Sri Lanka at the Paralympics
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| IPC code | SRI | ||||||||
| NPC | National Federation of Sports for the Disabled | ||||||||
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Sri Lanka made its Paralympic Games début at the 1996 Summer Paralympics in Atlanta, with a single athlete (Kalika Pathirana) in track and field. The country has participated in every subsequent edition of the Summer Paralympics, but has never entered the Winter Paralympics.[1]
At the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, Sri Lanka won their first ever Paralympic medal through Pradeep Sanjaya, who won the Bronze medal in the Men's 400 metres T46.[2]
At the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio, Sri Lanka won a bronze. Dinesh Priyantha Herath was placed 3rd in the men’s javelin throw F46 final. [3]
Both Pradeep Sanjaya and Dinesh Priyantha Herath are Sri Lanka Army personnel.[4][5]
Medal Table
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 London | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 Rio | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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References
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