Manjula Kumara

{{short description|Sri Lankan high jumper}}

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{{Infobox sportsperson

|name = Manjula Kumara

|fullname = Manjula Kumara Wijesekera

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1984|01|30}}

|birth_place = Morawaka, Sri Lanka

|sport = High jump

|country = {{SRI}}

|medaltemplates =

{{MedalSport|Men's athletics}}

{{MedalCountry|{{SRI}}}}

{{MedalCompetition|Asian Championships}}

{{MedalGold|2005 Incheon|High jump}}

{{MedalCompetition|Asian Indoor Championships}}

{{MedalBronze|2016 Doha|High jump}}

}}

Manjula Kumara Pathiranage Wijesekara (born 30 January 1984 in Morawaka) is a Sri Lankan high jumper. He has been regarded as one of the most experienced high jumpers to have represented the country mainly in the Asian Games and Commonwealth Games after making his senior debut in 2001. Manjula Kumara represented Sri Lanka at the 2004 Summer Olympics, which was also his only Olympic appearance in his prolific career.{{Cite news|url=https://www.olympic.org/manjula-kumara-wijesekara|title=Manjula Kumara WIJESEKARA - Olympic Athletics {{!}} Sri Lanka|date=2016-06-25|work=International Olympic Committee|access-date=2018-02-04|language=en}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wi/manjula-kumara-wijesekera-1.html|title=Manjula Kumara Wijesekera Bio, Stats, and Results|website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com|language=en|access-date=2018-02-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121216043322/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wi/manjula-kumara-wijesekera-1.html|archive-date=16 December 2012|url-status=dead}}

His personal best is 2.27 metres, first achieved in July 2004 in Colombo, became a Sri Lankan record till 2020.

Kumara is a two-time Asian outdoor champion and three-time South Asian Games champion.

[http://www.athlerecords.net/Records/ASIE/PLEINAIR/RECSRILANKA.txt Sri Lankan athletics records] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021225094511/http://www.athlerecords.net/Records/ASIE/PLEINAIR/RECSRILANKA.txt |date=2002-12-25 }}

Manjula Kumara has also qualified to play in the 2018 Commonwealth Games and will represent Sri Lanka at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, which is also his last Commonwealth Games event in his career.{{Cite news|url=http://www.thepapare.com/three-athletes-secure-places-commonwealth-games/|title=Three athletes secure their places for Commonwealth Games|date=2018-01-28|work=ThePapare.com|access-date=2018-02-04|language=en-US}}