Wimaladasa received his education at Nugawela Salvation Army Primary School and Alawwa Central, where he took part in athletics at school and district level. He enlisted in the Ceylon Army in 1963 and was attached to the 1st Battalion, Gemunu Watch. In 1964, he became the champion of 100 metres and 200 metres in the inter-regiment athletic meet and in 1965 set a 100 meters new national record. Following his gold medal in Tehran, he was promoted to the rank of sergeant and later commissioned an officer. He retired from the Sri Lanka Army in 1998 as a colonel. In 1987, the Government of Sri Lanka conferred the honor Deshabandu.[2]
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^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 15 May 2012.
^Bandara, Sampath. "Athlete Wimaladasa did Sri Lanka proud". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
wickremasinghe, wimaladasa, deshabandu, wickramesinghe, wimaladasa, born, august, 1943, lankan, former, sprinter, competed, 1972, summer, olympics, gold, medals, 1974, asian, games, held, tehran, iran, 400m, relay, events, wimaladasa, received, education, nuga. Deshabandu Wickramesinghe Wimaladasa born 29 August 1943 is a Sri Lankan former sprinter who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics 1 He won two gold medals at the 1974 Asian Games held in Tehran Iran in the men s 400m and 4 400 m relay events Wimaladasa received his education at Nugawela Salvation Army Primary School and Alawwa Central where he took part in athletics at school and district level He enlisted in the Ceylon Army in 1963 and was attached to the 1st Battalion Gemunu Watch In 1964 he became the champion of 100 metres and 200 metres in the inter regiment athletic meet and in 1965 set a 100 meters new national record Following his gold medal in Tehran he was promoted to the rank of sergeant and later commissioned an officer He retired from the Sri Lanka Army in 1998 as a colonel In 1987 the Government of Sri Lanka conferred the honor Deshabandu 2 References edit Evans Hilary Gjerde Arild Heijmans Jeroen Mallon Bill et al Wickremasinghe Wimaladasa Olympics at Sports Reference com Sports Reference LLC Archived from the original on 18 April 2020 Retrieved 15 May 2012 Bandara Sampath Athlete Wimaladasa did Sri Lanka proud Daily Mirror Retrieved 27 April 2022 External links editWickramesinghe Wimaladasa at Olympedia nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 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 Wickremasinghe Wimaladasa amp oldid 1156444599, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
