Sumith Liyanage

Sumith Liyanage
Died	Sri Lanka
Police career
Department	Sri Lanka Police
Service years	1958 - 1996
Rank	Deputy Inspector-General of Police

Sumith Liyanage was a Sri Lankan senior police officer. A former Deputy Inspector-General of Police DIG.

Early life and education

Sumith had his primary education at Ananda College Colombo and then joined Nalanda College Colombo.

Sumith was an out standing sportsman representing Nalanda. He won the stubbs shield for boxing in 1956 and 1957 for Nalanda. In 1957, he won the Feather Weight Title and represented Ceylon in the South East Asian Championship. He was a fine opening bowler and a hard hitting batsman for college first XI team from 1956 to 1958. He was a marksman too.

Sumith Liyanage represented Sri Lanka in 1960 Rome Olympics in Boxing, was one time Vice President of the Boxing Association of Sri Lanka and also served as Manager of the Sri Lanka Boxing Team.

General references

• "Sumith Liyanage Olympian - Black Panther by Premasara Epasinghe". Daily News. 2004/08/23. Retrieved 25 January 2012. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

• "Dearth of new rifle shooters in Sri Lanka bewilders Rohana Text and Pic by Rangi Akbar". Sunday Times. Sunday December 11, 2011. Retrieved 25 January 2012. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

• "Maurice Coomarawel - the great cyclist will be remembered for ever! Rome Olympics: by Anthony Symons". Sunday Observer. 2008/08/31. Retrieved 25 January 2012. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)