At the Asian Games in Bangkok in 1966, he won the bronze medal in both 5000 metres and 10,000 metres. His personal best performance in the 10,000 metres, 29:18.0 minutes, still stands as the Sri Lankan national record since 1975. Born in Kandy, Rosa started his athletic career at Roman Catholic School, Ampitiya. Later he joined the Army and continued to pursue athletics. He led the Sri Lankan team in the 1972 Olympics but could not compete in the 1976 edition due to Sri Lanka boycotting the Montreal Olympics.[1][3] He was in Ceylon Olympic squad in 1968 but country sent only a three-man team, which did not include Lucian, to Mexico due to financial difficulties.[4]
Rosa is a University of Wisconsin–Parkside Hall of Famer, and a men's cross-country and track coach from 1977-2007.[5][6] Lucian Rosa Invitational is named after him.[5]
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lucien, rosa, sellappuliyage, lucian, benedict, rosa, better, known, rosa, born, february, 1944, former, lankan, long, distance, runner, represented, lanka, 1972, summer, olympics, held, munich, germany, best, known, running, barefooted, winning, 5000, metres,. Sellappuliyage Lucian Benedict Rosa better known as SLB Rosa born February 11 1944 is a former Sri Lankan long distance runner He represented Sri Lanka at the 1972 Summer Olympics held in Munich Germany 1 2 He is best known for running barefooted and winning a 5000 metres and the 10 000 metres double at the 1970 Asian Games held in Bangkok Thailand His performance in 10 000 metres was also an Asian Games record Lucien Rosa Medal recordMen s athleticsRepresenting Sri LankaAsian Games1970 Bangkok 5000 m1970 Bangkok 10 000 m1966 Bangkok 5000 m1966 Bangkok 10 000 mAt the Asian Games in Bangkok in 1966 he won the bronze medal in both 5000 metres and 10 000 metres His personal best performance in the 10 000 metres 29 18 0 minutes still stands as the Sri Lankan national record since 1975 Born in Kandy Rosa started his athletic career at Roman Catholic School Ampitiya Later he joined the Army and continued to pursue athletics He led the Sri Lankan team in the 1972 Olympics but could not compete in the 1976 edition due to Sri Lanka boycotting the Montreal Olympics 1 3 He was in Ceylon Olympic squad in 1968 but country sent only a three man team which did not include Lucian to Mexico due to financial difficulties 4 Rosa is a University of Wisconsin Parkside Hall of Famer and a men s cross country and track coach from 1977 2007 5 6 Lucian Rosa Invitational is named after him 5 References Edit a b SLB Rosa Sri Lanka s bare footed wonder boy Archived from the original on 2015 11 22 Retrieved 2016 07 08 Lucien Rosa Sports Reference Retrieved on 2016 04 30 The Island The Untold Story of Lucian Rosa University of Wisconsin Parkside Star Denied Chance in 1976 Olympic Marathon 20 August 2016 a b University of Wisconsin Parkside Rangers Rangers Host Lucian Rosa Invite www parksiderangers com Archived from the original on 2015 10 17 Hall of Fame Members External links EditLucien Rosa at Olympedia This biographical article relating to Sri Lankan athletics is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Lucien Rosa amp oldid 1105906532, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
