsman of the Year - Shasika Ekanayaka *Award for the Best Sportswoman of the Year - Chandrika Subashini *Award for the Best Sportsmen of the Year -

Indika Dissanayake Indika Chathuranga D. Dissanayake Mudiyanselage ( si, ඉන්ඩිකා සි. ධි. දිස්සානායක මුදියන්සේලාගේ, born 6 August 1989), also known as Indika Dissanayake, is a Sri Lankan male weigh ...

*Award for the Best Woman Cricketer Of The Year -

Chamari Atapattu Atapattu Mudiyanselage Chamari Jayangani (born 9 February 1990, also known as Chamari Athapaththu) is a Sri Lankan cricketer and the current captain of the women's Twenty20 International team of Sri Lanka. She had a short stint as the captain o ...

*Award for the Best Cricketer of the Year -

*Lifetime Achievement Award -

Arjuna Ranatunga Deshamanya Arjuna Ranatunga ( si, අර්ජුන රණතුංග; ta, அர்ஜூன ரணதுங்க; born 1 December 1963), is a former Sri Lankan cricketer and politician, who was the 1996 Cricket World Cup winning captain ...

for his contribution to cricket and winning

1996 Cricket World Cup The 1996 Cricket World Cup, also called the Wills World Cup 1996 after the Wills Navy Cut brand produced by tournament sponsor ITC, was the sixth Cricket World Cup organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC). It was the second World Cu ...

*Most Popular Sports Person of The Year -

2016 Platinum Awards

The second Platinum ceremony launching started with January 2017, with the full support of the Ministry of Education. Nominations for Platinum Awards 2017 opened under 20 categories. The promotional campaign commenced at

Thurstan College Thurstan College ( si, තර්ස්ටන් විද්‍යාලය) is a National school (Sri Lanka), national school for boys in Colombo, Western Province, Sri Lanka, Western Province, Sri Lanka, providing primary and secondary education ...

Colombo Colombo ( ; si, කොළඹ, translit=Koḷam̆ba, ; ta, கொழும்பு, translit=Koḻumpu, ) is the executive and judicial capital and largest city of Sri Lanka by population. According to the Brookings Institution, Colombo me ...

on 30 January 2017. The campaign was held in every district in the island until the 28 February 2017. The Awards night was held on 31 March 2017 at Sirasa Stein Studios, Ratmalana. Five times world champion in Lamborghini motor racing,

won the Most Popular Sports Person of The Year Award. Platinum Awards 2016

Jury panel

Damayanthi Darsha Kobala Vithanage Damayanthi Dharsha-Kobalavithanage (born 13 February 1975) is a retired Sri Lankan athlete who competed in the 200 metres, 200 and 400 metres race events. She is the current List of Asian Games records in athletics, Asian Games r ...

* Sriyani Kulawansa *

Tillakaratne Dilshan Tillakaratne Mudiyanselage Dilshan ( si, තිලකරත්න මුදියන්සේලාගේ ඩිල්ෂාන්; born 14 October 1976), commonly known as TM Dilshan () is a former Sri Lankan cricketer and former captain of th ...

* Julian Bolling *Arjuna Fernando *Dilroy Fernando *Talavou F. Alailima *Kishu Gomes *Ruwan Keragala *Upali Amaratunga

Award winners

*Award for the Emerging Sportswoman of the Year - Rumeshika Rathnayake of St. Joseph Balika Vidyalaya, Kegalle *Award for the Emerging Sportman of the Year -

Kusal Mendis Balapuwaduge Kusal Gimhan Mendis, generally known as Kusal Mendis is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer who plays as a top-order batter in all forms of the game. He only played sixteen first-class matches before playing for the national side. ...

Prince of Wales' College, Moratuwa Prince of Wales' College ( Sinhala: වේල්ස් කුමර විද්‍යාලය ''Wels Kumara Vidyalaya'', Tamil: பிரின்ஸ் ஆஃப் வேல்ஸ் கல்லூரி) is a selective entry boys' school s ...

*Award for the Best School Sports Team - Rugby Team of

*Award for the PTI Teacher Of The Year - Amalka Chandani *Award for the University Sportsperson of The Year - Sumedha Ranasinghe *Award for the Para Sportsperson Of The Year -

Dinesh Priyantha Herath Mudiyansalage Dinesh Priyantha, also simply known as Dinesh Priyantha (born 15 July 1986), is a Sri Lankan Paralympian, Paralympic track and field athlete who competes in javelin T46 (classification), T46 events. He also served as an impor ...

