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 ...
competed at the
2020 Summer Paralympics
The , branded as the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, was an international multi-sport parasports event held from 24 August to 5 September 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. They were the 16th Summer Paralympic Games as organized by the International Paralym ...
in
Tokyo
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, Japan, from 24 August to 5 September 2021.
Sri Lanka's team consisted of 9 athletes (8 men and 1 woman) competing in four sports.
Dinesh Priyantha Herath clinched an historic gold medal in the
men's javelin throw F46 category with a new world record of 67.79 m. He claimed Sri Lanka's first ever Paralympic gold medal and also secured Sri Lanka's first medal at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics. Herath also served as the country's flagbearer during the
opening ceremony
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Competitors
The following is the list of athletes per sport/discipline.
Medalists
Archery
Sri Lanka has entered one archer at Men's Individual Recurve Open.
Athletics
Sri Lanka qualified six athletes (five men and one woman).
;Track events
;Field events
Rowing
Sri Lanka qualified one boat in the men's single sculls events for the games by winning the gold medal at the 2021 FISA Asian & Oceanian Qualification Regatta in
Tokyo
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,
Japan
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. This will mark the country's sport debut at the
Paralympics
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.
Wheelchair tennis
Sri Lanka qualified one player entry for wheelchair tennis.
Suresh Dharmasena
Suresh Ranjan Dharmasena (born 24 June 1989), also known as DSR Dharmasena, is a Sri Lankan wheelchair tennis player. He became a Paralympic competitor after sustaining injuries in the civil war. He made his first Paralympic appearance represent ...
qualified under the bipartite commission invitation allocation quota.
See also
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Sri Lanka at the 2018 Asian Para Games
Sri Lanka took part in the 2018 Asian Para Games which was held in Jakarta from 6 to 13 October 2018, sent a delegation consisting of 30 para-athletes in 9 different sporting events. The 2016 Rio Paralympic medalist Dinesh Priyantha Herath was th ...
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Sri Lanka at the 2020 Summer Olympics
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Sri Lanka at the Paralympics
Sri Lanka made its Paralympic Games début at the 1996 Summer Paralympics in Atlanta, with a single athlete (Kalika Pathirana) in track and field. The country has participated in every subsequent edition of the Summer Paralympics, but has never en ...
References
2020
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Nations at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
2021 in Sri Lankan sport
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