List of St. Thomas' College, Matale alumni
This is a List of Old Thomians, they being the alumni of St. Thomas' College, Matale, Sri Lanka.
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Members of the Defence Services
Sri Lankan Army
- Major General Shavendra Silva - commanding the troops of the 58 Division in Sri Lankan Civil War.
- Captain Presanthe Ratnayake(retd)- First-ever military officer produced to be trained at Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, United Kingdom(1989)
Sri Lanka Police
- IGP Lucky Kodituwakku - Former Inspector General of Police, appointed as the 25th IGP of Sri Lanka. He is the only IGP to have died while in office.[1]
Sportspersons
- Chanaka Welegedara - Member of Sri Lanka national cricket team of test, ODI, T20I formats.[2]
- Lahiru Madushanka - Member of Sri Lanka under 23s team, and 2012 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup team.[3][4][5]
- Sajith Shamendra Wijekoon - A former captain the School side in Cricket, Hockey and Bandminton. Up to date he holds the record of winning all the matches under his captaincy in Cricket.
- Ranjith Wijekoon - A hockey player, Sri Lanka national hockey team and Asia Hockey Team.[6]
Film, Theatre, Music and Television
- Kingsley Jayasekera - Sri Lankan singer, actor, play producer
- H2O - A Sri Lanka-Singaporean rap artiste.
- S. Mark - A Sri Lankan Rapper.
- Nino Araliya Jayakodi - An actor, a singer and a TV commercial actor.
- Nuwan Marasinghe - A Sri Lankan singer.
- Hemal Ranasinghe - A model, TV presenter, an actor and a dancer.[7]
See also
References
- ↑ "Death of IGP Lucky Kodituwakku". The Island. 2002. Retrieved 2002-08-29.
- ↑ "Player profile". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2008-04-04.
- ↑ http://www.islandcricket.lk/news/srilankacricket/madusanka-produces-best-bowling-figures-of-tournament Madusanka produces best bowling figures of tournament
- ↑ http://www.islandcricket.lk/news/srilankacricket/197800824/sri-lanka-u19-beat-afghanistan-to-win-plate-championship Sri Lanka U19 beat Afghanistan to win plate championship
- ↑ http://www.ceylontoday.lk/5-85525-news-detail-madushanka-heroics-set-bloomfield-win.html Madushanka heroics set Bloomfield win] at Ceylon Today
- ↑ "Ranjit Wijekoon and family:Superstars of Lanka Hockey". Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). August 20, 2007. Retrieved 2008-04-02.
- ↑ http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2011/03/06/fea40.asp
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