Chathurangi Jayasooriya

Chathurangi Jayasooriya also spelled as Chathurangi Jayasuriya (born 10 July 1990) is a Sri Lankan netball player and the current captain of the Sri Lanka national netball team who plays in the positions of goal defense or goal keeper.[1][2] She has been a regular member of the Sri Lankan team since 2011 and took over the captaincy of the national side from fellow veteran Tharjini Sivalingam in 2017.[3] She plays in the position of goal defense and also as the goal keeper.[3] She also currently serves as the flight lieutenant at the Sri Lanka Air Force.[4]

Chathurangi Jayasooriya
Personal information
Born (1990-07-10) 10 July 1990
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Occupation netball player
Netball career
Playing position(s): goal defense, goal keeper
Medal record
Representing  Sri Lanka
Asian Netball Championship
Gold medal – first place2009 MalaysiaNetball
Silver medal – second place2012 Sri LankaNetball
Silver medal – second place2014 SingaporeNetball
Silver medal – second place2016 ThailandNetball
Gold medal – first place2018 SingaporeNetball

Chathurangi has represented Sri Lanka at three Netball World Cup tournaments in 2011, 2015 and captained the Sri Lankan team at the 2019 Netball World Cup where the team finished at 19th position.[5][6]

She also led Sri Lanka which became victorious at the 2018 Asian Netball Championships beating Singapore 69-50 in the final, which also marks Sri Lanka's first Asian Netball Championships triumph since 2009.[7][8]

References
  1. "Chathurangi Jayasooriya". Netball Draft Central. Retrieved 2019-08-27.
  2. "Chathurangi Jayasooriya". Retrieved 2019-09-16.
  3. "Chathurangi Jayasooriya and the National Netball Team: Defending from the front". The Sunday Times Sri Lanka. Retrieved 2019-08-27.
  4. "Life Online - Chathurangi Jayasuriya". www.life.lk. Retrieved 2019-08-27.
  5. "Sri Lanka pick netball squad for World Cup". Sunday Observer. 2019-05-18. Retrieved 2019-08-27.
  6. "Sri Lanka". Netball Draft Central. Retrieved 2019-08-27.
  7. "Sri Lanka : Sri Lanka wins Asian Netball Championship after 9 years". www.colombopage.com. Retrieved 2019-08-27.
  8. hermesauto (2018-09-09). "Netball: Sri Lanka prove too strong for Singapore as they triumph 69-50 in Asian Championship final". The Straits Times. Retrieved 2019-08-27.
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