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Sri Lanka at the
2020 Summer Paralympics
Sri Lanka at the; 2020 Summer Paralympics
IPC code	SRI
NPC	National Federation of Sports for the Disabled
in Tokyo, Japan; August 25, 2021 – September 6, 2021
Competitors	9 in 4 sports
Flag bearer	Dinesh Priyantha Herath
Medals	Gold 1 Silver 0 Bronze 1 Total 2
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
	1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020; 2024;

Sri Lanka competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, from 24 August to 5 September 2021.^[1]^[2]

Sri Lanka's team consisted of 9 athletes (8 men and 1 woman) competing in four sports.^[3]

Dinesh Priyantha Herath clinched an historic gold medal in the men's javelin throw F46 category with a new world record of 67.79 m.^[4]^[5]^[6] He claimed Sri Lanka's first ever Paralympic gold medal and also secured Sri Lanka's first medal at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics. Herath also served as the country's flagbearer during the opening ceremony.^[7]

Competitors

The following is the list of athletes per sport/discipline.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Archery	1	0	1
Athletics (track and field)	5	1	6
Rowing	1	0	1
Wheelchair tennis	1	0	1
Total	8	1	9

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Dinesh Priyantha Herath	Athletics	Men's javelin throw F46	30 August
Bronze	Dulan Kodithuwakku	Athletics	Men's javelin throw F64	30 August

Archery

Sri Lanka has entered one archer at Men's Individual Recurve Open.

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Sampath Bandara	Men's individual recurve open	589	23 Q	Vivek (IND)

Athletics

Sri Lanka qualified six athletes (five men and one woman).

Track events

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Saman Subasinghe	Men's 400m T47	51.08	9	did not advance
Kumudu Dissanayake	Women's 100m T47	13.31	15	did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Dinesh Priyantha Herath	Men's javelin throw F46	67.79 WR
Dulan Kodithuwakku	Men's javelin throw F64	65.61 PB
Chaminda Hetti	Men's javelin throw F64	49.94	9
Palitha Halgahawela	Men's shot put F63	13.40	5
Kumudu Dissanayake	Women's long jump T47	4.92 PB	9

Rowing

Sri Lanka qualified one boat in the men's single sculls events for the games by winning the gold medal at the 2021 FISA Asian & Oceanian Qualification Regatta in Tokyo, Japan.^[8] This will mark the country's sport debut at the Paralympics.^[9]

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Mahesh Jayakody	Men's single sculls	12:16.80	6 R	11:21.31	5 FB	13:12.33	12

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); R=Repechage

Wheelchair tennis

Sri Lanka qualified one player entry for wheelchair tennis. Suresh Dharmasena qualified under the bipartite commission invitation allocation quota.

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Suresh Dharmasena	Men's singles	Cataldo (CHI) L (3–6, 4–6)	did not advance					33

References

^ "Paralympic Competition Schedule". tokyo2020.org. 16 June 2019.
^ "Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics: New dates confirmed for 2021". BBC Sport. 30 March 2020. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
^ "Sri Lanka to field 9 athletes for Tokyo Paralympics 2020". The Sunday Times. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 18 July 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
^ "Dinesh Priyantha sets a new world record at Paralympics". Colombo Gazette. 2021-08-30. Retrieved 2021-08-30.
^ "Dinesh sets a WORLD RECORD at Tokyo Paralympics". Sri Lanka News - Newsfirst. 2021-08-30. Retrieved 2021-08-30.
^ "WATCH: Sri Lanka's Dinesh Priyantha set a new world record at the Tokyo Paralympics". NewsIn.Asia. 2021-08-30. Retrieved 2021-08-30.
^ "Sri Lanka's Dinesh Priyantha sets new world record in Men's Javelin Throw F46". Ada Derana. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 30 August 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
^ "Mahesh Jayakody qualifies for Tokyo Paralympics". Ceylon Today. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 11 May 2021. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
^ Premlal, Susil (9 May 2021). "Oarsman Mahesh Jayakody qualifies for Tokyo Paralympics". The Sunday Times. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 17 July 2021.

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[1] "Paralympic Competition Schedule". tokyo2020.org. 16 June 2019.

[2] "Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics: New dates confirmed for 2021". BBC Sport. 30 March 2020. Retrieved 30 March 2020.

[3] "Sri Lanka to field 9 athletes for Tokyo Paralympics 2020". The Sunday Times. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 18 July 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.

[4] "Dinesh Priyantha sets a new world record at Paralympics". Colombo Gazette. 2021-08-30. Retrieved 2021-08-30.

[5] "Dinesh sets a WORLD RECORD at Tokyo Paralympics". Sri Lanka News - Newsfirst. 2021-08-30. Retrieved 2021-08-30.

[6] "WATCH: Sri Lanka's Dinesh Priyantha set a new world record at the Tokyo Paralympics". NewsIn.Asia. 2021-08-30. Retrieved 2021-08-30.

[7] "Sri Lanka's Dinesh Priyantha sets new world record in Men's Javelin Throw F46". Ada Derana. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 30 August 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.

[8] "Mahesh Jayakody qualifies for Tokyo Paralympics". Ceylon Today. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 11 May 2021. Retrieved 17 July 2021.

[9] Premlal, Susil (9 May 2021). "Oarsman Mahesh Jayakody qualifies for Tokyo Paralympics". The Sunday Times. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 17 July 2021.

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Sri Lanka at the 2020 Summer Paralympics