Manura Kuranage Perera
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| Full name | Manura Kuranage Lanka Perera | |||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Sri Lankan | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 11 February 1979 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Sprinting | |||||||||||||||||
Event | 4 × 400 metres relay | |||||||||||||||||
| Club | Atletica Virtus Lucca[2] | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Manura Kuranage Lanka Perera (born 11 February 1979 in Negombo) is a Sri Lankan former sprinter. He competed in the men's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2000 Summer Olympics.[3]
Biography
He was born in Sri Lanka. He moved to Italy, to Lucca, in January 1997, joining his family, who had migrated in 1991.[1] To support himself, he worked various jobs, including dishwasher, bicycle renter, carpenter, guesthouse manager, and waiter, without ever giving up his athletics training.[1] He married Sarda Thamel, with whom he had two children: Mithum Sandeepa Perera Kuranage, born in 2003, and Mithus Sankalpa, born in 2006.[1] His eldest son, Mithum, died at the age of 23 following a motorcycle accident in Milan.[1]
From 1998 to 2013, his club team was Virtus Lucca.[2]
At the 2000 Asian Championships in Jakarta, he won the gold medal in the 4×400 m relay, running alongside Vellasamy Ratnakumara, Ranga Wimalawansa, and Rohan Pradeep Kumara; they set a national record in the event with a time of 3:02.71.
He represented Sri Lanka at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where he was eliminated in the heats of the men's 4 × 400 metres relay, together with Rohan Pradeep Kumara, Ranga Wimalawansa, and Sugath Tillakeratne.
At the 2005 Asian Championships in Incheon, he won the silver medal in the 4×400 m relay, with Rohan Pradeep Kumara, Rohitha Pushpakumara, and Prasanna Amarasekara.
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Schianto a Milano, muore a 23 anni: il trasferimento per lavoro, il padre ex atleta olimpico e il cordoglio della "sua" Toscana". Il Tirreno (in Italian). Retrieved 22 March 2026.
- 1 2 "Manura Kuranage Pereira (atl. Virtus Cr Lucca)". www.fidal.it. Retrieved 22 March 2026.
- ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Manura Kuranage Perera Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
External links
- Manura Kuranage Perera at World Athletics
- Manura Kuranage Perera at Tilastopaja (registration required)
- Manura Kuranage Perera at the Italian Athletics Federation (in Italian)
- Manura Kuranage Perera at Olympedia
- Manura Kuranage Perera at InterSportStats