Sri Lanka at the
2010 Asian Games
IOC codeSRI
NOCNational Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka
in Guangzhou
Competitors104 in 24 sports
Flag bearer Mithun Perera[1]
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Asian Games appearances (overview)

Sri Lanka participated at the 16th Asian Games in Guangzhou, China.

Archery

Sri Lanka sent 5 archers for the multi-sport event including 3 men and 2 women archers.[2]

Men
  • Indranath Perera
  • Chaminda Rajasinghe
  • Nipun Seneviratne
Women

Athletics

Sri Lanka sent 21 athletes for the competition.[2]

Men
Women

Badminton

Sri Lanka sent 4 badminton athletes including 2 men and women for the event.[2]

Men
Women

Beach Volleyball

Sri Lanka sent 2 men and women beach volleyball teams.

Men[2]
  • Asanka Pradeep & Pubudu Ekanayake
  • Mahesh Perera & Wasantha Ratnapala
Women
  • Sujeewa Withanange & Nirosha Gunasinghe
  • LS Somaratne & HN Lakmini

Boxing

Sri Lanka was scheduled to send 7 boxers (6 men and 1 women), but 3 men boxers withdrew from the competition. The 2010 Commonwealth Games gold medalist Manju Wanniarachchi also withdrew due to injury.[2]

Men
  • Chaminda Tennakoon
  • Saman Priyadharshana Silva
  • PD Suresh
Women
  • Niranjala Senanayake

Cricket

Sri Lanka men's cricket team was eligible to participate in the competition as it was the first instance that cricket was included in an Asian Games event.[5]

Despite the absence of main cricketing nation, India, Sri Lankan team was ranked at 4th place and couldn't able to receive any medal at the cricket competition.[5]

Roster

Cycling

Sri Lanka sent 2 cyclists for the event.[6]

Road

Men
  • Lakshman Wijeratne
Women
  • Lasanthi Gunathilaka

Golf

Sri Lanka sent 4 golfers, all men.[6]

Gymnastics

Sri Lanka sent 2 male gymnasts.[6]

Artistic

Men
  • Nadika Cooray
  • Tharindu Pathmaperuma

Kabbadi

Women

However, according to the official Olympic Committee website, Kabbadi was not listed as a sport being competed by Sri Lanka.[6]

Karate

Sri Lanka sent one male karate athlete.[6]

Men

RJ Edward

Rowing

Sri Lanka sent only 2 rowers for the Asian Games.[9]

Men
  • Rajeev De Silva- Single and Double Sculls
  • Guyan Jayaratne- Double Sculls

Rugby sevens

Sri Lanka's men's team consisted of 12 players.[10]

Sailing

Sri Lanka sent 4 sailors for the Asian Games including 3 male sailors and a woman sailor.

Men
  • DA de Alwis
  • Janaka Pathirage
  • CL Gunawardena
Women
  • Sureni Alapatha

Shooting

Sri Lanka sent 4 male shooters.[6]

Men

Squash

Sri Lanka sent a delegation consisting of men's squash team.[11]

Men

Swimming

Sri Lanka sent 2 swimmers for the multi-sporting event.

Men
Women
  • Madhawee Weerathunga

Synchronized swimming

  • Elisha Gomes
  • Dehara Katipearachchi

Taekwondo

Sri Lanka sent 2 competitors for taekwondo.[6]

Men
  • Ravindra Rajapaksa
  • Gayan Kumara

Table tennis

Sri Lanka sent 2 paddlers.[6]

Men
  • Rohan Sirisena
Women
  • Ishara Madurangi

Tennis

Sri Lanka sent 3 male tennis players.[6]

Men

Weightlifting

Sri Lanka sent 2 male weightlifters as a part of the 2010 Asian Games.[6] However the team will not include Suresh Peris or Chintana Vindange medal winners at the 2010 Commonwealth games.

Men
  • Priyantha Wijesuriya
  • Chaturanga Dissananyake

Wushu

Sri Lanka sent only one wushu competitor for the event.

Men
  • ID Abeyratne

References

  1. ↑ Sri Lanka Sports News | Online edition of Daily News - Lakehouse Newspapers
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Sport". Archived from the original on 2010-11-12. Retrieved 2010-11-07.
  3. ↑ "Sri Lanka Sports News | Online edition of Daily News - Lakehouse Newspapers". www.dailynews.lk. Archived from the original on 2010-11-02.
  4. ↑ http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2010/10/31/oostory.asp?sid=20101031_07&imid=kreeda31.jpg&dt=%5BOctober%2031%202010%5D
  5. 1 2 Mubarak to lead Sri Lanka at 2010 Asian Games | Sri Lanka Cricket
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Hata 404".
  7. ↑ Sri Lanka's golfer Mithun focused on Asian gold The Official Website of the 16th Asian Games
  8. ↑ Kabaddi girls brace for a hair raiser – Hindustan Times
  9. ↑ Rajeev and Guyan to represent Sri Lanka at rowing at Asian Games The Official Website of the 16th Asian Games
  10. ↑ Rugby union at the 2010 Asian Games
  11. ↑ Sri Lanka men's squash team for Asian Games The Official Website of the 16th Asian Games
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