 | This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page, especially if potentially libelous. Find sources: "Shehan Ambepitiya" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (October 2017) (Learn how and when to remove this message) |
.jpg) Ambeypitiya at the Commonwealth Youth Games, Pune, 2008 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Shehan Abeyptiya |
| Nationality |  Sri Lanka |
| Born | (1990-01-17) 17 January 1990 (age 34) |
| Medal record | |
Shehan Abeyptiya is a Sri Lankan male athlete who won 3 gold medals at the 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games.
He also competed at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, making the semi-finals in the 100 and 200 metre events. Shehan Sadaruwan Ambepitiya (born 17 January 1990) is a sprinter from Sri Lanka who specializes in the 100 meters and 200 meters. Who won 3 gold medals at the 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games. Also he was a finalist in the World Junior Championship in 2007.
Ambepitiya represented Sri Lanka at the 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games, 2007 World Junior Championships, 2009 World Athletics Championship, 2010 Commonwealth Games, 2010 South Asian Games and the Asian Junior Athletics Championships.
Ambepitiya represented Sri Lanka at the 2008 World Junior Athletics Championships, 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games, 2008 Asian Junior Athletics Championships, 2009 World Athletics Championship, 2010 Commonwealth Games and the 2010 South Asian Games. In Commonwealth Youth Games he won 3 Gold medals with 3 new games records. also he was the first ever Sri Lankan to be a finalist in a World Junior Athletics Championships 2008. Also as a junior athlete he won the Asian Junior Silver medal for the 100m in the 2008.
Ambepitiya who is considered as the fastest man in South Asia by winning the gold medal for the 100m in the South Asian Games 2010, Dakah. Ambepitiya made a strong start to the 2010 athletics season, recording a personal best timing of 10.31 seconds for 100m and 21.10 seconds in 2011 Asian Athletics Championships for his 200m. Ambepitiya who trained under Coach Sunil Gunawardena, Currently trains in Jamaica under coach Glean Mills who is the trainer of the world's fastest man Usain Bolt and the world champion Yohan Blake for his future events.
Shehan Ambepitiya studied in President's College, Kotte and Gateway College Colombo, and had contributed immensely to the schools athletic championships.
References
- shehan Ambepitiya
- "Shehan Ambepitiya - Sri Lanka's future athletic dream". Sunday Times. 10 October 2010. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
   | This biographical article relating to Sri Lankan athletics is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it. |
- 1990 births
- Living people
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games competitors for Sri Lanka
- Sri Lankan male sprinters
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- South Asian Games gold medalists for Sri Lanka
- South Asian Games silver medalists for Sri Lanka
- South Asian Games gold medalists in athletics
- South Asian Games medalists in athletics
- 21st-century Sri Lankan sportsmen
- Asian athletics biography stubs
- Sri Lankan sportspeople stubs