Sri Lanka at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

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Sri Lanka at the
2020 Summer Paralympics
Dinesh Priyantha Herath
Medals
Gold
1
Silver
0
Bronze
1
Total
2
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)

Sri Lanka competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, from 24 August to 5 September 2021.[1][2]

Sri Lanka's team consisted of 9 athletes (8 men and 1 woman) competing in four sports.[3]

Dinesh Priyantha Herath clinched an historic gold medal in the men's javelin throw F46 category with a new world record of 67.79 m.[4][5][6] He claimed Sri Lanka's first ever Paralympic gold medal and also secured Sri Lanka's first medal at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics. Herath also served as the country's flagbearer during the opening ceremony.[7]

Competitors

The following is the list of athletes per sport/discipline.

Sport Men Women Total
Archery 1 0 1
Athletics (track and field) 5 1 6
Rowing 1 0 1
Wheelchair tennis 1 0 1
Total 8 1 9

Medalists

Main article: 2020 Summer Paralympics medal table
Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold
Dinesh Priyantha Herath
 Athletics Men's javelin throw F46 30 August
 Bronze Dulan Kodithuwakku Athletics Men's javelin throw F64 30 August

Archery

Main articles: Archery at the 2020 Summer Paralympics and Archery at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Qualification

Sri Lanka has entered one archer at Men's Individual Recurve Open.

Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Score Seed Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Sampath Bandara Men's individual recurve open 589 23 Q  
Vivek (IND
)

Athletics

Main articles: Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics and Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Qualification

Sri Lanka qualified six athletes (five men and one woman).

Track events
Athlete Event Heats Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Saman Subasinghe Men's 400m T47 51.08 9 did not advance
Kumudu Dissanayake
 Women's 100m T47 13.31 15 did not advance
Field events
Athlete Event Final
Result Rank
Dinesh Priyantha Herath
Men's javelin throw F46
 67.79
WR
 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Dulan Kodithuwakku
Men's javelin throw F64
 65.61 PB 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Chaminda Hetti 49.94 9
Palitha Halgahawela
Men's shot put F63
 13.40 5
Kumudu Dissanayake
Women's long jump T47
 4.92 PB 9

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Sri Lanka qualified one boat in the men's single sculls events for the games by winning the gold medal at the 2021 FISA Asian & Oceanian Qualification Regatta in

Paralympics.[9]

Athlete Event Heats Repechage Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Mahesh Jayakody Men's single sculls 12:16.80 6 R 11:21.31 5 FB 13:12.33 12

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); R=Repechage

Wheelchair tennis

Main article: Wheelchair tennis at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Sri Lanka qualified one player entry for wheelchair tennis. Suresh Dharmasena qualified under the bipartite commission invitation allocation quota.

Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Suresh Dharmasena Men's singles  Cataldo (CHI)
L (3–6, 4–6) 		did not advance 33

See also

References

  1. ^ "Paralympic Competition Schedule". tokyo2020.org. 16 June 2019.
  2. ^ "Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics: New dates confirmed for 2021". BBC Sport. 30 March 2020. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
  3. ^ "Sri Lanka to field 9 athletes for Tokyo Paralympics 2020". The Sunday Times. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 18 July 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  4. ^ "Dinesh Priyantha sets a new world record at Paralympics". Colombo Gazette. 2021-08-30. Retrieved 2021-08-30.
  5. ^ "Dinesh sets a WORLD RECORD at Tokyo Paralympics". Sri Lanka News - Newsfirst. 2021-08-30. Retrieved 2021-08-30.
  6. ^ "WATCH: Sri Lanka's Dinesh Priyantha set a new world record at the Tokyo Paralympics". NewsIn.Asia. 2021-08-30. Retrieved 2021-08-30.
  7. Ada Derana
    . Colombo, Sri Lanka. 30 August 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  8. ^ "Mahesh Jayakody qualifies for Tokyo Paralympics". Ceylon Today. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 11 May 2021. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  9. ^ Premlal, Susil (9 May 2021). "Oarsman Mahesh Jayakody qualifies for Tokyo Paralympics". The Sunday Times. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 17 July 2021.


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