Imran Bisthamin is a rugby union footballer in Sri Lanka who played for Sri Lanka, and Kandy Sports Club.[1][2] He is a product of St. Anthony's College, Kandy,[3] where he captained the college rugby team.
| Birth name | Imran Bisthamin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 1985 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Kandy, Sri Lanka | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Bistamin played at Number 8 third-row-forward.[4][5] Bisthamin represented the country at the Asian Rugby tournament in 2007.
Injury
editOn November 22, 2008, Bisthamin faced career-threatening injuries to the head and spinal cord when he fell from an upper floor of a restaurant at the George R de Silva Shopping Complex in Kandy.[6][7] He was unconscious and rushed to the Kandy General Hospital and treated in the intensive-care unit[8] for Brain haemorrhage. He regained consciousness after three weeks.[9]
Controversy
editOn 2008, the exclusion of Bistamin from the Sri Lanka National Rugby Team ahead of Asian Five Nation Rugby Championship in Taiwan created a controversy with the second set of selectors led by Rohan Abeykoon protesting against the nepotistic move by Minister of Sports at that time, Gamini Lokuge.[10][11]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Imran Bisthamin: A Tragedy On Several Levels | The Sunday Leader". Thesundayleader.lk. Archived from the original on 2013-03-24. Retrieved 2012-08-24.
- ^ Category: Features (2012-06-24). "Courageous Imran Bisthamin– a hero rising from the ashes". www.thepapare.com. Archived from the original on 2012-09-04. Retrieved 2012-08-24.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2012-08-24.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Razak, Rukshan. "The Island-News". Island.lk. Retrieved 2012-08-24.
- ^ "Sports". Nation.lk. Retrieved 2012-08-28.
- ^ "Sri Lanka Sports News". Sundayobserver.lk. 2008-11-30. Retrieved 2012-08-24.
- ^ "Sri Lanka Sports News | Online edition of Daily News - Lakehouse Newspapers". Dailynews.lk. 2008-11-24. Archived from the original on 2009-04-03. Retrieved 2012-08-24.
- ^ "Sports - Bisthamin still unconscious". Sundaytimes.lk. Retrieved 2012-08-24.
- ^ "Sri Lanka Sports News". Sundayobserver.lk. 2008-12-14. Retrieved 2012-08-28.
- ^ Razak, Rukshan (November 28, 2008). "Death Trap at Kandy Shopping Mall" (PDF). The Island Home News. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04.
- ^ "The Sunday Leader". Thesundayleader.lk. Archived from the original on 2009-04-22. Retrieved 2012-08-28.