Rumeshika Rathnayake


Rumeshika Kumari Ratnayake is a Sri Lankan sprint athlete specialising in the 100 and 200 meters events. She is the current fastest South Asian woman over 100 m, winning the gold at 2016 South Asian Games. She won the Bronze in the 200 m at the same games.
Rathnayake's personal best time of 23.40 in the 200 m and won the Silver at the 2017 Asian Athletics Championships.

Personal life

Rathnayake was born in Kegalle, Sri Lanka and attended to St. Joseph Balika Vidyalaya.