Niluka Geethani Rajasekara
Sri Lankan long-distance runner
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Full name | Bogaha Kotuwe Gedara Niluka Geethani Rajasekara |
Born | (1982-03-17) 17 March 1982 (age 42)[1] Kandy, Sri Lanka |
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Sport | Track and field |
Event | long-distance running |
Updated on 2 September 2015 |
Bogaha Kotuwe Gedara Niluka Geethani Rajasekara (born 17 March 1982) is a female Sri Lankan long-distance runner. With a time of 2 hours 40.07 minutes, and a new Sri Lankan record, at the 2015 Hong Kong marathon, Rajasekara achieved the qualifying standard for the marathon at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[2] She competed in the marathon event at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing, China, finishing 49th.[3]
At the 2015 Hong Kong marathon on 25 January 2015 she ran a Sri Lankan record in the marathon in a time of 2 hours 40.07 minutes.[2] At the 2016 Summer Olympics she finished 129th out of a field of 157.
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External links
- Niluka Geethani Rajasekara at World Athletics
- Niluka Geethani Rajasekara at Olympedia
- Niluka Geethani Rajasekara at World Athletics
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