Greshan Dananjaya
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| Nationality | Sri Lankan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | June 7, 1997 Sri Lanka | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disappeared | June 2023 Geneva, Switzerland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Sri Lanka | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Track and field | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Triple jump | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
International level | 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best | 16.71 m (-0.5 m/s) Sri Lankan Record | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Greshan Dananjaya (also written Shreshan Dhananjaya Liyanapedige or L.P.G. Dhananjaya; born 7 June 1997 – disappeared June 2023) is a Sri Lankan track and field athlete who disappeared in 2023. He specialized in the Triple jump, and holds the current Sri Lankan record for the event, with a jump of 16.71 m (-0.5 m/s) at the 2019 Sri Lankan National Trials in the Sugathadasa Stadium in Colombo.[1] This surpassed the 16.45 M record of Renjith Maheshwary of India at the 2016 South Asian Games. Dananjaya also holds Sri Lankan junior record in the long jump, at 7.83 m.[2] He went to Joseph Vaz College, and represented the Sri Lanka Army Sports Club locally.[3]
In June 2023, Dananjaya disappeared while representing Sri Lanka in an international sporting event held in Geneva, Switzerland. It is one of many disappearances involving Sri Lankan athletes.[4]
References
- ↑ Peiris, Sudarshana (February 22, 2019). "National record for Greshan as sprinters turn up the heat".
- ↑ "The Island". www.island.lk.
- ↑ "The Island". www.island.lk.
- ↑ "Sri Lankan athlete reported missing in Switzerland". Newswire. 2023-06-12. Retrieved 2025-11-27.