Vinoj Suranjaya

Vinoj Suranjaya De Silva Muthumuni also simply known as Vinoj De Silva or Vinoj Suranjaya (born 9 January 1995) is a Sri Lankan track and field athlete and a national record holder in men's 200m.[1][2]

Vinoj Suranjaya
Personal information
Full nameVinoj Suranjaya De Silva Muthumuni
Born (1995-01-09) 9 January 1995
Balapitiya, Mahamodara, Southern Province
Sport
Event(s)200m
Medal record
Representing  Sri Lanka
men's Athletics
South Asian Games
Gold medal – first place2016 Guwahati200m
Gold medal – first place2016 Guwahati4×100m relay
Gold medal – first place2019 Kathmandu4×100m relay
Silver medal – second place2019 Kathmandu200m
Military World Games
Bronze medal – third place2015 Mungyeong4×100m relay

Career

He made his South Asian Games debut representing Sri Lanka at the 2016 South Asian Games and claimed two gold medals in 200m and 4 × 100 m relay events.[3] In 2018 during the national trials for the 2018 Asian Games, he broke the 200m national record after 20 years which was held by former athlete Sugath Thilakaratne, clocking 20.68 seconds.[4][5] He also represented Sri Lanka at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.[6]

Vinoj also claimed silver in men's 200m event and was also part of the team which claimed new South Asian Games record for the men's 4 × 100 m relay event on 6 December 2019 during the 2019 South Asian Games.[7]

References
  1. "Vinoj Suranjaya de Silva". Ceylon Athletics News & information Portal | Fixtures | Results | Video | Photos. Retrieved 2019-12-06.
  2. "Vinoj Suranjaya - Athlete Profile, Medals, Results, News, Photos and Videos". olympic.lk. Retrieved 2019-12-06.
  3. Vasudevan, Estelle (2016-03-08). "Vinoj Suranjaya, sprint superstar in the making". ThePapare.com. Retrieved 2019-12-06.
  4. Ramakrishnan, Karuppiah. "Suranjaya shatters 200 metres mark". Daily News. Retrieved 2019-12-06.
  5. SLS (2018-04-28). "Vinoj Suranjaya betters national 200m record after 20 years". www.srilankasports.com. Retrieved 2019-12-06.
  6. "Athletics | Athlete Profile: Vinoj DE SILVA - Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games". results.gc2018.com. Retrieved 2019-12-06.
  7. "Sri Lankan sprinters set new relay SAG record - Sri Lanka Latest News". Sri Lanka News - Newsfirst. 2019-12-06. Retrieved 2019-12-06.


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