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Sri Lankan-American long-distance runner
Hiruni Wijayaratne
Hiruni Wijeyaratne visited CNR in August 2019
Born (1990-12-05 ) December 5, 1990 (age 33)
Colombo, Sri Lanka Height 5 ft 2 in (157 cm) Weight 94 lb (43 kg) Country
Sri Lanka Event(s)
10,000 metres ,
Half Marathon
Marathon College team
APIIT Wildcats Club
Nike Turned pro 2014 Coached by Ric Rojas Personal best(s)
Mile : 4:30.89
5,000 m : 16:17.35
10,000 m : 33:55.06
Half Marathon : 1:14:07
Marathon : 2:34:10
Hiruni Wijayaratne (born December 5, 1990) is a Sri Lankan distance athlete.
[1] She holds eleven
Sri Lankan national records for road and track events as of 2022, including the women's 10,000 metres and marathon.
[2]
She first ran the Sri Lankan women's marathon record of 2:36:35 in Houston, Texas, USA during the 2018 Chevron Houston Marathon. She then renewed the Sri Lankan women's marathon record at the 2019
Düsseldorf Marathon , with a time of 2:34:10 which is also a South Asian Area Record.
[3]
Wijayaratne represented
Sri Lanka in the
2017 London marathon at the
2017 World Championships in Athletics . In 2019, she competed in the
women's marathon at the
2019 World Athletics Championships held in Doha, Qatar.
[4] She did not finish her race.
[4] She was discarded from selection for the
2022 Commonwealth Games by National Sports Selection Committee despite recommendation by
Wimalasena Perera .
[5]
Outside of running, Wijayaratne is a certified running coach who appeared on the Today show with her then trainee, Al Roker.
[6] She currently works in customer success at Omada Health.
[7]
Competition record
Year
Competition
Venue
Position
Event
Notes
Representing
Sri Lanka
2022
SACTOWN 10 Miler
Sacramento, California
2nd
10 Miler
56:45
[8]
2021
California International Marathon
Sacramento, California
10th
Marathon
2:34:22
[9]
2021
Columbus Half Marathon
Columbus, Ohio
2nd
Half Marathon
1:15:40
[10]
2020
Valencia Marathon
Valencia, Spain
32nd
Marathon
2:36:12
[11]
2019
South Asian Games Marathon
Kathmandu, Nepal
1st
Marathon
2:40:10
[12]
2019
World Championship Marathon
Doha, Qatar
DNF
Marathon
DNF
2019
Düsseldorf Marathon
Düsseldorf, Germany
2nd
Marathon
2:34:10
[13]
2019
2019 Phoenix Mesa Half Marathon
Mesa, Arizona
3rd
Half Marathon
1:14:19
[14]
2019
2019 Aramco Houston Half Marathon
Houston, Texas
27th
Half Marathon
1:14:28
[15]
2018
Monumental Marathon
Indianapolis, Indiana
2nd
Marathon
2:38:34
[16]
2018
Athletics at the 2018 Asian Games
Jakarta, Indonesia
DNF
10,000 m
DNF
2018
2018 Commonwealth Games
Gold Coast, Australia
11th
Marathon
2:49:38
[17]
2018
Phoenix Mesa Half Marathon
Mesa, Arizona
1st
Half Marathon
1:14:07
2018
2018 Houston Marathon
Houston, Texas
8th
Marathon
2:36:35
[18]
2017
2017 World Championships in Athletics
London
DNF
Marathon
DNF
2017
Eugene Marathon
Eugene, Oregon
1st
Marathon
2:43:31
[19]
[20]
2017
2017 Houston Marathon
Houston, Texas
9th
Marathon
2:50:12
2016
Ottawa Marathon
Ottawa, Canada
11th
Marathon
2:48:03
2015
Monumental Marathon
Indianapolis, Indiana
4th
Marathon
2:47:01
2015
Boston Marathon
Boston, Massachessets
30th
Marathon
2:49:05
2015
Washington Half Marathon
Washington, D.C.
7th
Half Marathon
1:20:31
2014
Monumental Marathon
Indianapolis, Indiana
5th
Marathon
2:43:34
[21]
References
^
"5 Life Lessons Running a Marathon Can Teach You" . Women's Running . Tracksmith. 10 September 2021. Retrieved 1 December 2022 .
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"NATIONAL RECORDS - ATHLETICS" . National Institute of Sports Science . Sri Lanka National Institute of Sports Science. Archived from
the original on 2022-06-20. Retrieved 1 December 2022 .
^ Peiris, Sudarshana (28 April 2019).
"National record for Hiruni in Dusseldorf" . The Parpare . Dialog. Retrieved 1 December 2022 .
^
a
b
"Marathon Women − Final − Results" (PDF) .
IAAF . 28 September 2019. Archived from
the original (PDF) on 28 September 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2019 .
^ Ousman, Allaam (16 July 2022).
"Discarded marathoner Hiruni vows to fight back, paddlers prefer US stint to Commonwealth Games" .
Sunday Observer .
Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited . Retrieved 16 December 2022 .
^
"Al Roker's walking coach on how to make your own exercise plan" . Retrieved 6 April 2023 .
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"Hiruni Wijayaratne - LinkedIn" . LinkedIn . Retrieved 1 December 2022 .
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"Credit Union Sactown Run" . Retrieved 6 April 2023 .
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"California International Marathon" . Retrieved 6 April 2023 .
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"Columbus Marathon | Half Marathon | 2021" . Retrieved 6 April 2023 .
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"2020 Valenica Marathon and Half Marathon Results, Tracking, and Streaming Info" . Retrieved 6 April 2023 .
^
"- YouTube" .
YouTube . Archived from
the original on April 7, 2023.
^
"MYLAPS Sporthive Event Results" .
^
"Sprouts Mesa-PHX Marathon - Half Marathon - Women - Official Race Results at Online Race Results" .
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"Chevron Houston Marathon | Results 2019" .
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"2018 Monumental Marathon Result - Women's Marathon Final" .
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"Gold Coast Result - Women's Marathon Final" .
^
"Results: Houston Marathon" .
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"Athletics: USA based Hiruni Wijayaratne qualifies for London World Championship" .
Sunday Times Sri Lanka . May 9, 2017. Retrieved August 27, 2017 .
^ HANSON, CHRIS (May 6, 2017).
"RUNNING - World Championship qualifier is the goal for Eugene Marathon runner" .
The Register-Guard . Retrieved August 27, 2017 .
^
"Getting to know Hiruni Wijayaratne" .
USATF .
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