Gayanthika Artigala Thushari Abeyratne (born 23 December 1986) is a Sri Lankan middle-distance runner who established a national record time at 800m.
Career She won a gold medal at the 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games and silver at the 2017 Asian Championships. She currently holds her country's national record in the 800 metres.
At the 2023 Asian Athletics Championships in Bangkok she won a bronze medal in the 1500m.
International competitions Representing 2014Asian GamesIncheon, South Korea7th800 m2:06.212015Asian ChampionshipsWuhan, China6th800 m2:07.46Military World GamesMungyeong, South Korea13th (h)1500 m4:36.292016South Asian GamesGuwahati, India2nd800 m2:09.642nd1500 m4:25.752017Asian ChampionshipsBhubaneswar, India2nd800 m2:05.27Asian Indoor and Martial Arts GamesAshgabat, Turkmenistan1st800 m2:05.122018Asian Indoor ChampionshipsTehran, Iran4th800 m2:11.201st1500 m4:26.83Commonwealth GamesGold Coast, Australia21st (h)800 m2:04.72Asian GamesJakarta, Indonesia6th800 m2:05.502019Asian ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar4th800 m2:05.7411th1500 m4:24.42South Asian GamesKathmandu, Nepal2nd800 m2:08.522022World ChampionshipsEugene, United States29th (h)800 m2:02.352023Asian ChampionshipsBangkok, Thailand3rd800 m2:03.253rd1500 m4:14.39Asian GamesHangzhou, China8th800 m2:05.874th1500 m4:18.77
Personal bests All-Athletics profile
Outdoor 400 metres – 55.62 (Colombo 2014) 800 metres – 2:02.55 (Diyagama 2017) NR 1500 metres – 4:18.7 (Jaffna 2016) 5000 metres – 17:00.46 (Diyagama 2011) Indoor 800 metres – 2:05.12 (Ashgabat 2017)
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