Indunil Herath

Ekanayake Mudiyaselage Idame Gedara Indunil Madushan Herath (born 27 March 1993) is a Sri Lankan middle-distance runner who specialises in the 800 metres.[3] He won a silver medal at the 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games.[4]

Indunil Herath
Herath in 2017
Personal information
Full nameEkanayake Mudiyaselage Indunil Madushan Herath[1]
Born (1993-03-27) 27 March 1993
Mahiyanganaya, Sri Lanka[2]
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)800 metres
ClubSri Lanka Army

In 2018, Herath broke the national record in the men's 800 m (with a time of 1:47.13) at the Kenyan President's Cup athletics.[5]

International competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Sri Lanka
2009 Asian Youth Games Singapore 3rd 800 m 1:56.33
2010 Youth Olympic Games Singapore 3rd (B) 1000 m 2:27.57
2012 Asian Junior Championships Colombo, Sri Lanka 7th 400 m 48.82
5th 800 m 1:49.94
3rd 4 × 400 m relay 3:11.79
2014 Lusophony Games Bambolin, India 4th 800 m 1:57.27
4th 4 × 400 m relay 3:19.02
2015 Asian Championships Wuhan, China 5th 800 m 1:51.51
2016 South Asian Games Guwahati, India 1st 800 m 1:51.46
Asian Indoor Championships Doha, Qatar 8th 800 m 1:57.26
2017 Asian Championships Bhubaneswar, India 5th 800 m 1:50.57
Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games Ashgabat, Turkmenistan 2nd 800 m 1:49.45
2018 Asian Games Jakarta, Indonesia 8th 800 m 1:51.36

Personal bests

[6] Outdoor

Indoor

References

  1. "Honouring our SAG gold medallists". Daily News. 5 March 2016. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
  2. Ashgabat 2017 bio
  3. Indunil Herath at World Athletics
  4. "Athletics Results Book" (PDF). 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 August 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  5. Peiris, Sudarshana (17 June 2018). "New 800m record by Indunil Herath". www.thepapare.com. Dialog Axiata. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  6. "All-Athletics profile". All-Athletics.com. Retrieved 21 October 2017.


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