Darshika Abeywickrama

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Dharshika Abeywickrama
Personal information
Born (1988-03-11) 11 March 1988 (age 36)
Central Province, Sri Lanka
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Occupation netball player, basketball player, banker
Netball career
Playing position(s): goal defense, goal keeper
Medal record
Representing  Sri Lanka
Asian Netball Championship
Gold medal – first place
2009 Malaysia
 Netball
Silver medal – second place 2014 Singapore Netball
Silver medal – second place
2016 Thailand
 Netball
Gold medal – first place 2018 Singapore Netball

Darshika Abeywickrama also spelt as either Dharshika Abeywickrama or Darshika Abeywickrema (born 11 March 1988) is a Sri Lankan netball player who plays in the positions of goal defense or goalkeeper.[1] She is nicknamed "Bale".[2]

Biography

Dharshika was born as the third child in her family and has five siblings including two elder sisters, two younger sisters and a younger brother.

Gateway College due to her sporting skills.[3]

Career

She initially took interest in high jump as a kid and she received her first certificate in high jump when she was studying in Grade 4. She later switched to netball after watching one of her sisters playing the sport. It was revealed that she was urged to join the school netball team when she switched to Anula Vidyalaya. In addition, she also participated in athletic events such as shot put, discus throw and javelin throw at school-level competitions.[3]

She also took up basketball in school sports meet when she was in Grade 9 and was subsequently called up to the Anula Vidyalaya school basketball team. She began playing basketball in the junior category at under 16 level, representing the under 16 school team. She received basketball training from Tharindu Fernando. In 2005, Dharshika was selected to represent Sri Lanka schools basketball team in school level competition.[3]

Prior to being introduced to the game of basketball, she was also selected among a pool of girls to attend a netball training session. Sri Lankan netball manager

2009 Asian Netball Championship.[3]

She joined the Campbell Netball Club in 2008 and her performances for the club in the domestic competition caught the eyes of the selectors and she was included in the squad for the 2009 Asian Championship.[4] She made her senior international debut for Sri Lanka in 2009 at the Asian Championships where Sri Lanka crowned as champions. She was ruled out of the 2011 World Netball Championships after sustaining a ligament injury just a week before the start of the tournament.[2] She was subsequently sidelined from the national team for two years and returned to the national team in 2013 after recovering from the injury.[2] She was part of Sri Lankan squad which emerged as runners-up to Singapore at the 2014 Asian Netball Championships.[5]

Dharshika made her debut

2016 Asian Netball Championships. She was the vice captain of the Sri Lankan team at the 2018 Asian Netball Championships where Sri Lanka were crowned champions after defeating Singapore 69-50 in the final, which also marked Sri Lanka's first Asian Netball Championships triumph since 2009.[8][9][10][11] She made her second World Cup appearance during the 2019 Netball World Cup where Sri Lanka finished at fifteenth position.[12][13][14][15]

She also currently serves as a banker in addition to her career in sports. She joined the

Business Management.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Dharshika Abeywickrama". Netball Draft Central. Retrieved 2021-07-16.
  2. ^ a b c d "Darshika Abeywickrama: Balangoda's Champion". The Sunday Times Sri Lanka. Retrieved 2021-07-16.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Darshika Abeywickrama –A sportswoman par excellence". CeylonToday. Retrieved 2021-07-16.
  4. ^ "Sri Lanka Sports News | Online edition of Daily News - Lakehouse Newspapers | 2009 Asian Netball Championships". archives.dailynews.lk. Retrieved 2021-07-16.
  5. ^ "Netball - Asian Championships 2014 - Summary of the current competition". www.the-sports.org. Retrieved 2021-07-16.
  6. ^ "Sri Lanka name 2015 World Cup squad". Retrieved 2021-07-16 – via PressReader.
  7. ^ "World Cup Netball 2015: Sri Lanka loses all matches in qualifying round | Daily FT". www.ft.lk. Retrieved 2021-07-16.
  8. ^ Wijewickrama, Navod (2018-08-31). "Sri Lanka Squad for 2018 Asian Netball Championship". ThePapare.com. Retrieved 2021-07-16.
  9. ^ "Sri Lanka : Sri Lanka wins Asian Netball Championship after 9 years". www.colombopage.com. Retrieved 2021-07-16.
  10. ^ hermesauto (2018-09-09). "Netball: Sri Lanka prove too strong for Singapore as they triumph 69-50 in Asian Championship final". The Straits Times. Retrieved 2021-07-16.
  11. ^ "M1 Asian Netball Championship 2018: What it takes to bring a title home". Sunday Observer. 2018-09-15. Retrieved 2021-07-16.
  12. ^ "Sri Lanka pick netball squad for World Cup". Sunday Observer. 2019-05-18. Retrieved 2021-07-16.
  13. ^ "Sri Lanka". Netball Draft Central. Retrieved 2021-07-16.
  14. ^ "Netball World Cup 2019: The stage is set for the curtain raise | Daily FT". www.ft.lk. Retrieved 2021-07-16.
  15. ^ Wijewickrama, Navod (2019-05-17). "Sri Lanka squad for Netball World Cup announced". ThePapare.com. Retrieved 2021-07-16.
  16. ^ "Three top players from HNB to participate in the Asian Netball Championship | Daily FT". www.ft.lk. Retrieved 2021-07-16.
  17. ^ "HNB national netball champs". Sunday Observer. 2018-12-08. Retrieved 2021-07-16.
  18. ^ Ratnaweera, Dhammika. "HNB clinch Super League Netball Tourney". Daily News. Retrieved 2021-07-16.
  19. ^ "HNB clinch Super League netball title". Sunday Observer. 2021-04-10. Retrieved 2021-07-16.
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