Indunil Herath

Indunil Herath

Herath in 2017
Personal information
Full name	Ekanayake Mudiyaselage Indunil Madushan Herath[1]
Born	(1993-03-27) 27 March 1993 (age 31) Mahiyanganaya, Sri Lanka[2]
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	800 metres
Club	Sri Lanka Army
Medal record Men's athletics Representing  Sri Lanka South Asian Games 2016 Guwahati 800 m 2019 Kathmandu 800 m Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games 2017 Ashgabat 800 m Asian Junior Championships 2012 Colombo 4 × 400 m relay Asian Youth Games 2009 Singapore 800 m

Ekanayake Mudiyaselage Idame Gedara Indunil Madushan Herath (born 27 March 1993) is a Sri Lankan middle-distance runner who specialises in the 800 metres.[3] He won a silver medal at the 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games.[4]

In 2018, Herath broke the national record in the men's 800 m (with a time of 1:47.13) at the Kenyan President's Cup athletics.[5]

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Sri Lanka
2009	Asian Youth Games	Singapore	3rd	800 m	1:56.33
2010	Youth Olympic Games	Singapore	3rd (B)	1000 m	2:27.57
2012	Asian Junior Championships	Colombo, Sri Lanka	7th	400 m	48.82
			5th	800 m	1:49.94
			3rd	4 × 400 m relay	3:11.79
2014	Lusophony Games	Bambolin, India	4th	800 m	1:57.27
			4th	4 × 400 m relay	3:19.02
2015	Asian Championships	Wuhan, China	5th	800 m	1:51.51
2016	South Asian Games	Guwahati, India	1st	800 m	1:51.46
	Asian Indoor Championships	Doha, Qatar	8th	800 m	1:57.26
2017	Asian Championships	Bhubaneswar, India	5th	800 m	1:50.57
	Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games	Ashgabat, Turkmenistan	2nd	800 m	1:49.45
2018	Asian Games	Jakarta, Indonesia	8th	800 m	1:51.36
2019	South Asian Games	Kathmandu, Nepal	1st	800 m	1:50.52

Personal bests

[6] Outdoor

• 400 metres – 48.30 (Colombo 2014)
• 800 metres – 1:47.13 (Kenya 2018)

Indoor

• 800 metres – 1:49.45 (Ashgabat 2017)

References

1. "Honouring our SAG gold medallists". Daily News. 5 March 2016. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
2. Ashgabat 2017 bio
3. "Herath INDUNIL". World Athletics.
4. "Athletics Results Book" (PDF). 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 August 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
5. Peiris, Sudarshana (17 June 2018). "New 800m record by Indunil Herath". www.thepapare.com. Dialog Axiata. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
6. "All-Athletics profile". All-Athletics.com. Retrieved 21 October 2017.

External links

• Herath INDUNIL at World Athletics
• Indunil Herath at Olympedia (archive)