fullname event headercolor birth_place weight height pb sport birth_date article_title name
nadeeka lakmali bambarenda liyanage javelin throw lightblue dakunu , sri lanka 60 kg lb 0 on 1.65 0 on '' -lrb- 2013 -rrb- '' ` nr '' ' ` javelin throw '' ' : 60.64 m athletics 18 september 1981 nadeeka lakmali
 nadeeka lakmali
nadeeka lakmali

nadeeka lakmali bambarenda liyanage -lrb- born september 18 , 1981 in dakunu -rrb- is a sri lankan javelin thrower .
she won a bronze medal for the same category at the 2007 asian athletics championships in amman , jordan , achieving her best throw at 52.59 metres .
lakmali represented sri lanka at the 2008 summer olympics in beijing , where she competed for the women 's javelin throw .
she performed the best throw of 54.28 metres , on her third and final attempt , finishing forty-third overall in the qualifying rounds .
lakmali improved her personal best and national record to 59.32 metres on june 30 , 2013 in pihtipudas , finland .
lakmali gained first place in all 3 stages of 2013 asian athletics grand prix to win gold .
later she renewed her national record to 60.16 at the 2013 asian athletics championships in pune , india along with winning the silver medal behind china 's li lingwei .
she also qualified for the iaaf world championships in moscow in august .
just before the world championships , lakmali competed in sri lanka army volunteer forces ' inter-regiment athletics championships where she broke her own national record once again .
she achieved 60.64 metres .
lakmali qualified for the finals of the javelin throw in 2013 iaaf world championships with a best of 60.39 m from the group b. even though she was not able to match the automatic qualifying mark of 61.50 m , she entered the finals as the next best performance from group a and b. with this performance she became the second athlete from sri lanka after sprinter susanthika jayasinghe to reach the final round at an iaaf world athletics championship .
she finished 12th and last in the final with a 58.16 throw .
