Manjula Kumara Wijesekara

High Jump

Nationality :Sri Lankan
Date Of Birth :30th January 1984
gender :Male
event :High Jump
|Athlete info & Stats
  • NationalitySri Lankan
  • Date Of Birth30th January 1984
  • Club/TeamAir Force
  • genderMale
  • eventHigh Jump
  • SchoolVijitha CC Dickwella, University of Southern California
  • Place of BirthDickwella

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|Biography

Manjula Kumara Wijeseakra is the best High Jumper Sri Lanka ever produced with personal best of 2.27m which is the National record of Sri Lanka . Wijesekara had been representing Sri Lanka since 2001 trough out 17 years and had won many International medals for the country including two Asian Championship Gold medals.

Wijesekara represented Sri Lanka in the 2004 Olympic Games and 2005 World Championships which are his highest achievements. Recently in 2016  Manjula won the Gold medal of South Asian Games and  renewed National indoor record with 2.24m leap to win the bronze medal . He started 2017 with Gold medal in the Philippine open Athletics Championship and cleared 2.25m at the first National Trials

International honours

Year Competition Venue Position Notes
Representing  Sri Lanka
2001 World Youth Championships Debrecen, Hungary 8th 2.10 m
2002 World Junior Championships Kingston, Jamaica 9th 2.14 m
Asian Championships Colombo, Sri Lanka 5th 2.15 m
Asian Games Busan, South Korea 8th 2.10 m
Asian Junior Championships Bangkok, Thailand 5th 2.15 m
2003 Asian Championships Manila, Philippines 11th 2.10 m
2004 South Asian Games Islamabad, Pakistan 1st 2.20 m (NR)
Olympic Games Athens, Greece 20th (q) 2.20 m
2005 World Championships Helsinki, Finland 23rd (q) 2.15 m
Asian Championships Incheon, South Korea 1st 2.27 m (NR)
2006 South Asian Games Colombo, Sri Lanka 1st 2.19 m
Asian Games Doha, Qatar 7th 2.15 m
2009 Asian Championships Guangzhou, China 1st 2.23 m
2010 Commonwealth Games Delhi, India 9th 2.15 m
Asian Games Guangzhou, China 6th 2.19 m
2013 Asian Championships Pune, India 8th 2.18 m
2014 Asian Games Incheon, South Korea 12th 2.15 m
2015 Asian Championships Wuhan, China 6th 2.20 m
2016 South Asian Games Guwahati, India 1st 2.17 m
Asian Indoor Championships Doha, Qatar 3rd 2.24 m

PERSONAL BEST – OUTDOOR

PERFORMANCE WIND PLACE DATE
High Jump 2.27 Colombo 23 JUL 2004
High Jump 2.27 Incheon 04 SEP 2005
Triple Jump 15.14 +1.1 Los Angeles, CA 01 APR 2006

PERSONAL BEST – INDOOR

PERFORMANCE WIND PLACE DATE
High Jump 2.24 Doha (Aspire Dome) 19 FEB 2016
Triple Jump 15.25 Albuquerque, NM 21 JAN 2006
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