Personal information | |
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Full name | Hatarabage Lekamge Nadeesha Dilhani Lekamge |
Nationality | Sri Lankan |
Born | 14 October 1987 Eheliyagoda, Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka[1] | (age 36)
Education | Mahinda School |
Height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)[1] |
Weight | 68 kg (150 lb)[1] |
Sport | |
Sport | Athletics |
Event | Javelin throw |
Achievements and titles | |
Personal best | 58.41 m (2018)[2] |
Medal record |
Nadeesha Dilhani Lekamge (born 14 October 1987) is a Sri Lankan javelin thrower. She won a silver medal at the 2017 Asian Championships.[3]
Lekamge was born in 1987 in the town of Eheliyagoda on Sri Lanka. It was there that she was educated at the Mahinda School.[4]
She enlisted as a private in the Sri Lankan army.[5] Lekamge is at present a corporal in the Sri Lanka Army Women's Corps.[6]
She won a silver medal at the 2017 Asian Championships[3] with a throw of 58.11m. She was placed fifth at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.