Yupun Abeykoon
Yupun Abeykoon Mudiyansalage also simply known as Yupun Abeykoon (born 31 December 1994) is a Sri Lankan track and field athlete and a national record holder in men's 100m and in men's indoor 60m.[1]
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| Full name | Yupun Abeykoon Mudiyansalage | |||||||||||||
| Born | 31 December 1994 | |||||||||||||
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| Event(s) | 100m | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
He competed at the 2015 Military World Games representing Sri Lanka and took bronze medal in men's 4×100m relay event.[2] Yupun set a new national record in men's 60 m indoor on 8 February 2017 in Italy.
On 8 September 2020, he shattered the South Asian record as well as national record held by Himasha Eashan in men's 100m event with a timing of 10.16 seconds after winning an athletic competition which was held in Dessau, Germany.[3][4] He surpassed the previous best of 10.22 held by fellow compatriot Himasha Eashan.[5][6]
References
- "Yupun Abeykoon MUDIYANSELAGE | Profile". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 2020-09-09.
- Final results
- "Sprinter Yupun Abeykoon sets new Sri Lanka record". Hiru News. Retrieved 2020-09-09.
- admin (2020-09-09). "Abeykoon sets new Sri Lanka and South Asia record | Colombo Gazette". Retrieved 2020-09-09.
- "WATCH : Yupun Abeykoon breaks Sri Lanka & South Asia 100m record". NewsWire. 2020-09-08. Retrieved 2020-09-09.
- "Yupun Abeykoon sets new South Asian record in 100m". Sri Lanka News - Newsfirst. 2020-09-09. Retrieved 2020-09-09.
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