| Sri Lanka at the 2020 Summer Paralympics | |
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| IPC code | SRI |
| NPC | National Federation of Sports for the Disabled |
| inTokyo, Japan August 25, 2021 (2021-08-25) – September 6, 2021 (2021-09-06) | |
| Competitors | 9 in 4 sports |
| Flag bearer | Dinesh Priyantha Herath |
| Medals |
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| Summer Paralympics appearances (overview) | |
Sri Lanka competed at the2020 Summer Paralympics inTokyo, Japan, from 24 August to 5 September 2021.[1][2]
Sri Lanka's team consisted of 9 athletes (8 men and 1 woman) competing in four sports.[3]
Dinesh Priyantha Herath clinched an historic gold medal in themen's javelin throw F46 category with a new world record of 67.79 m.[4][5][6] He claimed Sri Lanka's first ever Paralympic gold medal and also secured Sri Lanka's first medal at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics. Herath also served as the country's flagbearer during theopening ceremony.[7]
The following is the list of athletes per sport/discipline.
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Archery | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Athletics (track and field) | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| Rowing | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Wheelchair tennis | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Gold | Dinesh Priyantha Herath | Athletics | Men's javelin throw F46 | 30 August |
 Bronze | Dulan Kodithuwakku | Athletics | Men's javelin throw F64 | 30 August |
Sri Lanka has entered one archer at Men's Individual Recurve Open.
| Athlete | Event | Ranking round | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final /BM | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | Seed | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | ||
| Sampath Bandara | Men's individual recurve open | 589 | 23Q |  Vivek (IND)L 2-6 | DNA | DNA | DNA | DNA | DNA |
Sri Lanka qualified six athletes (five men and one woman).
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Saman Subasinghe | Men's 400m T47 | 51.08 | 9 | did not advance | |
| Kumudu Dissanayake | Women's 100m T47 | 13.31 | 15 | did not advance | |
| Athlete | Event | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | |||
| Dinesh Priyantha Herath | Men's javelin throw F46 | 67.79WR | | |
| Dulan Kodithuwakku | Men's javelin throw F64 | 65.61PB | | |
| Chaminda Hetti | 49.94 | 9 | ||
| Palitha Halgahawela | Men's shot put F63 | 13.40 | 5 | |
| Kumudu Dissanayake | Women's long jump T47 | 4.92PB | 9 | |
Sri Lanka qualified one boat in the men's single sculls events for the games by winning the gold medal at the 2021 FISA Asian & Oceanian Qualification Regatta inTokyo,Japan.[8] This will mark the country's sport debut at theParalympics.[9]
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Repechage | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Mahesh Jayakody | Men's single sculls | 12:16.80 | 6R | 11:21.31 | 5FB | 13:12.33 | 12 |
Qualification Legend:FA=Final A (medal);FB=Final B (non-medal);R=Repechage
Sri Lanka qualified one player entry for wheelchair tennis.Suresh Dharmasena qualified under the bipartite commission invitation allocation quota.
| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final /BM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Suresh Dharmasena | Men's singles |  Cataldo (CHI)L (3–6, 4–6) | did not advance | 33 | ||||
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