Dilhani Lekamge

Dilhani Lekamge
Dilhani Lekamge (left) in Bhubaneswar 2017
Full name	Nadeesha Dilhani Lekamge
nation	Sri Lanka
birthday	14th January 1987 (age 33)
place of birth	Eheliyagoda , Sri Lanka
size	160 cm
Weight	68 kg
Career
discipline	Javelin throw
Best performance	58.41 m (January 27, 2018 in Diyagama )
society	SL Army
status	active
Medal table
Asian Championships 0 × 1 × 0 × South Asian Games 1 × 0 × 0 ×
Asian Championships silver Bhubaneswar 2017 58.11 m South Asian Games gold Kathmandu 2019 55.02 m
last change: December 28, 2019

Nadeesha Dilhani Lekamge (born January 14, 1987 in Eheliyagoda ) is a Sri Lankan javelin thrower .

Athletic career

Dilhani Lekamge gained her first international experience at the 2013 Asian Championships in Pune , where she took eighth place with a width of 50.98 m. In 2016 she was fourth at the South Asian Games in Guwahati with 52.17 m and the following year she won the silver medal behind Chinese Li Lingwei at the Asian Championships in Bhubaneswar with 58.11 m . In 2018 she took part in the Commonwealth Games in the Australian Gold Coast for the first time and reached fifth place with a throw of 56.02 m. The following year she won the South Asian Games in Kathmandu with a throw of 55.02 m.

In 2009 and 2010 as well as in 2012, 2016 and 2018, Lekamge became Sri Lankan javelin champion.

Web links

Commons : Dilhani Lekamge  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Dilhani Lekamge in the database of World Athletics (English)
• Athlete profile at ceylonathletics.com