Nadeeka Lakmali

Nadeeka Lakmali Bambarenda Liyanage (born September 18, 1981 in Dakunu) is a Sri Lankan javelin thrower.[1]

Nadeeka Lakmali
Personal information
Full nameNadeeka Lakmali Bambarenda Liyanage
Nationality Sri Lanka
Born (1981-09-18) 18 September 1981
Dakunu, Sri Lanka
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight60 kg (132 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)Javelin throw
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)Javelin throw: 60.64 m (2013) NR
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Sri Lanka
Asian Championships
2013 PuneJavelin throw
2007 AmmanJavelin throw
South Asian Games
2016 GuwahatiJavelin throw
Military World Games
2019 WuhanJavelin throw

Life

Liyaanage won a bronze medal for the same category at the 2007 Asian Athletics Championships in Amman, Jordan, achieving her best throw at 52.59 metres.[2]

Lakmali represented Sri Lanka at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she competed for the women's javelin throw. She performed the best throw of 54.28 metres, on her third and final attempt, finishing forty-third overall in the qualifying rounds.[3]

Lakmali improved her personal best and national record to 59.32 metres on June 30, 2013 in Pihtipudas, Finland.[4]

Lakmali gained first place in all 3 stages of 2013 Asian Athletics Grand Prix to win gold. Later she renewed her national record to 60.16 at the 2013 Asian Athletics Championships in Pune, India along with winning the silver medal behind China's Li Lingwei. She also qualified for the IAAF world championships in Moscow in August. Just before the world championships, Lakmali competed in Sri Lanka Army Volunteer Forces' Inter-Regiment Athletics Championships where she broke her own national record once again. She achieved 60.64 metres. Lakmali qualified for the finals of the Javelin throw in 2013 IAAF world championships with a best of 60.39m from the Group B. Even though she was not able to match the automatic qualifying mark of 61.50m, she entered the finals as the next best performance from Group A and B. With this performance she became the second athlete from Sri Lanka after sprinter Susanthika Jayasinghe to reach the final round at an IAAF World Athletics Championship. She finished 12th and last in the final with a 58.16 throw.

She trained with former Sri Lankan javelin thrower Dilhani Lekamge[5] under until she left their coach A.J.Rodrigo to train elsewhere in 2014.[6]

In 2017 she represented her country in India at the 2017 Asian Athletics Championships – Women's javelin throw. The event was won by Li Lingwei but significantly Dilhani Lekamge matched her former training partner Nadeeka Lakmali[6] and took the bronze.[7]

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Nadeeka Lakmali". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
  2. Premalal, Susil (28 July 2007). "Susi gets gold in Amman". Island Online Edition (Sri Lanka). Retrieved 18 January 2013.
  3. "Women's Javelin Throw Qualifying Rounds". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 31 July 2012. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
  4. Karttunen, Anu. "Keihäskarnevaaleilla todellinen yllätysvoittaja – Utriaisella jalkavaivoja". Yleisradio. Retrieved 30 June 2013.
  5. Eight Sri Lankans in Action Today, CeylonToday. Retrieved 21 July 2017
  6. Dilhani turns Tables, CeylonToday, Retrieved 21 July 2017
  7. Results Archived 2017-10-28 at the Wayback Machine, Odisha 2017, Retrieved 21 July 2017
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