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Further Personal Information | |
| Residence | Colombo, SRI |
Sport Specific Information | |
| Club / Team | Sri Lanka Navy: Sri Lanka |
General Interest | |
| Most influential person in career | His mother. (Athlete, 16 Nov 2010) |
| Awards and honours | In 2018 he was named Sports Personality of the Year, Most Outstanding Sports Man, and Most Popular Sportsman at the Presidential Sports Awards Ceremony in Sri Lanka. (thepapare.com, 18 Jul 2019) He was named Male Military Athlete of the Year and Male Outstanding Player of the Year at the Sports 1st Allianz Platinum Awards in 2018. (newsfirst.lk, 29 Mar 2019) He was named Outstanding Sports Personality of the Year at the SLT SILK Sports Awards in 2018. (sportsinfo.lk, 03 Dec 2018) He was named Sportsman of the Year at the 2013 Sri Lanka National Games. (dailynews.lk, 07 Jul 2014) |
Sport Specific Information | |
| Name of coach | RB Wickramasinghe [national] |
Further Personal Information | |
| Occupation | Athlete, Serves in the Navy |
| Languages | Sinhala, English |
General Interest | |
| Other information | MEDAL UPGRADE His bronze medal at the 2013 Commonwealth Championships in George Town, Malaysia, was upgraded to silver after the Malaysian winner Mohamed Akmal was stripped of the gold medal, having tested positive for a banned substance. (sundaytimes.lk, 17 Mar 2014) |
Further Personal Information | |
| Family | Wife Lakshika Dissanayake |