Sugath Thilakaratne
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Native name | සුගත් තිලකරත්න | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Full name | Robosingho Arachchilage Don Sugath Thilakaratne | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Sri Lankan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1973-07-30) July 30, 1973 (age 51) Norton Bridge, Sri Lanka | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Sri Lanka | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Track and field | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Sprint | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Updated on 24 November 2015 |
Deshabandu Robosingho Arachchilage Don Sugath Thilakaratne (born July 30, 1973[1][2] in Norton Bridge, Sri Lanka), commonly as Sugath Thilakaratne, is a Sri Lankan athlete who competed in the 400 metres.
His best season was in 1998, when he improved his personal best by almost a second to 44.61 and subsequently won medals in three international championships. His best performance in a major global competition was in the 2001 World Championships where he reached the semi-final.[3][4]
Sugath is currently the President of the Sri Lanka Athletic Association. He was appointed to the post on 14 May 2015.[5][6][7]
Achievements
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Notes |
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1998 | Asian Championships | Fukuoka, Japan | 1st | 400 m |
Asian Games | Bangkok, Thailand | 1st | ||
Commonwealth Games | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | 3rd | ||
2002 | Asian Championships | Colombo, Sri Lanka | 3rd |
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References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Sugath Thilakaratne". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 15 May 2012.
- ^ "Sugath THILAKARATNE - Olympic Athletics | Sri Lanka". International Olympic Committee. 20 June 2016. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
- ^ "Sugath Thilakaratne, from Norton Bridge to Atlanta and Sydney". Archived from the original on 17 June 2011. Retrieved 3 December 2010.
- ^ "Sugath Tilakaratne best athlete at CP meet". Archived from the original on 17 June 2011. Retrieved 3 December 2010.
- ^ "Sugath Thilakaratne elected President of SLAA".
- ^ "Sugath Thilakaratne at the helm of Athletics Association : Mirrorcitizen.lk". Archived from the original on 1 June 2015. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
- ^ "nation.lk ::: - Sugath Thilakaratne takes over AASL". www.nation.lk. Archived from the original on 2 August 2015.
- ^ Asian Games Statistics – Men’s 400m Archived 26 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
External links
- Sugath Thilakaratne at World Athletics
- Sugath Thilakaratne at Olympedia
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- 1951: Eitaro Okano (JPN)
- 1954: Kanji Akagi (JPN)
- 1958–1962: Milkha Singh (IND)
- 1966: Ajmer Singh (IND)
- 1970: Yoshiharu Tomonaga (JPN)
- 1974: Wickremasinghe Wimaladasa (SRI)
- 1978: Abbas Laibi (IRQ)
- 1982–1986: Susumu Takano (JPN)
- 1990: Mohammed Al-Malki (OMA)
- 1994: Ibrahim Ismail Muftah (QAT)
- 1998: Sugath Thilakaratne (SRI)
- 2002: Fawzi Al-Shammari (KUW)
- 2006: Hamdan Al-Bishi (KSA)
- 2010: Femi Ogunode (QAT)
- 2014: Yousef Masrahi (KSA)
- 2018: Abdalelah Haroun (QAT)
- 2022: Yousef Masrahi (KSA)
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