19 September 1989 (1989-09-19) (age 34) Hambantota, Sooriyawewa, Sri Lanka[1][2]
Education
Wewegama Primary School
Height
160 cm (5 ft 3 in)[1][2]
Weight
48 kg (106 lb)
Sport
Sport
Athletics
Event(s)
400 m, 800 m, 1500 m
Club
Air Force[3]
Coached by
Sujith Abeysekara (personal)[1]
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
400 m – 53.9 (2016) 800 m – 2:02.58 (2017)[4]
Medal record
Representing Sri Lanka
Military World Games
2019 Wuhan
800 m
Asian Athletics Championships
2015 Wuhan
800 m
2017 Bhubaneswar
800 m
South Asian Games
2016 Guwahati
800 m
2016 Guwahati
4 × 400 m
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Nimali Waliwarsha Konda Liyanarachchi (born 19 September 1989) is a Sri Lankan 800 m runner and current national record holder in women's 1500m event.[3][5] She is also believed to be the first Sri Lankan woman to have competed in steeplechase events. She became the first Sri Lankan woman to complete the distance of 3000 metres in steeplechase event under 11 minutes.[6] She won the best athlete award twice at the Presidential award ceremonies by the Sports Ministry including the Most Outstanding Sportswoman of the Year in 2015.[7] She is currently attached to Sri Lanka Air Force.[8]
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^Ramakrishnan, Karuppiah. "Nimali shatters seven year Sri Lanka record". Daily News. Archived from the original on 30 July 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
^Weerasooriya, Sahan. "Nimali's enviable records". Archived from the original on 10 July 2021. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
^"Sunday Times wins Sports Presidential Awards | The Sunday Times Sri Lanka". Archived from the original on 20 August 2018. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
^"Achieves first step of her dream". Sunday Observer. 23 July 2021. Archived from the original on 30 July 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
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