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Mithun Perera
Mithun Perera
Personal information
Full name	K. Mithun Chamika Udayanga Perera
Born	26 December 1986 (age 38); Boralla, Sri Lanka
Height	5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)
Weight	155 lb (70 kg; 11.1 st)
Sporting nationality	Sri Lanka
Residence	Boralla, Sri Lanka
Spouse	Sudeshi Fernando
Children	2
Career
Turned professional	2011
Current tour(s)	Asian Tour
Professional wins	7

K. Mithun Chamika Udayanga Perera (born 26 December 1986) is a Sri Lankan golfer. His father, Nandasena Perera, is also a notable golfer.

As an amateur, Perera won the Sri Lanka Amateur three times as well as other Asian amateur events. He represented Sri Lanka in the 2006 and 2010 Asian Games and the 2010 South Asian Games.^[1]

Perera turned professional in 2011 and currently plays on the Professional Golf Tour of India and the Asian Tour. He is the first Sri Lankan to have full card in Asian Tour and the first Sri Lankan to have multiple wins on the Indian Tour. He has been runner-up three times on the Asian Tour; at the 2012 ISPS Handa Singapore Classic, the 2013 Zaykabar Myanmar Open and the 2014 Panasonic Open India, where he lost in a three-man playoff.

Amateur wins

2006 Sri Lanka Amateur
2007 SAARC Golf Championship, Eastern India Amateur
2008 Sri Lanka Amateur
2009 Asia-Pacific Open Amateur,^[2] Surya Nepal Amateur Golf Championship
2010 Kurnia Saujana Championship, Sri Lanka Amateur

Sources:^[1]^[3]

Professional wins (7)

Professional Golf Tour of India wins (7)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	8 Oct 2011	Haryana Open	−18 (68-66-64-72=270)	1 stroke	Ashok Kumar
2	18 Aug 2012	Standard Chartered Open	−13 (67-67-73-65=271)	1 stroke	Rashid Khan, Sanjay Kumar
3	25 Nov 2012	Tata Open	−11 (65-72-67-70=274)	1 stroke	Vinod Kumar
4	9 Feb 2014	Standard Chartered Open	−22 (63-68-65-66=262)	3 strokes	Nadaraja Thangaraja
5	15 Feb 2014	Eagleburg Open	−22 (65-66-64-71=266)	3 strokes	Anirban Lahiri
6	4 Mar 2018	Chennai Open Golf Championship	−14 (68-63-65-70=266)	1 stroke	Mukesh Kumar, Digvijay Singh
7	15 Dec 2019	ICC RCGC Open Golf Championship	−8 (71-70-67-72=280)	1 stroke	Sanjeev Kumar