Dulangi Wannithilake also spelled as Dulangi Wannithileka () (born 17 October 1994) is a Sri Lankan netball player who also is a basketball player and represents Sri Lankan netball team in international netball tournament.

Early life

She was born and raised in

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. Her father Wannithilake is a former volleyball player and her mother is a netball coach. She started playing netball at U12 level for the Holy Family Convent, Kurunegala before grabbing the opportunity to play for the Sri Lanka U19 netball team.

Career

She was selected for the national team after emerging from the youth level and was part of the Sri Lankan U19 team which won the

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in 2015. She made her senior international debut in 2018. She was a member of the Sri Lankan contingent which emerged as champions at the

2018 Asian Netball Championships The 2018 Asian Netball Championships is the 11th edition of the Asian Netball Championships was held in Singapore. The championships which was held at the OCBC Arena at the Singapore Sports Hub from September 1–9. In the final, Sri Lanka won ...

beating Singapore 69-50 in the final, which also marked Sri Lanka's first

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triumph since 2009. She also represented Sri Lanka at the

2019 Netball World Cup The 2019 Netball World Cup (also known as the 2019 Vitality Netball World Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 15th edition of the INF Netball World Cup. It was held from 12–21 July 2019 at the Liverpool Arena in Liverpool, England with matches ...

, which was also her first World Cup tournament.

References

1994 births Living people Sri Lankan netball players People from Kurunegala District Sportspeople from North Western Province, Sri Lanka Alumni of Holy Family Convent, Kurunegala 2019 Netball World Cup players 2023 Netball World Cup players {{SriLanka-netball-bio-stub