Ransilu Jayathilake
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| Full name | Kavinda Ransilu Jayathilake | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 15 December 1987 Kandy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Education | Kingswood College, Kandy[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Powerlifting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ransilu Jayathilake (born 15 December 1987) is a Sri Lankan powerlifter. He has won gold medals at Commonwealth, Asia Pacific and Asian competitions[4][5] including winning the Asian championship 5 times in a row.[6][7]
Jayathilake's personal best deadlift of 322.5 kg (711 lb) raw, performed in 2023 Asia-Pacific Powerlifting Championships in China, is the South Asian raw deadlift record as well as the national deadlift record irrespective of the sport.
See also
References
- ↑ "Powerlifter Ransilu lived his father's dream".
- ↑ "Ransilu Jayathilake".
- ↑ "Ransilu Jayathilake".
- ↑ "Fitness education key ingredient of success, says champion powerlifter Ransilu Jayathilake".
- ↑ "I hope to win a world title soon - Ransilu Jayathilake Sri Lanka Powerlifting Champion". 11 September 2020.
- ↑ "Sri Lankan powerlifters bag 14 gold medals in Asian Championship". 29 December 2021.
- ↑ "Strongman Ransilu on his Powerlifting journey". 3 August 2017.