Chaturanga Lakmal

Sri Lankan weightlifter (born 1988)

Chaturanga Lakmal

Chathuranga Lakmal lifts the weight to win silver medal at the 2016 South Asian Games

Personal information
Full name| Chaturanga Lakmal Jayasooriya Arachchilage
Born|  (1988-10-07) 7 October 1988 (age 36)
Gampaha, Western Province, Sri Lanka
Height| 160 cm (5 ft 3 in)
Weight| 56 kg (123 lb) 61kg
Sport
Sport| weightlifting
Event| men's 56kg

Medal record

Men's weightlifting
Representing  Sri Lanka
Commonwealth Games
| 2018 Gold Coast | 56kg
Commonwealth Championships
| 2017 Gold Coast | 56kg
South Asian Games
| 2016 Guwahati | 56kg

Chaturanga Lakmal Jayasooriya Arachchilage also known as Chathuranga Lakmal (born 7 October 1988) is a Sri Lankan male weightlifter.[1]

## Career

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He competed for Sri Lanka in the 2016 South Asian Games and claimed a silver medal in the men's 56 kg event.

He was named as one of the members of the Sri Lankan contingent at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. Chaturanga Lakmal also claimed the nation's first Commonwealth Games medal during the 2018 Commonwealth Games after clinching a bronze medal in the men's 56kg weightlifting event on the opening day of the competition.[2][3][4][5] Later on the same day after Chaturanga Lakmal's bronze medal, Sri Lanka received another bronze medal in weightlifting with Dinusha Gomes claiming a bronze in the women's 58 kg weightlifting category, which was ultimately Sri Lanka's second medal at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games.[6][7] He is qualified to compete at the 2019 World Weightlifting Championships in the men's 61kg category.[8]

Lakmal has qualified to compete for Sri Lanka at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England.[9][10]

## References

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1. ^ "Weightlifting | Athlete Profile: CHATURANGA LAKMAL - Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games". results.gc2018.com. Archived from the original on 2018-04-12. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
2. ^ "Weightlifting | Event Schedule Men's 56kg - Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games". results.gc2018.com. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
3. ^ "CWG: Weightlifter Gururaja wins silver to open India's medal tally". ESPN. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
4. ^ "Weightlifter, Chathuranga Lakmal wins bronze at Commonwealth". Daily News. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
5. ^ "Commonwealth games; Chathuranga Lakmal wins Sri Lanka's first medal". ThePapare.com. 2018-04-05. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
6. ^ "Sri Lanka: Sri Lanka's Dinusha Gomes, Chaturanga Lakmal win bronze in weightlifting at CWG 2018". Colombo Page. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
7. ^ "SL Weight lifters bag two Bronze medals on opening day". Daily News. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
8. ^ Ratnaweera, Dhammika. "Lankan weightlifters to take part in World Championships". Daily News. Retrieved 2019-09-17.
9. ^ "IWF COMMONWEALTH RANKING LIST - 2022 COMMONWEALTH GAMES QUALIFYING (final)" (PDF). IWF. 9 March 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 March 2022. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
10. ^ Ratnaweera, Dhammika (15 March 2022). "Ten Lankan weightlifters to compete at Commonwealth Games". Daily News. Lake House. Archived from the original on 14 March 2022. Retrieved 14 March 2022.

## External links

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* Chaturanga Lakmal at the International Weightlifting Federation
* Chaturanga Lakmal at the International Weightlifting Federation

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