Indunil Herath

{{short description|Sri Lankan middle-distance runner}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Indunil Herath

| full_name = Ekanayake Mudiyaselage Indunil Madushan Herath{{cite web |url=http://dailynews.lk/2016/03/05/sports/honouring-our-sag-gold-medallists |title=Honouring our SAG gold medallists |date=5 March 2016 |work=Daily News |access-date=21 October 2017}}

| image = Indunil Herath 2017.jpg

| image_size = 120px

| caption = Herath in 2017

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1993|03|27|df=y}}

| birth_place = Mahiyanganaya, Sri Lanka[http://ashgabat2017.com/atos/ashgabat17/eng/zb/engzb_indoor-athletics-athlete-profile-n146523-herath-ekanayaka-indunil-m-.htm Ashgabat 2017 bio]

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| sport = Athletics

| event = 800 metres

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| club = Sri Lanka Army

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| medaltemplates =

{{Medal|Sport|Men's athletics}}

{{Medal|Country|{{SRI}}}}

{{Medal|Competition|South Asian Games}}

{{Medal|Gold|2016 Guwahati|800 m}}

{{Medal|Gold|2019 Kathmandu|800 m}}

{{Medal|Competition|Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games}}

{{Medal|Silver|2017 Ashgabat|800 m}}

{{Medal|Competition|Asian Junior Championships}}

{{Medal|Bronze|2012 Colombo|4 × 400 m relay}}

{{Medal|Competition|Asian Youth Games}}

{{Medal|Bronze|2009 Singapore|800 m}}

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Ekanayake Mudiyaselage Idame Gedara Indunil Madushan Herath (born 27 March 1993) is a Sri Lankan middle-distance runner who specialises in the 800 metres.{{cite web |url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/sri-lanka/herath-indunil-14431382 |title=Herath INDUNIL |publisher=World Athletics}} He won a silver medal at the 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games.{{Cite web |title=Athletics Results Book |url=http://www.ocagames.com/orb/files/3/35/AIMAG_AT_resultsBook.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200802080856/http://www.ocagames.com/orb/files/3/35/AIMAG_AT_resultsBook.pdf |archive-date=2 August 2020 |access-date=2 August 2020 |website=2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games}}

In 2018, Herath broke the national record in the men's 800 m (with a time of 1:47.13) at the Kenyan President's Cup athletics.{{cite web |url=http://www.thepapare.com/new-800m-record-indunil-herath/ |first=Sudarshana |last=Peiris |title=New 800m record by Indunil Herath |date=17 June 2018 |website=www.thepapare.com |publisher=Dialog Axiata |access-date=4 August 2018}}

International competitions

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colspan="6"|Representing {{SRI}}
2009

|Asian Youth Games

|Singapore

|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd

|800 m

|1:56.33

2010

|Youth Olympic Games

|Singapore

|3rd (B)

|1000 m

|2:27.57

rowspan=3|2012

|rowspan=3|Asian Junior Championships

|rowspan=3|Colombo, Sri Lanka

|7th

|400 m

|48.82

5th

|800 m

|1:49.94

bgcolor=cc9966|3rd

|4 × 400 m relay

|3:11.79

rowspan=2|2014

|rowspan=2|Lusophony Games

|rowspan=2|Bambolin, India

|4th

|800 m

|1:57.27

4th

|4 × 400 m relay

|3:19.02

2015

|Asian Championships

|Wuhan, China

|5th

|800 m

|1:51.51

rowspan=2|2016

|South Asian Games

|Guwahati, India

|bgcolor=gold|1st

|800 m

|1:51.46

Asian Indoor Championships

|Doha, Qatar

|8th

|800 m

|1:57.26

rowspan=2|2017

|Asian Championships

|Bhubaneswar, India

|5th

|800 m

|1:50.57

Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games

|Ashgabat, Turkmenistan

|bgcolor=silver|2nd

|800 m

|1:49.45

2018

|Asian Games

|Jakarta, Indonesia

|8th

|800 m

|1:51.36

2019

|South Asian Games

|Kathmandu, Nepal

|bgcolor=gold|1st

|800 m

|1:50.52

Personal bests

{{cite web |url=http://www.all-athletics.com/node/438027 |title=All-Athletics profile |publisher=All-Athletics.com |accessdate=21 October 2017}}

Outdoor

Indoor

References

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