Kosala Sahabandu

{{Short description|Sri Lankan sprinter (born 1949)}}

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| alma_mater = Mahinda College{{cite book |url= http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17379497-mahinde-thamai-iskole|title=Mahinde Thamay Iskole | publisher= Suratha Publishers | author=de Mel, Sundara Nihathamani |page=36| year=2012 | location=Colombo}}
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Kosala Premaraja Sahabandu (born 13 November 1949), is a Sri Lankan athlete that competed in the 800 metres and 400 metres events.

In 1974 Sahabandu established a new Sri Lanka record for the 800 metres and represented Sri Lanka at the Asian Games in Tehran in the 4 x 400 metres relay winning a gold medal and setting a new Asian Games record of 3 minutes 7.4 seconds. He competed in the 1978 Asian Games in Bangkok but the team failed to medal.{{cite news|url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/160207/sports/kosala-and-wimalasena-to-sag-as-observers-182138.html|title=Kosala and Wimalasena to SAG as observers|newspaper=Sunday Times|date=7 February 2016|accessdate=8 February 2017}}

Sahabandu was also a member of the Sri Lanka 4 x 400 relay team at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. The team came 6th in their first round heat (in a time of 3:14.4) and failed to qualify for further rounds.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sa/kosala-sahabandu-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418085645/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sa/kosala-sahabandu-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 April 2020|title=Kosala Sahabandu|publisher=Sports Reference|accessdate=8 February 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.todor66.com/olim/1980/Athletics/Men_4x400m_Relay.html|title=Men 4x400m Relay Olympic Games Moscow 1980|last=Krastev|first=Todor|publisher=Todor66|date=25 August 2012|accessdate=8 February 2017}}

In 1982 he competed in his third Asian Games but again the relay team failed to medal.{{citation needed|date=December 2022}}

In 2007 he was appointed the chairman of the National Athletic Selection Committee.{{cite news|url=http://archives.dailynews.lk/2007/08/16/spo04.asp|title=Sahabandu, Menike good selections|newspaper=Daily News|date=16 August 2007|accessdate=8 February 2017}}