Manjula Kumara

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.^[1][2]

Manjula Kumara

Personal information
Full name	Manjula Kumara Wijesekera
Born	(1984-01-30) 30 January 1984 (age 41) Morawaka, Sri Lanka
Sport
Country	Sri Lanka
Sport	High jump
Medal record Men's athletics Representing  Sri Lanka Asian Championships 2005 Incheon High jump Asian Indoor Championships 2016 Doha High jump

Kumara was an All-American jumper for the USC Trojans track and field team, finishing runner-up in the high jump at the 2010 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships.^[3]

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.^[4]

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.^[5]

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing  Sri Lanka
2001	World Youth Championships	Debrecen, Hungary	8th	2.10 m
2002	World Junior Championships	Kingston, Jamaica	9th	2.14 m
	Asian Championships	Colombo, Sri Lanka	5th	2.15 m
	Asian Games	Busan, South Korea	8th	2.10 m
	Asian Junior Championships	Bangkok, Thailand	5th	2.15 m
2003	Asian Championships	Manila, Philippines	11th	2.10 m
2004	South Asian Games	Islamabad, Pakistan	1st	2.20 m (NR)
	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	20th (q)	2.20 m
2005	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	23rd (q)	2.15 m
	Asian Championships	Incheon, South Korea	1st	2.27 m (NR)
2006	South Asian Games	Colombo, Sri Lanka	1st	2.19 m
	Asian Games	Doha, Qatar	7th	2.15 m
2009	Asian Championships	Guangzhou, China	1st	2.23 m
2010	Commonwealth Games	Delhi, India	9th	2.15 m
	Asian Games	Guangzhou, China	6th	2.19 m
2013	Asian Championships	Pune, India	8th	2.18 m
2014	Asian Games	Incheon, South Korea	12th	2.15 m
2015	Asian Championships	Wuhan, China	6th	2.20 m
2016	South Asian Games	Guwahati, India	1st	2.17 m
	Asian Indoor Championships	Doha, Qatar	3rd	2.24 m
2017	Asian Championships	Bhubaneswar, India	6th	2.20 m
	Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games	Ashgabat, Turkmenistan	3rd	2.21 m
2018	Commonwealth Games	Gold Coast, Australia	11th (q) 13th	2.21 (q) NM (F)

See also

• List of Sri Lankans by sport