National Weightlifting Championship 2016
7:06am on Wednesday 28th December 2016
SLAF women’s weightlifting team secured the National title consecutively for the 6th time, winning 3 Gold 3 Silver and 01 bronze medals while men’s weightlifting team became the joint runners up, winning 03 Gold, 02 bronze, 02 Silver at the National Weightlifting Championship conducted from 21 to 24 Dec 16 at National Sports Complex Polonnaruwa organized by the National Weightlifting Federation.
026302 LAC Palagasinghe adjudged the Best lifter (Men) in the tournament.
Individual achievement of SLAF Men and Women weightlifters are as follows.
Men
Gold
023693 LAC Jayawickrama WPGDC
024643 AC Peters SM
026302 LAC Palagasinghe
Silver
029708 AC Charuka WPU
Bronze
026301 LAC Wijesinghe
029706 AC Jayasena URR
Women
Gold
VAW/01876 LAC Gomas BDH
VAW/01875 LAC Umeira M
VAW/01532 LAC Wickramasinghe WM
Silver
VAW/01536 LAC Dharmasena LGA
VAW/01534 LAC Kumarasinghe SS
VAW/01490 LAC Rajapaksha RMNS
Bronze
VAW/01696 LAC Harischandra MMD
