{{Short description|Sri Lankan weightlifter (born 1985)}} {{Infobox sportsperson | birth_date= {{birth date and age|1985|2|3}} | height={{height|m=1.65}} | weight={{cvt|62|kg}} | country= {{SRI}} | sport =Weightlifting | event=62 kg | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's weightlifting}} {{MedalCountry|{{SRI}}}} {{MedalComp|Commonwealth Games}} {{MedalSilver|2014 Glasgow|62 kg}} {{MedalBronze|2010 New Delhi|62 kg}} {{MedalComp|South Asian Games}} {{MedalGold|2016 Guwahati|62 kg}} {{MedalComp|Commonwealth Championships}} {{MedalGold|2011 Cape Town|69 kg}} {{MedalSilver|2016 Penang|69 kg}} }} '''Anton Sudesh Peiris Kurukulasooriyage''' (born February 3, 1985) is a weightlifter from Sri Lanka.<ref name="a">{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20140729230229/http://results.glasgow2014.com/athlete/weightlifting/1015619/anton_kurukulasooriyage.html Glasgow 2014 profile]}}</ref> Kurukulasooriyage was born in Sandalankawa, Sri Lanka.<ref name="a"/> At the 2010 Commonwealth Games he won a bronze medal in the 62 kg event.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://srilankans.com.au/sri-lankan-news/ada-derana-news/sudesh-peiris-takes-first-medal-commonwealth-games?page=282 |title=Sudesh Peiris takes first medal at Commonwealth games |access-date=2014-07-24 |archive-date=2016-03-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304035300/http://srilankans.com.au/sri-lankan-news/ada-derana-news/sudesh-peiris-takes-first-medal-commonwealth-games?page=282 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Kurukulasooriyage was also selected to be a part of Sri Lanka's 2014 Commonwealth Games team,<ref name="b">{{cite news|last=Wasala|first=Chinthana|date=27 June 2014|title=Nishanthe Piyasena appointed Chef-de Mission|url=http://www.dailynews.lk/?q=sports/nishanthe-piyasena-appointed-chef-de-mission|newspaper=Daily News (Sri Lanka)|access-date=3 July 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714190809/http://www.dailynews.lk/?q=sports%2Fnishanthe-piyasena-appointed-chef-de-mission|archive-date=14 July 2014}}</ref> where he was the flagbearer during the opening ceremony.<ref name="flag">{{cite news |last1=Butler |first1=Nick |last2=Osborne |first2=Paul|date=23 July 2014 |title=Commonwealth Games: The Opening Ceremony from Celtic Park |url=http://www.insidethegames.biz/commonwealth-games/2014/live-blogs/1021474-commonwealth-games-the-opening-ceremony-from-celtic-park |newspaper=Insidethegames |location=Glasgow, Scotland |access-date=23 July 2014 }}</ref> Later he won a silver medal in the 62 kg event.<ref>{{cite news |date=26 July 2014 |title=Sudesh Peiris wins Silver at Commonwealth Games |url=http://www.nation.lk/edition/sport-online/item/31635-sudesh-peiris-wins-silver-at-commonwealth-games.html|newspaper=Nation |access-date=26 July 2014 }}</ref>
==See also== *List of Sri Lankans by sport
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{sports links}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Peiris, Sudesh}} Category:1985 births Category:Living people Category:Sportspeople from Kurunegala Category:Sri Lankan male weightlifters Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Sri Lanka Category:Weightlifters at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Category:Weightlifters at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Sri Lanka Category:Weightlifters at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Category:Weightlifters at the 2016 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic weightlifters for Sri Lanka Category:South Asian Games gold medalists for Sri Lanka Category:South Asian Games medalists in weightlifting Category:Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Category:Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists in weightlifting Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in weightlifting
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