Don Karolislage Thilanka Wiraj Kumara Palangasinghe (born 26 October 1993), known as Thilanka Palangasinghe, is a Sri Lankan male weightlifter, competing in the 56 kg category and representing Sri Lanka at international competitions. He participated at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in the 56 kg event and at the 2018 Commonwealth Games competing in the 62kg event.[1]
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| Full name | Don Karolislage Thilanka Wiraj Kumara Palangasinghe | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 26 October 1993 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 55.51 kg (122.4 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Weightlifting | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | 56 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | National team | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| Updated on 16 January 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Palangasinghe represented Sri Lanka at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England.[2][3]
Major competitions
edit| Year | Venue | Weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | Rank | ||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | |||||
| Commonwealth Games | ||||||||||||
| 2014 |  Glasgow, Scotland |
56 kg | 105 | — | — | 0 | --- | |||||
References
edit- ^ "Weightlifting at the 2014 Commonwealth Games - D.K.T.W.K. Palangasingh". iwf.net. Archived from the original on 4 August 2018. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
- ^ "IWF COMMONWEALTH RANKING LIST - 2022 COMMONWEALTH GAMES QUALIFYING (final)" (PDF). IWF. 9 March 2022. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 March 2022. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
- ^ Ratnaweera, Dhammika (15 March 2022). "Ten Lankan weightlifters to compete at Commonwealth Games". Daily News. Lake House. Archived from the original on 14 March 2022. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
Thilanka Palagasinghe
External links
edit- D.K.T.W.K. Palangasingh at the International Weightlifting Federation
- DON Karolislage Thilanka Kumara Palangas at the International Weightlifting Federation
- Thilanka Wiraj Kumara Palangasinghe at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
- Thilanka Palangasinghe at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games (archived)
- Thilanka Palangasinghe at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
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