UK Nilani Rathnayaka

UK Nilani Rathnayaka
Rathnayaka (right) with the bronze medal at the 2016 South Asian Games
Full name	Uda Kuburalage Nilani Rathnayake
nation	Sri Lanka
birthday	8th August 1990 (age 30)
place of birth	Gallella , Sri Lanka
size	160 cm
Weight	59 kg
Career
discipline	Obstacle course
Best performance	9: 46.76 min
society	SL Army
Trainer	GL Sajith
status	active
Medal table
South Asian Games 2 × 0 × 2 ×
South Asian Games bronze Guwahati 2016 1500 m bronze Guwahati 2016 5000 m gold Kathmandu 2019 1500 m gold Kathmandu 2019 5000 m
last change: December 6, 2019

Uda Kuburalage Nilani Rathnayake (born August 8, 1990 in Gallella ) is a Sri Lankan athlete who specializes in the obstacle course .

Athletic career

UK Nilani Rathnayaka gained her first international experience at the 2016 South Asian Games in Guwahati , where she won bronze medals in the 1500 meters and the 5000 meters . In 2017 she took part in the obstacle course at the Asian Championships in Bhubaneswar and could not finish her race. In 2018 she took part in the Asian Games in Jakarta for the first time and finished sixth there in 9: 54.65 minutes. The following year she finished fifth in the obstacle course at the World Military Games in Wuhan in 9: 48.38 minutes and then won the South Asian Games in Kathmandu in 4: 34.34 minutes over 1500 meters and in 16: 55.18 minutes also over 1500 meters 5000 meters.

In 2013, 2015 and 2016 as well as in 2018 and 2019, Rathnayaka became Sri Lankan champion in obstacle course. She also won the 5000 meter championship in 2016 and in the 1500 meter run in 2018 .

Personal best

• 1500 meters: 4: 17.52 min, 4th August 2018 in Colombo
• 5000 meters: 16: 17.82 min, August 28, 2019 in Colombo ( Sri Lankan record )
• 3000 m obstacle: 9: 46.76 min, August 3, 2018 in Colombo ( Sri Lankan record )

Web links

• UK Nilani Rathnayaka in the database of World Athletics (English)
• Athlete profile at ceylonathletics.com