Niluka Geethani Rajasekara

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 becoming first Sri Lankan to do so.  She competed in the marathon event at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing, China, finishing 49th.

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.

Rajasekara also hold unique record of representing Sri Lankan in 400m , 800, , 1500m ,5000m , 10000m , and Marathon as the only one to do so in Sri Lankan athletics history .

Personal Bests

Data Submitted by Athlete 

Half marathon 1.21.43

10000m – 34.50

5000m – 16.22

1500m- 4.22

800m- 2.08

400m- 58.00

International Honours 

* 30km Sri Lanka record 1.53.42 in Hong kong

* Rio Olympics 2016 129th place

* Beijing world championship 2015 49th place

* Asian marathon Championship in Hong kong 2015 5th place

* Standerd charterd Hongkong marathon 2015 16th place

* Standerd charterd Mumbai marathon 2017 10th place

* world military games 2015 in Korea 17th place

* LSR colombo marathon 2014 in Colombo 2nd place

* South Asian games marathon 2016 in India 2nd place

* Swolle half marathon 2016 in Netherland 10th place

* Dhiraagu 10k road race 2016 in Maldives 1st place