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Athula Wijewickrema, a product of Kingswood College took up weightlifting at the age of 12 years in 1980 under the guidance of his uncle S. A. Wijewickrema who revived the sport in 1962 after 10 long years at the YMCA, Kandy.At the start, after several years of training Athula Wijewickrema won the Junior National Championship by establishing several records.He represented Sri Lanka at the Junior World Championship in 1984 in the United Kingdom..
Thilanka Viraj Kumara a fine weightlifter Daily News (via HT Media Ltd.)
Twenty eight year old Thilanka Viraj Kumara is one of the finest weightlifters of Sri Lanka at present and he was adjudged the Best Lifter for four consecutive years from 2016 to 2019 at the National Weightlifting Contest as well as the National Sports festival. He had his education at Seva Muktha Maha Vidyalaya, Polonnaruwa and his weightlifting career started in the year 2010 under the coaching of the Late Kumudu Kumara Silva and Raju Wansapura, both talented weight lifters.
His first weightlifting meet was the National Meet held in the year 2010 and he secured the 56 Kg. Weight class and in the following year he was placed second in the same weight class of 56 Kg. In 2012 he secured the first place in his Weight class of 56 Kg. and again he became first at the Commonwealth Games held in Malaysia at Junior level and secured second place in the Senior level. In 2014 Thilanka participated at