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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 ...
Vavuniya (Tamil: வவுனியா, Romanized: Vavuniya, Sinhala: වවුනියාව, Romanized: Vavuniyāva) is a city in Vavuniya District in the Northern Province of Sri Lanka. The municipality is administered by an Municipal Council .
Vavuniya District's population was 171,511 in 2012. [2] The population of the district is mostly Sri Lankan Tamil. The population of the district, like the rest of the north and east of Sri Lanka, has been heavily affected by the civil war. The war killed an estimated 100,000 people. [10]
Pandarikulam (/ p ʌ n ˈ d ɑː r ɪ k ʊ l ʌ m /, (PUN-daa-ree-KU-luhm), (Pandãrekuĺam) also known as Pandarikkulam (officially designated as Vavuniya 03 or 214E [2]), is a prominent suburban area located within the northern region of Sri Lanka, in close proximity to the town of Vavuniya. Approximately 2.1 kilometres (1.3 mi) from Vavuniya ...
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 ...
2008 Sri Lanka Vavuniya bombing; U. Vavuniya Urban Council This page was last edited on 5 September 2020, at 19:00 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...
Sri Lanka competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France from 26 July to 11 August 2024. 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.