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www.olympic.lk National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka (IOC code: SRI ) is the National Olympic Committee representing Sri Lanka . It is also the body responsible for Sri Lanka's representation at the Commonwealth Games .
Sri Lanka first participated at the Olympic Games in 1948, and has sent a delegation to every Summer Olympic Games except for the 1976 Games to boycott apartheid South Africa and has never participated in the Winter Olympic Games. Sri Lankan athletes have won a total of two Olympic silver medals, both in athletics. [1] [2] [3] The National ...
This marked Sri Lanka's nineteenth appearance at the Summer Olympics, with the exception of the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. Seven of the nation's previous Olympic appearances were under the name Ceylon. The Sri Lankan delegation consisted of six athletes (three male and female) competing in three sports. [1]
Sri Lanka participated in sixteen Olympic Games between its debut at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom and the 2012 Olympic Games held in the same city. [1] The sole exception was the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.
Sri Lanka qualified three athletes, two male and one female. Key. Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only; Q = Qualified for the next round; q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
Sri Lanka at the 2020 Summer Olympics; IOC code: SRI: NOC: National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka: Website: www.srilankaolympic.org: in Tokyo, Japan July 23, 2021 () – August 8, 2021 () Competitors: 9 in 7 sports: Flag bearers (opening) Milka Gehani Chamara Dharmawardana: Flag bearer (closing) Yupun Abeykoon: Officials: 17: Medals: Gold 0 ...
Pushpamali Ramanayake (born 25 December 1967 in Colombo) is a Sri Lankan sport shooter. [2] She has competed for Sri Lanka in rifle shooting at three Olympics (1992, 1996, 2004), and has won a gold medal with fellow shooter Malini Wickramasinghe in the air rifle pairs at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
A pavilion under construction at the Jaffna Central College grounds which was named after Dr. Nagalingam Ethirveerasingam.. Nagalingam Ethirveerasingam (24 August 1934 – 18 April 2024) was a Sri Lankan athlete who represented Ceylon at the 1952 and 1956 Summer Olympic Games. [1]