Niluka Geethani Rajasekara

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

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| name = Niluka Geethani Rajasekara

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| fullname = Bogaha Kotuwe Gedara Niluka Geethani Rajasekara

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| birth_place = Kandy, Sri Lanka

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| country = {{flagcountry|Sri Lanka}}

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| sport = Track and field

| event = long-distance running

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| updated = 2 September 2015

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Bogaha Kotuwe Gedara Niluka Geethani Rajasekara (born 17 March 1982) is a female Sri Lankan long-distance runner. With a time of 2 hours 40.07 minutes, and a new Sri Lankan record, at the 2015 Hong Kong marathon, Rajasekara achieved the qualifying standard for the marathon at the 2016 Summer Olympics.{{cite news|title=Geethani books Rio ticket with record run|url=http://www.dailynews.lk/?q=sports/geethani-books-rio-ticket-record-run|work=Daily News|location=Sri Lanka|date=26 January 2015|accessdate=27 April 2015}} She competed in the marathon event at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing, China, finishing 49th.{{cite web|url=http://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/4875/AT-MAR-W-f----.RS6.pdf|title=Women's marathon results|publisher=IAAF | accessdate=29 August 2015}}

At the 2015 Hong Kong marathon on 25 January 2015 she ran a Sri Lankan record in the marathon in a time of 2 hours 40.07 minutes. At the 2016 Summer Olympics she finished 129th out of a field of 157.