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Chamod Yodasinghe
Sri Lankan athlete (born 2000) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Chamod Yodasinghe (born 28 January 2000) is a Sri Lankan sprinter.[1]
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Early life
He attended Dorawaka Siriniwasa MV and St. Mary's College, Kegalle.[2][3]
Career
He excelled in long jump and sprinting as a youngster before focusing on sprint events. He began to be coached by Sanjeewa Weerakkody in Kandy in 2019, having previously been coached in Kegalle by Laliith Liyanage. He placed fifth at the South Asian Junior Athletic Championship in the 100 metres race and in 2019 won the Sri Lankan U20 championship 100 metres in a time of 10.90 seconds.[2][3]
He ran a personal best for the 60 metres of 6.63 seconds at the National Short Track Championship in February 2025.[4][5] He was selected for the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in the men's 60 metres, where he became the first Sri Lankan male athlete to qualify for the semi-finals of a sprint event at a World Indoor Championships, having qualified from the preliminary heats in a time of 6.70 seconds.[2][6][7]
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Personal life
In 2019, he joined the Sri Lanka Army as part of the Electrical and Mechanical Engineering Unit.[3]
References
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