Sri Lanka’s youngest medalist in the history of the Commonwealth Games 18-year-old Nethmi Hansika Fernando is determined to bring more laurels to the country in the international arena after her epoch-making feat at the Coventry Arena in Birmingham.
The student of Welpalla Sangarathana Maha Vidyalaya, Kurunegala overpowered an opponent 12 years her senior Australia’s Irene Symeonidis to win a historic bronze medal for Sri Lanka in the women’s 57kg Freestyle wrestling event at the XXII Commonwealth Games. This was Sri Lanka’s fourth medal at the Games. Paralympian Palitha Bandara (silver), Dilanka Kumara (bronze) and Yupun Abeykoon (bronze) are the other medal winners for Sri Lanka.