Sri Lanka at the Paralympics | |
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IPC code | SRI |
NPC | National Federation of Sports for the Disabled |
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Summer appearances | |
Sri Lanka made its Paralympic Games début at the 1996 Summer Paralympics in Atlanta, with a single athlete (Kalika Pathirana) in track and field. The country has participated in every subsequent edition of the Summer Paralympics, but has never entered the Winter Paralympics. [1]
At the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, Sri Lanka won their first Paralympic medal through Pradeep Sanjaya, who won the Bronze medal in the Men's 400 metres T46. [2]
At the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio, Sri Lanka won a bronze. Dinesh Priyantha Herath was placed 3rd in the men’s javelin throw F46 final. [3]
At the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Sri Lanka won its first ever Paralympics gold medal, with Dinesh Priyantha Herath taking gold in the men's javelin throw F46 category, setting a new F46 world & paralympic record of 67.79 metres. Dulan Kodithuwakku also claimed the bronze medal in the men's javelin throw F64 category at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, with a distance of 65.61 metres. [4] [5]
Both Sanjaya and Priyantha have served in the Sri Lanka Army. [6] [7]
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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2012 London | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2016 Rio | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2020 Tokyo | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Totals (3 entries) | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
Medal | Name | Games | Sport | Event |
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Bronze | Pradeep Sanjaya | 2012 London | Athletics | Men's 400 metres T46 |
Bronze | Dinesh Priyantha | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Athletics | Men's javelin throw F46 |
Gold | Dinesh Priyantha | Tokyo 2020 | Athletics | Men's javelin throw F46 |
Bronze | Dulan Kodithuwakku | Tokyo 2020 | Athletics | Men's javelin throw F64 |