Anuradha Cooray

Anuradha Cooray

Cooray in the marathon at the 2012 Olympics in London
Personal information
Born (1978-03-24) March 24, 1978
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 8 12 in)
Weight 58 kg (128 lb)
Sport
Country  Sri Lanka
Sport Athletics
Event(s) Marathon
Coached by Nick Taylor
Updated on 12 August 2012.

Anuradha Indrajith Cooray (born March 24, 1978) is a Sri Lankan marathon runner. Cooray was a competitor at the 2004 Olympic games, finishing 30th out of 113 in the marathon with a time of 2:19:24.[1]

He won the gold medal in the marathon at the SAF games in Pakistan in 2004. He had previously been a 5000 and 10000 m runner, and currently works at Greggs.[2] His trainer is Nick Taylor.

Cooray is Sri Lanka's national record holder in the men's marathon and 10,000 metres and brings back memories of K.A. Karunaratne. Cooray started his running career as a 5000m runner at Divulapitiya Central College. He joined the Sri Lankan army in 1999, coming under the brigadier Perry Liyanage. Cooray reached his peak at the 2004 South Asian Games in Islamabad, April 2004, where he clocked two hours, 16 minutes, 36 seconds to secure the gold medal. Cooray's main aim was to compete in the Athens Olympics with a personal best. However he finished eight minutes and 29 seconds behind the gold medalist Stefano Baldani (2:10:55).

Anuradha is currently living in Buckinghamshire, running again and competing for the Vale of Aylesbury Athletic Club. He represented Sri Lanka at the London Olympics in the marathon in 55th place.

Career Best Records

London Marathon

Asian Championships

Open Meets

References

  1. "Anuradha Cooray". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 16 February 2010.
  2. Martha De Lacey (2012-07-25). "Greggs employee from Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, and Sri Lankan Olympic marathon runner Anuradha Cooray eats pasties | Mail Online". Dailymail.co.uk. Retrieved 2013-05-28.
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