Shehan Ambepitiya

Shehan Abeyptiya
Personal information
Full name Shehan Abeyptiya
Nationality  Sri Lanka
Born January 17, 1990 (1990-01-17) (age 22)

Shehan Abeyptiya is a Sri Lankan athletes who won 3 gold medals at the 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games.[1]

He also competed at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, making the semi-finals in the 100 and 200 metre events.Ambepitiya represented Srilanka at the 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games, 2007 World Junior Championships, 2009 World Athletics Championship, 2010 Commonwealth Games , 2010 South Asian Games and the Asian Junior Athletics Championships.

Ambepitiya represented Srilanka at the 2008 World Junior Athletics Championships, 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games, 2008 Asian Junior Athletics Championships, 2009 World Athletics Championship, 2010 Commonwealth Games and the 2010 South Asian Games. In Commonwealth Youth Games he won 3 Gold medals with 3 new games records. also he was the first ever Srilankan to be a finalist in a World Junior Athletics Championships 2008. also as an junior athlete he won the Asian Junior Silver medal for the 100m in the 2008.

Ambepitiya who is the Fastest Man in South Asia by wining the Gold medal for the 100m in the South Asian Games 2010, Dakah. Ambepitiya made a strong start to the 2010 athletics season, recording a personal best timing of 10.31 seconds for 100m and 21.10 seconds in 2011 Asian Athletics Championships for his 200m. Ambepitiya who trained under Coach Sunil Gunawardena, Currently trains in Jamaica under coach Glean Mills who is the trainer of the worlds fastest man Usain Bolt and the world champion Yohan Blake for his future events.

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