Hiruni Wijayaratne

Hiruni Wijayaratne (born December 5, 1990) is a Sri Lankan distance athlete.[1] She holds eleven Sri Lankan national records for road and track events as of 2022, including the women's 10,000 metres and marathon.[2]

Hiruni Wijayaratne
Hiruni Wijeyaratne visited CNR in August 2019
Personal information
Born (1990-12-05) December 5, 1990
Colombo, Sri Lanka
Height5 ft 2 in (157 cm)
Weight94 lb (43 kg)
Sport
CountrySri Lanka
Event(s)10,000 metres, Half Marathon Marathon
College teamAPIIT Wildcats
ClubNike
Turned pro2014
Coached byRic Rojas
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)

Mile : 4:30.89
5,000 m: 16:17.35
10,000 m: 33:55.06
Half Marathon: 1:14:07

Marathon: 2:34:10
Medal record
Women's Marathon
Representing  Sri Lanka
South Asian Games
Gold medal – first place2019 Kathmandu

She first ran the Sri Lankan women's marathon record of 2:36:35 in Houston, Texas, USA during the 2018 Chevron Houston Marathon. She then renewed the Sri Lankan women's marathon record at the 2019 Düsseldorf Marathon, with a time of 2:34:10 which is also a South Asian Area Record.[3]

Wijayaratne represented Sri Lanka in the 2017 London marathon at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics. In 2019, she competed in the women's marathon at the 2019 World Athletics Championships held in Doha, Qatar.[4] She did not finish her race.[4] She was discarded from selection for the 2022 Commonwealth Games by National Sports Selection Committee despite recommendation by Wimalasena Perera.[5]

Outside of running, Wijayaratne is a certified running coach who appeared on the Today show with her then trainee, Al Roker.[6] She currently works in customer success at Omada Health.[7]

Competition record
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Sri Lanka
2022 SACTOWN 10 Miler Sacramento, California 2nd 10 Miler 56:45[8]
2021 California International Marathon Sacramento, California 10th Marathon 2:34:22[9]
2021 Columbus Half Marathon Columbus, Ohio 2nd Half Marathon 1:15:40[10]
2020 Valencia Marathon Valencia, Spain 32nd Marathon 2:36:12[11]
2019 South Asian Games Marathon Kathmandu, Nepal 1st Marathon 2:40:10[12]
2019 World Championship Marathon Doha, Qatar DNF Marathon DNF
2019 Düsseldorf Marathon Düsseldorf, Germany 2nd Marathon 2:34:10[13]
2019 2019 Phoenix Mesa Half Marathon Mesa, Arizona 3rd Half Marathon 1:14:19[14]
2019 2019 Aramco Houston Half Marathon Houston, Texas 27th Half Marathon 1:14:28[15]
2018 Monumental Marathon Indianapolis, Indiana 2nd Marathon 2:38:34[16]
2018 Athletics at the 2018 Asian Games Jakarta, Indonesia DNF 10,000 m DNF
2018 2018 Commonwealth Games Gold Coast, Australia 11th Marathon 2:49:38[17]
2018 Phoenix Mesa Half Marathon Mesa, Arizona 1st Half Marathon 1:14:07
2018 2018 Houston Marathon Houston, Texas 8th Marathon 2:36:35[18]
2017 2017 World Championships in Athletics London DNF Marathon DNF
2017 Eugene Marathon Eugene, Oregon 1st Marathon 2:43:31[19][20]
2017 2017 Houston Marathon Houston, Texas 9th Marathon 2:50:12
2016 Ottawa Marathon Ottawa, Canada 11th Marathon 2:48:03
2015 Monumental Marathon Indianapolis, Indiana 4th Marathon 2:47:01
2015 Boston Marathon Boston, Massachessets 30th Marathon 2:49:05
2015 Washington Half Marathon Washington, D.C. 7th Half Marathon 1:20:31
2014 Monumental Marathon Indianapolis, Indiana 5th Marathon 2:43:34[21]

References
  1. "5 Life Lessons Running a Marathon Can Teach You". Women's Running. Tracksmith. 10 September 2021. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
  2. "NATIONAL RECORDS - ATHLETICS". National Institute of Sports Science. Sri Lanka National Institute of Sports Science. Archived from the original on 2022-06-20. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
  3. Peiris, Sudarshana (28 April 2019). "National record for Hiruni in Dusseldorf". The Parpare. Dialog. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
  4. "Marathon Women − Final − Results" (PDF). IAAF. 28 September 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  5. Ousman, Allaam (16 July 2022). "Discarded marathoner Hiruni vows to fight back, paddlers prefer US stint to Commonwealth Games". Sunday Observer. Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
  6. "Al Roker's walking coach on how to make your own exercise plan". Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  7. "Hiruni Wijayaratne - LinkedIn". LinkedIn. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
  8. "Credit Union Sactown Run". Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  9. "California International Marathon". Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  10. "Columbus Marathon | Half Marathon | 2021". Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  11. "2020 Valenica Marathon and Half Marathon Results, Tracking, and Streaming Info". Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  12. "- YouTube". YouTube.
  13. "MYLAPS Sporthive Event Results".
  14. "Sprouts Mesa-PHX Marathon - Half Marathon - Women - Official Race Results at Online Race Results".
  15. "Chevron Houston Marathon | Results 2019".
  16. "2018 Monumental Marathon Result - Women's Marathon Final".
  17. "Gold Coast Result - Women's Marathon Final".
  18. "Results: Houston Marathon".
  19. "Athletics: USA based Hiruni Wijayaratne qualifies for London World Championship". Sunday Times Sri Lanka. May 9, 2017. Retrieved August 27, 2017.
  20. HANSON, CHRIS (May 6, 2017). "RUNNING - World Championship qualifier is the goal for Eugene Marathon runner". The Register-Guard. Retrieved August 27, 2017.
  21. "Getting to know Hiruni Wijayaratne". USATF.
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