Tharjini Sivalingam
Tharjini Sivalingam (born 30 December 1978) is a former Sri Lankan veteran netball player and former skipper of the Sri Lankan national netball team. With her staggering height of 206 cm or a fraction under 6 ft 9in, she has been recognized as one of the most successful shooters of all time and often regarded as the tallest netball player ever. She is the most capped international netball player to represent Sri Lanka. She was a regular member of Sri Lankan netball team in international netball tournaments since making her debut in 2009. She is well known for her unusually tall height and considered one of the marquee players in Sri Lankan netball history. She also faced many hardships in her childhood as she grew up in warzone.
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| Born |
30 December 1978 Punnalaikadduvan, Jaffna District, Sri Lanka | ||
| Height | 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) | ||
| University | Eastern University of Batticaloa | ||
| Occupation | netball player, banking assistant | ||
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| Playing position(s): S | |||
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She has represented Sri Lanka at the INF Netball World Cup in 2011, 2015, 2019 and 2023. She has represented Sri Lanka at Asian Netball Championships five times in 2009, 2012, 2014, 2018 and 2022. She became the oldest player to play in the history of the Netball World Cup at the age of 40 when she appeared at the 2019 Netball World Cup. She subsequently broke her own record of being the oldest ever netball player to appear in World Cup when she competed during the 2023 Netball World Cup at the age of 44.