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Lieutenant Commander Yoshitha Rajapaksa (born 12 June 1988) is a Sri Lankan sportsman and former naval officer. He is the son of the sixth president of Sri Lanka, Mahinda Rajapaksa and served as the chief of staff to the prime minister of Sri Lanka. He was a lieutenant commander in the Sri Lanka Navy and had been an aide-de-camp to the
Sri Lanka Badminton National Winners This page was last edited on 20 April 2024, at 00:59 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...
Sri Lanka; Association: Sri Lanka Badminton Association (SLBA) Confederation: BA (Asia) President: Rohan de Silva: BWF ranking; Current ranking: 66 5 (2 January 2024) Highest ranking: 24 (5 October 2017) Sudirman Cup; Appearances: 12 (first in 1989) Best result: Group stage: Asian Mixed Team Championships; Appearances: 2 (first in 2017) Best ...
Sri Lankan Olympian and the first badminton player to represent Sri Lanka. Held the Sri Lankan National Badminton Championships singles title for nine years (1983–1987 and 1989–1992). Guy de Alwis: International test cricket player (1983 – 1988) Fredrick de Saram: First-class cricket player Michael Jayasekera: Rugby union player Wasim ...
He grew up in Sri Lanka and attended St. Peter's College, Colombo. [2] He quickly became a top badminton player and participated for Sri Lanka at the 2019 BWF World Junior Championships . [ 3 ] In 2021, at the age of 18, he won the bronze medal at the Yonex Sunrise Bangladesh Junior International tournament. [ 2 ]
Graduating in the same year, he enlisted in the Sri Lanka Navy on 1 November 1980 as an officer cadet as part of the 9th Intake at the Naval and Maritime Academy, Trincomalee. [8] He completed officer training as a Midshipman at both Trincomalee and Dartmouth (where he was awarded 'Best International Midshipman, 1982') in 1982. [8]
He enlisted in the Sri Lanka Navy as an Officer Cadet in its 11th Intake on 15 November 1982, undergoing basic training at the Naval and Maritime Academy, Trincomalee, where he was adjudged the best cadet and selected for an international midshipmen course at the Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, which he attended between 1984 and 1985.
Pujitha Vithana is a Sri Lankan admiral and incumbent 7th Director General of the Sri Lanka Coast Guard. [1] Prior to that, he served as Deputy Director General of the Sri Lanka Coast Guard (SLCG). He also served as Director Naval Administration at Navy Headquarters. [2]