*Award for the Action Sportsperson of the Year (Motor Sports) -

*Award for the Military Sportswoman of The Year - Niluka Geethani Rajasekara *Award for the Military Sportsman of The Year -

*Award for the Coach Of The Year - Anuruddha Bandara and Pradeep Nishantha *Award for the National Team Of The Year - Kandy Sports Club Rugby Team *Award for the International Team Of The Year - Sri Lanka National Carrom Team *Award for the Junior Sportswoman of the Year - Hansini Piyumila *Award for the Junior Sportsman of the Year - Udara Ranasinghe *Award for the Outstanding Sportswoman of the Year -

*Award for the Outstanding Sportsman of the Year - Matthew Abeysinghe *Award for the Woman Cricketer Of The Year -

*Award for the Cricketer of the Year -

Rangana Herath Herath Mudiyanselage Rangana Keerthi Bandara Herath ( si, රංගන හේරත්; ta, ரங்கன ஹெரத்; born 19 March 1978), known as Rangana Herath, is a former Sri Lankan cricketer, who played all forms of the game and a f ...

*Merit Award -

Sri Lanka national blind cricket team Sri Lanka National Blind Cricket Team represents Sri Lanka at blind cricket. The Sri Lankan team have participated in every edition of the World Cup for Blind. It is run by the Sri Lanka Cricket Association of the Visually Handicapped. The team g ...

*Medal Honors - Kyle Abeysinghe in Swimming *Medal Honors - Yamini Dulanjalee in 400M Hurdles *Medal Honors - Ramudi Samarakoon in Swimming *Medal Honors - Ruwan Fonseka in Karate *Medal Honors - Chamil Cooray in Carrom *Lifetime Achievement Award -

for her contribution to athletics and winning silver medal at

2000 Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 ...

*Most Popular Sports Person of The Year -

2018 Allianz Platinum Awards

The press conference of the award ceremony was held on 14 January 2019 at Sports Ministry Race Course. The third Platinum Awards night was held on 29 March 2019 at Sirasa Stein Studios, Ratmalana. 20 awards have been awarded to the excellence in sports across the country and across the world. World Bodybuilding Champion,

Lucion Pushparaj Lucion Anton Pushparaj, ta, லூசியன் ஆண்டன் புஷ்பராஜ்;(born September 10, 1982) also spelled Lucian Pushparaj, nicknamed Black Lion of Asia, is a Sri Lankan male IFBB professional bodybuilder. He has ...

won the Most Popular Sports Person of The Year Award.

Award winners

*Award for the Emerging Sportswoman of the Year - Parami Wasanthi Maristela (athletics) *Award for the Emerging Sportman of the Year - Akalanka Peiris (swimming) *Award for the Junior Sportswoman of the Year - Parami Wasanthi Maristela (athletics) *Award for the Junior Sportsman of the Year - Anura Darshana (athletics) *Award for the Best School Sports Team - Basketball Team of

Royal College, Colombo Royal College, Colombo is a selective entry boys' school located in Cinnamon Gardens, Colombo, Sri Lanka. Started as a private school by Rev Joseph Marsh in 1835, it was established as the Colombo Academy by Sir Robert Wilmot-Horton in Janua ...

*Award for the PTI Teacher Of The Year - Janitha Jayasinghe (Kuliyapitiya Central College) *Award for the University Sportsperson of The Year - Erandi Dilushika (

University of Sri Jayewardenepura ''Vijja Uppattam Setta'' , mottoeng = Among all that arise, knowledge is the greatest , established = , undergrad = 14,750 , postgrad = 3560 , administrative_staff = 3950 , cit ...

) *Award for the Para Sportsperson Of The Year -

*Award for the Action Sportsperson of the Year (Motor Sports) - Ashan Silva *Award for the National Team Of The Year - Kandy Sports Club Rugby Team *Award for the International Team Of The Year - Sri Lanka national netball team *Award for the Military Sportswoman of The Year - Dinusha Hansani Gomes ( SL Air Force) *Award for the Military Sportsman of The Year -

*Award for the Coach Of The Year - Pradeep Nishantha (athletics) *Award for the Woman Cricketer Of The Year -

*Award for the Cricketer of the Year -

Dimuth Karunaratne Frank Dimuth Madushanka Karunaratne (born 21 April 1988; si, දිමුත් කරුණාරත්න), popularly known as Dimuth Karunaratne, is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer and current captain of the Sri Lanka Test cricket team. ...

*Award for the Outstanding Sportswoman of the Year - Anusha Koddithuwakku (Boxing) *Award for the Outstanding Sportsman of the Year -

(Weightlifting) *Lifetime Achievement Award -

Muttiah Muralitharan Deshabandu Muttiah Muralitharan ( si, මුත්තයියා මුරලිදරන්, ta, முத்தையா முரளிதரன், also spelt Muralidaran; born 1972) is a Sri Lankan cricket coach, former professional c ...

for his contribution to cricket and record holder for highest wickets in Test and ODI cricket. *Most Popular Sports Person of The Year -

References

{{Reflist 2014 establishments in Sri Lanka Awards established in 2014 Capital Maharaja Sri Lankan sports trophies and awards