Tilaka Jinadasa

Tilaka Jinadasa
Personal information
Nationality	Sri Lankan
Born	15 March 1963 (age 61)
Sport
Sport	Track and field
Event(s)	100 metres hurdles; 400 metres hurdles
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Sri Lanka
South Asian Games

Deshabandu Kosgamage Tilaka Dhammika Jinadasa (born 15 March 1963) is a Sri Lankan former track and field athlete and netballer, and a netball coach. As an athlete, she specialised in hurdles competing in the 100 metres hurdles and 400 metres hurdles events. After her career as an athlete, she coached the Sri Lankan netball team and helped them win the 2009 and 2018 Asian Championships, before resigning in 2020.^[1]

Jinadasa won gold at the 1987 South Asian Games in the same event. She held the Sri Lankan national record for the event at 14.38 seconds during that time.^[2] She competed in the 100 metres hurdles at the 1988 Summer Olympics.^[3]

Jinadasa also coached the Brunei netball team between 2011 and 2018.^[4]

She was awarded the title of Deshabandu by the President of Sri Lanka in the 1988 national honours for her contribution for sports.^[5]

References

^ "Thilaka Jinadasa resigns as coach". srilankamirror.com. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
^ Pritam, Norris (26 November 1987). "Pak claim final day honours". The Indian Express. p. 16.
^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Tilaka Jinadasa Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
^ "Brunei National Coach, Thilaka Jinadasa, leaves post after 7 years". International Netball Federation. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
^ "Thilaka Jinadasa nominated for Sri Lanka's IOC Women and Sport Award". Daily News. Retrieved 16 March 2023.

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