Vinoj Suranjaya
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| Full name | Vinoj Suranjaya De Silva Muthumuni | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 9 January 1995 Balapitiya, Mahamodara, Southern Province | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Event | 200m | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Vinoj Suranjaya De Silva Muthumuni also simply known as Vinoj De Silva or Vinoj Suranjaya (born 9 January 1995) is a Sri Lankan track and field athlete and a national record holder in men's 200m.[1][2]
Career
[edit]He made his South Asian Games debut representing Sri Lanka at the 2016 South Asian Games and claimed two gold medals in 200m and 4 × 100 m relay events.[3] In 2018 during the national trials for the 2018 Asian Games, he broke the 200m national record after 20 years which was held by former athlete Sugath Thilakaratne, clocking 20.68 seconds.[4][5] He also represented Sri Lanka at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.[6]
Vinoj also claimed silver in men's 200m event and was also part of the team which claimed new South Asian Games record for the men's 4 × 100 m relay event on 6 December 2019 during the 2019 South Asian Games.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "Vinoj Suranjaya de Silva". Ceylon Athletics News & information Portal | Fixtures | Results | Video | Photos. Retrieved 2019-12-06.
- ^ "Vinoj Suranjaya - Athlete Profile, Medals, Results, News, Photos and Videos". olympic.lk. Retrieved 2019-12-06.
- ^ Vasudevan, Estelle (2016-03-08). "Vinoj Suranjaya, sprint superstar in the making". ThePapare.com. Retrieved 2019-12-06.
- ^ Ramakrishnan, Karuppiah. "Suranjaya shatters 200 metres mark". Daily News. Retrieved 2019-12-06.
- ^ SLS (2018-04-28). "Vinoj Suranjaya betters national 200m record after 20 years". www.srilankasports.com. Retrieved 2019-12-06.
- ^ "Athletics | Athlete Profile: Vinoj DE SILVA - Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games". results.gc2018.com. Retrieved 2019-12-06.
- ^ "Sri Lankan sprinters set new relay SAG record - Sri Lanka Latest News". Sri Lanka News - Newsfirst. 2019-12-06. Retrieved 2019-12-06.
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- Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Asian Games
- South Asian Games gold medalists for Sri Lanka
- South Asian Games silver medalists for Sri Lanka
- Asian Games competitors for Sri Lanka
- Commonwealth Games competitors for Sri Lanka
- Sportspeople from Southern Province, Sri Lanka
- South Asian Games medalists in athletics
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- Military World Games bronze medalists for Sri Lanka
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