Anuradha Cooray

Anuradha Indrajith Cooray (March 24, 1978, Sri Lanka -) Sri Lankan competitor at the 2004 Olympic games, who finished 30th out of 113 in the marathon with a time of 2:19:24.

He won the gold medal in the marathon at the SAF games in Pakistan in 2004. He had previously been a 5000 and 10000 m runner, and is currently a soldier, out of sports. Lieutenant Lal Jayasekera is Cooray's coach.

Cooray is Sri Lanka's national record holder in the men's marathon and 10,000 metres and brings back memories of K.A. Karunaratne. Cooray started his running career as a 5000m runner at Divulapitiya Central College. He joined the Sri Lankan army in 1999, coming under the brigadier Perry Liyanage. Cooray reached his peak at the 2004 South Asian Games in Islamabad, April 2004, where he clocked two hours, 16 minutes, 36 seconds to secure the gold medal. Cooray's main aim was to compete in the Athens Olympics with a personal best. However he finished eight minutes and 29 seconds behind the gold medalist Stefano Baldani (2:10:55).

Career Best Records

* Men's marathon in 2 hours, 16 minutes, 36 sec
* Men's 10,000m in 29 minutes, 32 seconds

Asian Championships

* Fourth in men's 10,000m in Jakarta, Indonesia in 2000
* Fourth in men's 10,000m in Colombo, Sri Lanka in 2002
* Second in men's 10,000m in Kathmandu, Nepal in 1999
* First in men's marathon in Islamabad, Pakistan in 2004

Open Meets

* Won the Singapore International Open for the last three years - 2001, 2002 and 2003