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E M SENANAYAKE |
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Edirisinghe Mudiyanselage
Senanayake is the first marksman to have earned
qualifying standards in Air Pistol shooting to
participate at the Olympics. Considered the most
complicated and most demanding of the Olympic
Pistol events, Senanayake shot an exceptional
553/600 to win Sri Lanka a place at the Beijing
Olympics. Having taken to Sports shooting in
1997, Senanayake now has three South Asian Games
silver medals and three bronze medals to his
credit in addition to holding the national
record in the 50 Meter Free Pistol and Air
Pistol events
Born on 14th February 1970, in rural Hasalaka in
a little village called Handaganawa, Senanayake
attended the Handaganawa Central College and
Morayaya Sanghabodhi College to complete his
education. He then joined the Army in 1990,
serving eight years in operational war stricken
areas in the north of Sri Lanka. His shooting
talent was recognized by the Army and Senanayake
was inducted into the Marksmanship Unit at
Diyatalawa. He is being coached by Brigadier K.W.
Edema in his build up to Beijing 2008 |
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This is a momentous occasion for Sri Lanka:
Senanayake is the first Sri Lankan Pistol
Shooter to have won a place to compete in the
Olympic Games. The credit is greater when one
bears in mind that countries compete fiercely
for the very limited number of places in the
starting line-up, thus integrating themselves
and their nations into that select group of
Olympic competitors. Senanayake, having
established several Sri Lanka records, is also a
SAG medal winner, earning two silver medals and
a bronze at the 2006 South Asian Games and
gaining good scores at the Commonwealth Shooting
Championships in 2005 and 2006 Asian Games in
Doha, Qatar. It makes this former soldier from
rural Sri Lanka a very likely candidate to bring
glory to Sri Lanka in Beijing
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