Thirty-one-year-old Samanga Kumarasinghe, an old girl of Tangalle Balika Vidyalaya is a talented weightlifter, attached to the Sri Lanka Navy and a final year external student of the University of Ruhuna.Samanga started training weightlifting in 2010 under the Coaching of R. E. Wickremasinghe, a veteran coach. Her first meet was held at the YMCA Hall, Kandy.She secured third place at this meet by contesting in the 69kg weight class event. She.
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..
Indika Chathuranga an outstanding weightlifter Daily News (via HT Media Ltd.)
Thirty two year old, Indika Chathuranga Dissanayake, is an outstanding weightlifter who is attached to the Sri Lanka Navy who had his early education at Menikdiwela Central College and joined Kingswood College,Kandy to do higher studies as well as to improve the game of weightlifting in the year 2006.
Indika started weightlifting under the coaching of S.Ambanwala, the P.T.I. at Menikdiwela Central College and after joining Kingswood he went under the coaching of Athula Wijewickrema, the International Weightlifter and he was trained very well in weightlifting and today Indika Dissanayake has won many National and International awards in weightlifting. He was also coached by R.B.Wickremasinghe, veteran weightlifting coach.