Chaturanga Lakmal

Chaturanga Lakmal Jayasooriya Arachchilage also known as Chathuranga Lakmal (born 7 October 1988) is a Sri Lankan male weightlifter.[1]

Chaturanga Lakmal
Chathuranga Lakmal lifts the weight to win silver medal at the 2016 South Asian Games
Personal information
Full nameChaturanga Lakmal Jayasooriya Arachchilage
Born (1988-10-07) 7 October 1988
Gampaha, Western Province, Sri Lanka
Height160 cm (5 ft 3 in)
Weight56 kg (123 lb) 61kg
Sport
Sportweightlifting
Event(s)men's 56kg
Medal record
Men's weightlifting
Representing  Sri Lanka
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place2018 Gold Coast56kg
Commonwealth Championships
Silver medal – second place2017 Gold Coast56kg
South Asian Games
Silver medal – second place2016 Guwahati56kg

Career

He competed for Sri Lanka in the 2016 South Asian Games and claimed a silver medal in the men's 56 kg event.

He was named as one of the members of the Sri Lankan contingent at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. Chaturanga Lakmal also claimed the nation's first Commonwealth Games medal during the 2018 Commonwealth Games after clinching a bronze medal in the men's 56kg weightlifting event on the opening day of the competition.[2][3][4][5] Later on the same day after Chaturanga Lakmal's bronze medal, Sri Lanka received another bronze medal in weightlifting with Dinusha Gomes claiming a bronze in the women's 58 kg weightlifting category, which was ultimately Sri Lanka's second medal at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games.[6][7] He is qualified to compete at the 2019 World Weightlifting Championships in the men's 61kg category.[8]

Lakmal has qualified to compete for Sri Lanka at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England.[9][10]

References
  1. "Weightlifting | Athlete Profile: CHATURANGA LAKMAL - Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games". results.gc2018.com. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
  2. "Weightlifting | Event Schedule Men's 56kg - Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games". results.gc2018.com. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
  3. "CWG: Weightlifter Gururaja wins silver to open India's medal tally". ESPN. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
  4. "Weightlifter, Chathuranga Lakmal wins bronze at Commonwealth". Daily News. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
  5. "Commonwealth games; Chathuranga Lakmal wins Sri Lanka's first medal". ThePapare.com. 2018-04-05. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
  6. Lanka, Gamini Gunaratna, Sri Lanka News Paper by LankaPage.com (LLC)- Latest Hot News from Sri. "Sri Lanka : Sri Lanka\'s Dinusha Gomes, Chaturanga Lakmal win bronze in weightlifting at CWG 2018". www.colombopage.com. Retrieved 2018-04-06.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  7. "SL Weight lifters bag two Bronze medals on opening day". Daily News. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
  8. Ratnaweera, Dhammika. "Lankan weightlifters to take part in World Championships". Daily News. Retrieved 2019-09-17.
  9. "IWF COMMONWEALTH RANKING LIST - 2022 COMMONWEALTH GAMES QUALIFYING (final)" (PDF). IWF. 9 March 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 March 2022. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
  10. Ratnaweera, Dhammika (15 March 2022). "Ten Lankan weightlifters to compete at Commonwealth Games". Daily News. Lake House. Archived from the original on 14 March 2022. Retrieved 14 March 2022.


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