Greshan Dananjaya

Greshan Dananjaya is a Sri Lankan field athlete specializing in the Triple jump. He holds the current Sri Lankan record for the event with a jump of 16.71 m (-0.5 m/s) at the 2019 Sri Lankan National Trials in the Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo. [1]This passing the 2016 South Asian Games record of (16.45 M) Renjith Maheshwary of India. He also holds Sri Lankan junior record in the long jump, with a jump of 7.83M.[2]

Greshan Dananjaya

Personal information
Native name	Greshan Dananjaya
Nationality	Sri Lankan
Citizenship	Sri Lankan
Born	June 7, 1997 Sri Lanka
Sport
Country	Sri Lanka
Sport	Track and field
Event(s)	Triple jump
International level	2019
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	16.71 m (-0.5 m/s) Sri Lankan Record
Medal record Men's athletics Representing  Sri Lanka Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 0 0 0 World Championships 0 0 0 Asian Games 0 0 0 Asian Championships 0 0 0 Asian Junior Athletics Championships 0 0 0 Asian Grand Prix 0 0 0 South Asian Games 0 0 0 Continental Cup 0 0 0 Lusophony Games 0 0 0 Total 0 0 0 Event 1st 2nd 3rd Triple jump 0 0 0

Dananjaya is a product of Joseph Vaz College, and represent the Sri Lanka Army Sports Club locally.[3]

References

1. Peiris, Sudarshana (February 22, 2019). "National record for Greshan as sprinters turn up the heat".
2. "The Island". www.island.lk.
3. "The Island". www.island.lk.