Vinoj Suranjaya De Silva Muthumuni also simply known as Vinoj De Silva or Vinoj Suranjaya (born 9 January 1995) is a Sri Lankan track and field athlete and a national record holder in men's 200m.

Career

He made his

South Asian Games The South Asian Games (SAG or SA Games), formerly known as the South Asian Federation Games (SAFG or SAF Games), is a quadrennial multi-sport event held among the athletes from South Asia. The governing body of these games is South Asia Olympic ...

debut representing Sri Lanka at the 2016 South Asian Games and claimed two gold medals in 200m and relay events. In 2018 during the national trials for the

2018 Asian Games The 2018 Asian Games ( id, Pesta Olahraga Asia 2018 or ''Asian Games 2018''), officially known as the 18th Asian Games and also known as Jakarta-Palembang 2018 or Indonesia 2018, was a continental multi-sport event that was held from 18 Augus ...

, he broke the 200m national record after 20 years which was held by former athlete Sugath Thilakaratne, clocking 20.68 seconds. He also represented

Sri Lanka at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Sri Lanka competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast, Queensland, Gold Coast, Australia from April 4 to April 15, 2018. The Sri Lankan team consists of 139 members, including 80 athletes competing in 13 sports (15 disciplines). Ho ...

. Vinoj also claimed silver in men's 200m event and was also part of the team which claimed new South Asian Games record for the men's relay event on 6 December 2019 during the

2019 South Asian Games The 2019 South Asian Games, officially the XIII South Asian Games, was a major multi-sport event which was originally slated to be held from 9 to 18 March 2019 in Kathmandu and Pokhara, Nepal. However, the dates were postponed and the event was ...

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* 1995 births Living people Sri Lankan male sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Asian Games South Asian Games gold medalists for Sri Lanka South Asian Games silver medalists for Sri Lanka Asian Games competitors for Sri Lanka Commonwealth Games competitors for Sri Lanka People from Southern Province, Sri Lanka South Asian Games medalists in athletics 20th-century Sri Lankan people 21st-century Sri Lankan people {{SriLanka-athletics-bio-stub