Nimali Liyanarachchi

Nimali Liyanarachchi
Nimali Liyanarachchi in Bhubaneswar 2017
Full name	Nimali Waliwarsha Konda Liyanarachchi Arachchige
nation	Sri Lanka
birthday	19th September 1989 (age 30)
place of birth	Sooriyawewa , Sri Lanka
Career
discipline	800 meter run
Best performance	2: 02.58 min
status	active
Medal table
Asian Championships 1 × 0 × 1 × Indoor Asian Championships 0 × 1 × 1 ×
Asian Championships bronze Wuhan 2015 800 m gold Bhubaneswar 2017 800 m Indoor Asian Championships silver Doha 2016 800 m bronze Tehran 2018 800 m
last change: May 6, 2019

Nimali Waliwarsha Konda Liyanarachchi Arachchige (born September 19, 1989 in Sooriyawewa ) is a Sri Lankan middle -distance runner who specializes in the 800-meter distance .

Athletic career

For the first time, Nimali Liyanarachchi appeared at the Asian Championships in Pune, India, and took fourth place over 800 meters. Two years later she won the bronze medal at the Asian Championships in Wuhan . In 2016 she won the silver medal behind the Bahraini Marta Hirpato Yota at the Asian Indoor Championships in Doha with a new national record . In 2017 she won the gold medal at the Asian Championships in Bhubaneswar in front of her compatriot Gayanthika Abeyrathne and thus also received a bye for the World Championships in London , where she was eliminated in the preliminary round. In 2018 she took part in the Asian Indoor Championships in Tehran , where she won the bronze medal in the 800-meter run in 2: 10.83 minutes.

In 2019, she finished seventh at the Asian Championships in Doha in 2: 08.69 min and was fourth in the Sri Lankan 4 x 400 meter relay in 3: 35.06 min.

So far she has been seven times Sri Lankan champion over 400, 800 and 5000 meters, as well as in the 400-meter hurdles and obstacle courses.

Personal best

• 400 meters: 54.50 s, December 20, 2015 in Diyagama
• 800 meters: 2: 02.58 min, April 9, 2017 in Diyagama
  • 800 meters (hall): 2: 04.88, February 21, 2016 in Doha ( Sri Lankan record )
• 1500 meters: 4: 22.33 min, September 24, 2011 in Kuala Lumpur
• 5000 meters: 17: 17.60 min, September 8, 2011 in Diyagama
• 400 m hurdles: 60.85 s, November 30, 2012 in Colombo
• 3000 m obstacle: 10: 47.76 min, June 9, 2011 in Diyagama

Web links

• Nimali Liyanarachchi in the database of World Athletics (English)