Niluka Geethani Rajasekara

Niluka Geethani Rajasekara

Personal information
Full name	Bogaha Kotuwe Gedara Niluka Geethani Rajasekara
Born	(1982-03-17) 17 March 1982 (age 42)[1] Kandy, Sri Lanka
Sport
Country	Sri Lanka
Sport	Track and field
Event	long-distance running
Updated on 2 September 2015

Bogaha Kotuwe Gedara Niluka Geethani Rajasekara (born 17 March 1982) is a female Sri Lankan long-distance runner. With a time of 2 hours 40.07 minutes, and a new Sri Lankan record, at the 2015 Hong Kong marathon, Rajasekara achieved the qualifying standard for the marathon at the 2016 Summer Olympics.^[2] She competed in the marathon event at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing, China, finishing 49th.^[3]

At the 2015 Hong Kong marathon on 25 January 2015 she ran a Sri Lankan record in the marathon in a time of 2 hours 40.07 minutes.^[2] At the 2016 Summer Olympics she finished 129th out of a field of 157.

See also

• Sri Lanka at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics

References

1. "IAAF: Niluka Rajasekara - Profile".
2. "Geethani books Rio ticket with record run". Daily News. Sri Lanka. 26 January 2015. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
3. "Women's marathon results" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 29 August 2015.

External links

• Niluka Geethani Rajasekara at World Athletics
• Niluka Geethani Rajasekara at Olympedia
• Niluka Geethani Rajasekara at World Athletics