{{Short description|Sri Lankan weightlifter (born 1992)}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Dinusha Gomes | fullname = Dinusha Hansani Gomes | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1992|12|30}} | birth_place = Panadura, Western Province, Sri Lanka | height = 150cm | weight = 48kg | sport = Weightlifting | event = women's 48kg | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Women's weightlifting}} {{MedalCountry|{{SRI}}}} {{MedalComp|Commonwealth Games}} {{MedalBronze|2018 Gold Coast|48kg}} {{MedalComp|Commonwealth Championships}} {{MedalBronze|2016 Penang|48kg}} {{MedalBronze|2017 Gold Coast|48kg}} }}
'''Dinusha Hansani Gomes''' (born 30 December 1992), also known as '''Hansani Gomes''', is a Sri Lankan female weightlifter.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://results.gc2018.com/en/weightlifting/athlete-profile-n6031177-dinusha-gomes.htm|title=Weightlifting {{!}} Athlete Profile: Dinusha GOMES - Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games|website=results.gc2018.com|language=en-AU|access-date=2018-04-06|archive-date=2018-04-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180406225855/https://results.gc2018.com/en/weightlifting/athlete-profile-n6031177-dinusha-gomes.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> She was named as one of the members of the Sri Lankan contingent at the 2018 Commonwealth Games and claimed a bronze medal in the women's 48kg event on the opening day of the competition on 5 April 2018, which was also the second medal earned by Sri Lanka at the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games and was also the second medal secured by the Sri Lankan contingent in weightlifting category.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://results.gc2018.com/en/weightlifting/event-schedule-women-s-48kg.htm|title=Weightlifting {{!}} Event Schedule Women's 48kg - Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games|website=results.gc2018.com|language=en-AU|access-date=2018-04-06}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newsradio.lk/2018/04/05/dinusha-gomes-wins-2nd-bronze-medal-for-sri-lanka/|title=Dinusha Gomes wins 2nd Bronze medal for Sri Lanka - News Radio|last=SitePoint|date=2018-04-05|work=News Radio|access-date=2018-04-06|language=en-US}}</ref> Gomes also won Sri Lanka's first ever weightlifting medal by a woman at the Commonwealth Games.
Earlier on the opening day Chaturanga Lakmal received a bronze medal in weightlifting for Sri Lanka at the men's 56kg weightlifting event, which was ultimately Sri Lanka's first medal achieved at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.colombopage.com/archive_18A/Apr05_1522936421CH.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180409054954/http://www.colombopage.com/archive_18A/Apr05_1522936421CH.php|url-status=usurped|archive-date=April 9, 2018|title=Sri Lanka: Sri Lanka's Dinusha Gomes, Chaturanga Lakmal win bronze in weightlifting at CWG 2018 |website=Colombo Page |access-date=2018-04-06}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.dailynews.lk/2018/04/06/sports/147737/sl-weight-lifters-bag-two-bronze-medals-opening-day|title=SL Weight lifters bag two Bronze medals on opening day|work=Daily News|access-date=2018-04-06|language=en}}</ref>
In August 2018, Gomas, was named to Sri Lanka at the 2018 Asian Games team.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thepapare.com/will-the-lifters-replicate-their-commonwealth-success-in-asia/|first=Sudarshana|last=Peiris|title=Will the lifters replicate their Commonwealth success in Asia?|date=16 August 2018|website=www.thepapare.com|publisher=Dialog Axiata|access-date=16 August 2018}}</ref> Gomas was also the country's flag bearer at the opening ceremony.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thepapare.com/asian-games-team-released-dinusha-goames-to-lead-sl-news-tamil/|first=Mohammed|last=Rishad|language=Tamil|trans-title=Dinusha holds the national flag at the Asian Games opening ceremony|title=ஆசிய விளையாட்டு தொடக்க விழாவில் தேசிய கொடியை ஏந்துகிறார் தினூஷா|date=17 August 2018|website=www.thepapare.com|publisher=Dialog Axiata|access-date=17 August 2018}}</ref>
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gomes, Dinusha}} Category:1992 births Category:Living people Category:Sri Lankan female weightlifters Category:Weightlifters at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Sri Lanka Category:Weightlifters at the 2018 Asian Games Category:People from Kalutara District Category:Asian Games competitors for Sri Lanka Category:Sportspeople from Panadura Category:Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Category:21st-century Sri Lankan sportswomen Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in weightlifting
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