Alexander Indrajith Obeysekere (March 1918 – 28 April 2002)[1] was a Ceylonese sportsman. He won a Bronze medal at the 1950 British Empire Games. He was the welterweight champion in the 1940s and was a member of the Ceylon contingent to the 1948 Olympic Games. He went on the represented Ceylon in boxing in 1950 Commonwealth Games in Auckland winning the Bronze medal in welterweight.[2]
^Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
^Revival of Royal vs Trinity boxing dual after lapse of 50 years
alex, obeysekere, alexander, indrajith, obeysekere, march, 1918, april, 2002, ceylonese, sportsman, bronze, medal, 1950, british, empire, games, welterweight, champion, 1940s, member, ceylon, contingent, 1948, olympic, games, went, represented, ceylon, boxing,. Alexander Indrajith Obeysekere March 1918 28 April 2002 1 was a Ceylonese sportsman He won a Bronze medal at the 1950 British Empire Games He was the welterweight champion in the 1940s and was a member of the Ceylon contingent to the 1948 Olympic Games He went on the represented Ceylon in boxing in 1950 Commonwealth Games in Auckland winning the Bronze medal in welterweight 2 Alex Obeysekere Medal recordMen s BoxingRepresenting CeylonBritish Empire Games1950 Auckland WelterweightHe was born in Colombo to Donald Obeyesekere and was educated the Royal College Colombo 3 References Edit Evans Hilary Gjerde Arild Heijmans Jeroen Mallon Bill et al Alex Obeysekere Olympics at Sports Reference com Sports Reference LLC Archived from the original on 18 April 2020 Retrieved 24 May 2013 Revival of Royal vs Trinity boxing dual after lapse of 50 years Alex Obeyesekere and the golden era of boxingExternal links EditAlex Obeysekere at Olympedia This biographical article related to Sri Lankan boxing is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Alex Obeysekere amp oldid 1059011178, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
