Tehani Egodawela (born 19 April 1986), also known as M. G. T. U. E. Egodawela, or Udeshika Egodawela is a Sri Lankan sports shooter and a current national record holder in shooting.[1][2] She competed at the postponed 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
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| Born | 19 April 1986 | |||||||||||||||||
| Education | Good Shepherd Convent, Nayakakanda, Wattala | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.61 m (5 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 54 kg (119 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Shooting | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Naval career
editHaving completed her secondary education at the Good Shepherd Convent, Colombo, she enlisted in the Sri Lanka Navy as a seaman recruit in 2011 and specialized in communicator trade. She was part of the Sri Lanka Navy Musketry Pool since 2011. By 2021, she held the rank of Leading Woman Communicator.[3]
Shooting career
editShe was selected as the best shooter at national level for a record seven times, representing National Pool since 2012.[3] In 2013, she was recognized as the best women's rifle shooter at the Sri Lankan Navy Open Shooting Championships.[4] She was awarded the bronze medal in the women's 50m rifle 3×20 event representing Sri Lanka Navy at the 2016 National Shooting Sports Federation.[5] She represented Sri Lanka at the 2014 Commonwealth Games and competed in the 50 metre rifle prone and 50 metre rifle three positions events.[6][7][8]
She represented Sri Lanka at the 2016 South Asian Games at a time when she gave birth to her twin baby sons.[9] She won the bronze medal in the women's 50m rifle 0.22 team event at the 2016 South Asian Games.[10] She also won a bronze medal in the same event at the 2019 South Asian Games.[3][11] In 2018, she set the Sri Lankan national record in women's 10m air rifle 0.177 category. She also set the national record in women's 50m rifle 0.22 category at the 2019 Asian Championships.[11]
She was selected for the postponed 2020 Summer Olympics,[12][13] competing in the women's 10m air rifle 0.1777 event in the shooting category representing Sri Lanka.[14][15] This was her first appearance at an Olympic competition.[3] The 2020 Tokyo Olympics Tripartite Commission Invitation Places made Tehani eligible to take part at the delayed 2020 Olympics.[16] Tehani was the third Sri Lankan athlete to be selected for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics after Mathilda Karlsson and Milka Gehani.[17] The final Sri Lankan team included nine athletes in a party of fifteen chosen to go to Tokyo to represent Sri Lanka.[18] Her coach did not travel with her to Tokyo.[19] She was ranked 49th position with total points of 611.5 in the women's 10m air rifle.[20][21]
References
edit- ^ "ISSF - International Shooting Sport Federation - issf-sports.org". www.issf-sports.org. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
- ^ "Shooting EGODAWELA Tehani". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 26 July 2021. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
- ^ a b c d Weerasooriya, Sahan. "Navy's Tehani to shoot for Sri Lanka at Tokyo Olympics". Retrieved 1 June 2021.
- ^ "Egodawela of Sri Lank Navy is Best Women's Rifle shooter". Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 11 October 2013. Archived from the original on 2 June 2021. Retrieved 22 April 2023 – via PressReader.
- ^ "Army Champs with 11 Gold, 1 National Record; Navy Runners-up with 9 Gold, 2 National Records | The Sunday Times Sri Lanka". Retrieved 1 June 2021.
- ^ "Glasgow 2014 - Upeshika Egodawela Profile". g2014results.thecgf.com. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
- ^ "Glasgow 2014 - 50m Rifle Prone Women's Finals". g2014results.thecgf.com. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
- ^ "Shooting: Women's 50m rifle prone results". BBC Sport. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
- ^ "Shooter Tehani's Olympic dream started with babies and bullets away from home". Sunday Observer. 3 July 2021. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
- ^ "Silver and Bronze for Sri Lanka at South Asian Games 2016". Sri Lanka News - Newsfirst. 14 February 2016. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
- ^ a b Ratnaweera, Dhammika. "Markswoman Egodawela qualifies for Tokyo Olympics". Daily News. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
- ^ "Tehani Egodawela qualifies for the Olympics". Hiru News. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
- ^ Farzan, Zulfick (31 May 2021). "Navy markswoman Tehani Egodawela qualified for Tokyo Olympics". News First. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
- ^ "Tehani to herald Sri Lanka's Olympic quest with first shot". Sunday Observer. 10 July 2021. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
- ^ "'Tehani is being well prepared for Olympics' – NSSF President". Print Edition - The Sunday Times, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
- ^ Premalal, Susil (29 May 2021). "Tokyo Games Tripartite Commission 'invites' shooter Tehani Erandi Egodawela of Sri Lanka Navy to compete in Olympics". Daily Mirror. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
- ^ "Sri Lankan shooter Tehani Egodawela qualifies for 2020 Tokyo Olympics". www.adaderana.lk. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
- ^ "Sri Lanka to pick eight-member Olympic party". Sunday Observer. 4 June 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
- ^ "Tehani Egodawela to Olympics without the coach?". Hiru News. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
- ^ "Shooting - 10m Air Rifle Women Schedule". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 24 July 2021. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
- ^ bugsbunny (24 July 2021). "Tehani finishes 49th in Women's 10m Air Rifle at Olympics". Colombo Gazette. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
