Gayanthika Artigala Thushari Abeyratne (born 23 December 1986) is a

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, also known historically as Ceylon, is an island country in South Asia. It lies in the Indian Ocean, southwest of the Bay of Bengal, separated from the Indian subcontinent, ...

middle-distance runner Middle-distance running events are track races longer than sprints, ranging from 500 metres up to . The standard middle distances are the 800 metres, 1500 metres and mile run, although the 3000 metres may also be classified as a middle-distanc ...

who established a national record time at 800m.

Career

She won a gold medal at the

2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games The 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games (), which is also counted as the 5th Asian Indoor Games, was held in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan in 2017. It became the third city in the former Soviet countries to win the right of hosting an Olympic Coun ...

and silver at the 2017 Asian Championships. She currently holds her country's national record in the

800 metres The 800 metres, or 800 meters (American and British English spelling differences#-re.2C -er, US spelling), is a common track running event. It is the shortest commonly run middle-distance running event. The 800 metres is run over two laps of a ...

. At the 2023 Asian Athletics Championships in Bangkok she won a bronze medal in the 1500m.

International competitions

Personal bests

All-Athletics profile
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400 metres The 400 metres, or 400-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 for men and since 1964 for women. On a standard outdoor running track, it is ...

– 55.62 (Colombo 2014) *

– 2:02.55 (Diyagama 2017) NR *

1500 metres The 1500 metres or 1500-metre run is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics. The distance has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 and the World Championships in Athletics since 1983. It is equivalent to 1.5 kilomet ...

– 4:18.7 (Jaffna 2016) *

5000 metres The 5000 metres or 5000-metre run is a common long-distance running event in track and field, approximately equivalent to or . It is one of the track events in the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics, run over laps of a sta ...

– 17:00.46 (Diyagama 2011) Indoor *

– 2:05.12 (Ashgabat 2017)

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* 1986 births Living people Sri Lankan female middle-distance runners Asian Games athletes for Sri Lanka Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Asian Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Asian Games Commonwealth Games athletes for Sri Lanka Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Commonwealth Games South Asian Games gold medalists for Sri Lanka South Asian Games silver medalists for Sri Lanka South Asian Games gold medalists in athletics South Asian Games medalists in athletics Medalists at the 2016 South Asian Games Medalists at the 2019 South Asian Games Asian Indoor Athletics Championships winners Asian Athletics Championships medalists Sportspeople from Southern Province, Sri Lanka {{SriLanka-athletics-bio-stub