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| Full name | Vinoj Suranjaya De Silva Muthumuni | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1995-01-09) 9 January 1995 (age 29) Balapitiya, Mahamodara, Southern Province | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Event | 200m | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Vinoj Suranjaya De Silva Muthumuni (born 9 January 1995), also simply known as Vinoj De Silva or Vinoj Suranjaya, is a Sri Lankan track and field athlete and a national record holder in men's 200m.
Career
He made his South Asian Games debut representing Sri Lanka at the 2016 South Asian Games and claimed two gold medals in 200m and 4 × 100 m relay events. In 2018 during the national trials for the 2018 Asian Games, he broke the 200m national record after 20 years which was held by former athlete Sugath Thilakaratne, clocking 20.68 seconds. He also represented Sri Lanka at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.
Vinoj also claimed silver in men's 200m event and was also part of the team which claimed new South Asian Games record for the men's 4 × 100 m relay event on 6 December 2019 during the 2019 South Asian Games.
References
- "Vinoj Suranjaya de Silva". Ceylon Athletics News & information Portal | Fixtures | Results | Video | Photos. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
- "Vinoj Suranjaya - Athlete Profile, Medals, Results, News, Photos and Videos". olympic.lk. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
- Vasudevan, Estelle (8 March 2016). "Vinoj Suranjaya, sprint superstar in the making". ThePapare.com. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
- Ramakrishnan, Karuppiah. "Suranjaya shatters 200 metres mark". Daily News. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
- SLS (28 April 2018). "Vinoj Suranjaya betters national 200m record after 20 years". www.srilankasports.com. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
- "Athletics | Athlete Profile: Vinoj DE SILVA - Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games". results.gc2018.com. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
- "Sri Lankan sprinters set new relay SAG record - Sri Lanka Latest News". Sri Lanka News - Newsfirst. 6 December 2019. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
External links
- Vinoj Suranjaya De Silva MUTHUMUNI at World Athletics
- Vinoj DE SILVA at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (archived)
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- 1995 births
- Living people
- Sri Lankan male sprinters
- Commonwealth Games competitors for Sri Lanka
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Asian Games competitors for Sri Lanka
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Asian 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
- Medalists at the 2016 South Asian Games
- Medalists at the 2019 South Asian Games
- Military World Games bronze medalists for Sri Lanka
- Military World Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Sportspeople from Southern Province, Sri Lanka
- 21st-century Sri Lankan sportsmen
- Asian athletics biography stubs
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