Sri Lanka at the Paralympics

Sporting event delegation
Sri Lanka at the
Paralympics
IPC codeSRI
NPCNational Federation of Sports for the Disabled
Medals
Gold
1
Silver
1
Bronze
3
Total
5
Summer appearances

Sri Lanka made its Paralympic Games début at the 1996 Summer Paralympics in Atlanta, with a single athlete (Kalika Pathirana) in track and field. The country has participated in every subsequent edition of the Summer Paralympics, but has never entered the Winter Paralympics.[1]

At the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, Sri Lanka won their first Paralympic medal through Pradeep Sanjaya, who won the Bronze medal in the Men's 400 metres T46.[2]

At the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio, Sri Lanka won a bronze. Dinesh Priyantha Herath was placed 3rd in the men’s javelin throw F46 final.[3]

At the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Sri Lanka won its first ever Paralympics gold medal, with Dinesh Priyantha Herath taking gold in the men's javelin throw F46 category, setting a new F46 world & paralympic record of 67.79 metres. Dulan Kodithuwakku also claimed the bronze medal in the men's javelin throw F64 category at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, with a distance of 65.61 metres.[4][5]

Both Sanjaya and Priyantha have served in the Sri Lanka Army.[6][7]

Medal table

Medals by Games

Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank
United States Atlanta 1996 1 0 0 0 0 –
Australia Sydney 2000 3 0 0 0 0 –
Greece Athens 2004 6 0 0 0 0 –
China Beijing 2008 6 0 0 0 0 –
United Kingdom London 2012 7 0 0 1 1 74
Brazil Rio de Jeneiro 2016 9 0 0 1 1 76
Japan Tokyo 2020 9 1 0 1 2 57
France Paris 2024 8 0 1 0 1 75
Total 1 1 3 5 103

Medals by sport

SportGoldSilverBronzeTotal
 Athletics1135
Totals (1 entries)1135

List of medalists

Medal Name Games Sport Event
 Bronze Pradeep Sanjaya United Kingdom London 2012 Athletics Men's 400 metres T46
 Bronze Dinesh Priyantha Brazil Rio de Janeiro 2016 Athletics Men's javelin throw F46
 Gold Dinesh Priyantha Japan Tokyo 2020 Athletics Men's javelin throw F46
 Bronze Dulan Kodithuwakku Athletics Men's javelin throw F64
 Silver Dulan Kodithuwakku France Paris 2024 Athletics Men's javelin throw F64

See also

References

  1. ^ Results for Sri Lanka from the International Paralympic Committee (archived)
  2. ^ "Pradeep Sanjaya won a Bronze Medal at Different able Athletics World Championship - Sri Lanka Sports". www.cricturf.com. Archived from the original on 2013-08-04.
  3. ^ "Dinesh Priyantha wins Javelin bronze at Rio Paralympics - Breaking News | Daily Mirror".
  4. ^ "Athletics - Men's Javelin Throw - F64 Schedule | Tokyo 2020 Paralympics". .. Archived from the original on 2021-08-30. Retrieved 2021-08-30.
  5. ^ "Sri Lanka wins 02nd Paralympics Medal - BRONZE for Samitha Dulan". 30 August 2021.
  6. ^ "Sri Lanka's Herath clinches bronze at Rio Paralympics". 15 September 2016.
  7. ^ "Sri Lanka's first ever Paralympic medalist". Archived from the original on 2017-01-09.
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