Manjula Kumara Pathiranage Wijesekara (born 30 January 1984 in Morawaka) is a Sri Lankanhigh jumper. He has been regarded as one of the most experienced high jumpers to have represented the country mainly in the Asian Games and Commonwealth Games after making his senior debut in 2001. Manjula Kumara represented Sri Lanka at the 2004 Summer Olympics, which was also his only Olympic appearance in his prolific career.[1][2]
manjula, kumara, pathiranage, wijesekara, born, january, 1984, morawaka, lankan, high, jumper, been, regarded, most, experienced, high, jumpers, have, represented, country, mainly, asian, games, commonwealth, games, after, making, senior, debut, 2001, represen. Manjula Kumara Pathiranage Wijesekara born 30 January 1984 in Morawaka is a Sri Lankan high jumper He has been regarded as one of the most experienced high jumpers to have represented the country mainly in the Asian Games and Commonwealth Games after making his senior debut in 2001 Manjula Kumara represented Sri Lanka at the 2004 Summer Olympics which was also his only Olympic appearance in his prolific career 1 2 Manjula KumaraPersonal informationFull nameManjula Kumara WijesekeraBorn 1984 01 30 30 January 1984 age 39 Morawaka Sri LankaSportCountry Sri LankaSportHigh jumpHis personal best is 2 27 metres first achieved in July 2004 in Colombo became a Sri Lankan record till 2020 Kumara is a two time Asian outdoor champion and three time South Asian Games champion 3 Manjula Kumara has also qualified to play in the 2018 Commonwealth Games and will represent Sri Lanka at the 2018 Commonwealth Games which is also his last Commonwealth Games event in his career 4 Contents 1 Competition record 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksCompetition record EditYear Competition Venue Position NotesRepresenting Sri Lanka2001 World Youth Championships Debrecen Hungary 8th 2 10 m2002 World Junior Championships Kingston Jamaica 9th 2 14 mAsian Championships Colombo Sri Lanka 5th 2 15 mAsian Games Busan South Korea 8th 2 10 mAsian Junior Championships Bangkok Thailand 5th 2 15 m2003 Asian Championships Manila Philippines 11th 2 10 m2004 South Asian Games Islamabad Pakistan 1st 2 20 m NR Olympic Games Athens Greece 20th q 2 20 m2005 World Championships Helsinki Finland 23rd q 2 15 mAsian Championships Incheon South Korea 1st 2 27 m NR 2006 South Asian Games Colombo Sri Lanka 1st 2 19 mAsian Games Doha Qatar 7th 2 15 m2009 Asian Championships Guangzhou China 1st 2 23 m2010 Commonwealth Games Delhi India 9th 2 15 mAsian Games Guangzhou China 6th 2 19 m2013 Asian Championships Pune India 8th 2 18 m2014 Asian Games Incheon South Korea 12th 2 15 m2015 Asian Championships Wuhan China 6th 2 20 m2016 South Asian Games Guwahati India 1st 2 17 mAsian Indoor Championships Doha Qatar 3rd 2 24 m2017 Asian Championships Bhubaneswar India 6th 2 20 mAsian Indoor and Martial Arts Games Ashgabat Turkmenistan 3rd 2 21 m2018 Commonwealth Games Gold Coast Australia 11th q 13th 2 21 q NM F See also EditList of Sri Lankans by sportReferences Edit Manjula Kumara WIJESEKARA Olympic Athletics Sri Lanka International Olympic Committee 25 June 2016 Retrieved 4 February 2018 Manjula Kumara Wijesekera Bio Stats and Results Olympics at Sports Reference com Archived from the original on 16 December 2012 Retrieved 4 February 2018 Sri Lankan athletics records Archived 2002 12 25 at the Wayback Machine Three athletes secure their places for Commonwealth Games ThePapare com 28 January 2018 Retrieved 4 February 2018 External links EditManjula Kumara at World Athletics Manjula Kumara at Australian Athletics Historical Results Manjula Kumara at Olympedia Manjula Kumara at World Athletics 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 Manjula Kumara amp oldid 1101722019, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
