Kuruppu Karunaratne
Kuruppu Karunaratne 
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| Full name | Kuruppu Arachigue Karunaratne |
| nation |
 Sri Lanka
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| birthday | April 29, 1960 |
| size | 163 cm |
| Weight | 52 kg |
| date of death | April 6, 2008 |
| Place of death | Weliweriya , Sri Lanka |
| Career | |
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| discipline | Long distance running , marathon running |
| Best performance | 5000 m: 14: 16.8 min (1993) 10,000 m: 30: 09.92 min (1991) Marathon: 2:17:45 h (1991) |
Kuruppu Arachigue Karunaratne (born April 29, 1960 ; † April 6, 2008 in Weliweriya ) was a Sri Lankan long-distance and marathon runner .
biography
Kuruppu Karunaratne had his first international competition at the 1985 Asian Championships . In 1990 he was able to win the Singapore marathon . The following year he ran the personal best at the London Marathon . At the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona , he finished 71st in the marathon . A year later he also started in the marathon at the World Championships and reached 40th place.
On April 6, 2008, he took part in a marathon that is part of the traditional New Year ceremony in Sri Lanka. During the marathon, a suicide bomber blew himself up, killing Karunaratne, politician Jeyaraj Fernandopulle and 13 other people.
Web links
- Kuruppu Karunaratne in the database of Olympedia.org (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ tagesschau.de, "Assassination attempt on a public event - Minister killed in suicide attack in Sri Lanka", April 6, 2008 (tagesschau.de archive)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Karunaratne, Kuruppu |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Karunaratne, Kuruppu Arachigue (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Sri Lankan marathon runner |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 29, 1960 |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 6, 2008 |
| Place of death | Weliweriya |