Janaka Prasad
Janaka Prasad 
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| Full name | Janaka Prasad Wimalasiri | ||||||
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 Sri Lanka
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| birthday | 8th September 1992 (age 27) | ||||||
| place of birth | Sri Lanka | ||||||
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| discipline | Long jump | ||||||
| Best performance | 8.14 m | ||||||
| status | active | ||||||
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| last change: April 29, 2019 | |||||||
Janaka Prasad Wimalasiri (born September 8, 1992 ) is a Sri Lankan long jumper .
Athletic career
Janaka Prasad gained his first international experience at the Asian Indoor Championships 2018 in Tehran , where he won the bronze medal behind Chinese Shi Yuhao and Lin Hung-min from Taiwan with 7.67 m . At the end of August he first took part in the Asian Games in Jakarta , where he finished seventh with 7.86 m. The following year he was eighth at the Asian Championships in Doha with 7.49 m.
In 2013, 2015 and 2018 Prasad became the Sri Lankan champion in the long jump.
Personal best
- Long jump: 8.14 m (+1.8 m / s), August 5, 2018 in Colombo
- Long jump (hall): 7.67 m, February 3, 2018 in Tehran
Web links
- Janaka Prasad in the database of World Athletics (English)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Prasad, Janaka |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Prasad Wimalasiri, Janaka (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Sri Lankan long jumper |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 8, 1992 |