Nethmi Poruthotage
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| Full name | Nethmi Ahinsa Fernando Poruthotage | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Sri Lankan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 17 June 2004[1] Welpalla, Sri Lanka | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.55 m (5 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nethmi Poruthotage (born 17 June 2004) is a Sri Lankan freestyle wrestler. She won a bronze medal in the women's 57 kg event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, becoming Sri Lanka's first-ever medalist in wrestling and the youngest Sri Lankan to win a medal at the Games.[2]
Career
- 2022: At the 2022 Commonwealth Games, she won the bronze medal in the 57 kg freestyle event, becoming Sri Lanka’s first-ever wrestling medallist at the Commonwealth Games and the youngest Sri Lankan to win a medal at the Games.[2]
- 2023: Nethmi competed in the 53 kg freestyle event at the 2022 Asian Games (held in 2023), where she was eliminated in the first round.
- 2024: She competed at the 2024 Asian Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament hoping to qualify for the 2024 Paris Olympics.She was eliminated in her first match and she did not qualify for the Olympics.[3] In July, she won the bronze medal in the 53 kg category at the U20 Asian Championships in Sriracha—Sri Lanka’s first-ever medal in U20 Asian Championships. In September, Poruthotage won the bronze medal at the 2024 U20 World Championships, becoming the first Sri Lankan wrestler to win a medal at any World Championships.[4]
- 2025: In June, she won the bronze medal in the 57 kg category at the U23 Asian Championships in Vung Tau. Later in July, she attended a high-performance training camp at the Inspire Institute of Sport in India, where she trained alongside wrestling greats Kaori Icho, Blessing Oborududu, Afsoon Johnston and other international wrestlers to further develop her skills.
References
- ^ "Nethmi Poruthotage". www.results.birmingham2022.com/. Birmingham 2022. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
- ^ a b Vasudevan, Estelle (6 August 2022). "Nethmi Poruthotage give Sri Lanka its 1st Wrestling medal at CWG". www.thepapare.com. Dialog Axiata. Retrieved 7 August 2022.
- ^ "2024 Asian Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 April 2024. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- ^ Siwach, Vinay (7 September 2024). "Zhang twins continue growth with U20 Worlds golds". www.uww.org/. United World Wrestling (UWW). Retrieved 8 September 2024.
Sri Lanka won its first-ever wrestling medal on the world stage after Nethmi AHINSA (SRI) won the bronze medal at 53kg against Valeryia MIKITSICH (AIN), 6-1. The win makes Ahinsa the first Sri Lanka wrestler to win a medal at any World Championships
External links
- Nethmi Ahinsa Fernando Poruthotage at the International Wrestling Database
- Nethmi Ahinsa Fernando Poruthotage at United World Wrestling
- Nethmi Poruthotage at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games