Sri Lankan middle-distance runner
Gayanthika Artigala Thushari Abeyratne (born 23 December 1986) is a Sri Lankan middle-distance runner [ 3] who established a national record time at 800m.
Career
She won a gold medal at the 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games and silver at the 2017 Asian Championships .[ 4] She currently[when? ] holds her country's national record in the 800 metres .
At the 2023 Asian Athletics Championships in Bangkok she won a bronze medal in the 1500m.[ 5]
International competitions
Year
Competition
Venue
Position
Event
Notes
Representing Sri Lanka
2014
Asian Games
Incheon, South Korea
7th
800 m
2:06.21
2015
Asian Championships
Wuhan, China
6th
800 m
2:07.46
Military World Games
Mungyeong, South Korea
13th (h)
1500 m
4:36.29
2016
South Asian Games
Guwahati, India
2nd
800 m
2:09.64
2nd
1500 m
4:25.75
2017
Asian Championships
Bhubaneswar, India
2nd
800 m
2:05.27
Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games
Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
1st
800 m
2:05.12
2018
Asian Indoor Championships
Tehran, Iran
4th
800 m
2:11.20
1st
1500 m
4:26.83
Commonwealth Games
Gold Coast, Australia
21st (h)
800 m
2:04.72
Asian Games
Jakarta, Indonesia
6th
800 m
2:05.50
2019
Asian Championships
Doha, Qatar
4th
800 m
2:05.74
11th
1500 m
4:24.42
2022
World Championships
Eugene, United States
29th (h)
800 m
2:02.35
2023
Asian Championships
Bangkok, Thailand
3rd
800 m
2:03.25
3rd
1500 m
4:14.39
Asian Games
Hangzhou, China
8th
800 m
2:05.87
4th
1500 m
4:18.77
Personal bests
[ 6]
Outdoor
Indoor
References
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