Thiwanka Ranasinghe

Thiwanka Ranasinghe (born 5 September 1992) is a Sri Lankan male boxer. He has competed for Sri Lanka at the 2016 South Asian Games claiming a bronze medal in the men's 49 kg category.

Thiwanka Ranasinghe
Personal information
Born (1992-09-05) 5 September 1992
Height160 cm (5 ft 3 in)
Sport
SportBoxing
Eventmen's light flyweight
Medal record
Men's boxing
Representing  Sri Lanka
South Asian Games
2016 Guwahati49kg
Commonwealth Games
2018 Gold Coast46-49kg

Thiwanka made his Commonwealth Games debut at the 2018 Commonwealth Games representing Sri Lanka and claimed a bronze medal in the men's 46-49kg event after losing the semi-final bout to England's Galal Yafai. He also became the first male boxer from Sri Lanka since 68 years to win a Commonwealth Games medal after Albert Perera who claimed a gold medal at the 1950 Commonwealth Games.

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