Sri Lanka at the 2010 Asian Games

Sri Lanka participated at the 16th Asian Games in Guangzhou, China.

Archery
Sri Lanka sent 5 archers for the multi-sport event including 3 men and 2 women archers.
 * Men
 * Indranath Perera
 * Chaminda Rajasinghe
 * Nipun Seneviratne


 * Women
 * Dilhara Salgado
 * Shashikala Kumarasinghe

Athletics
Sri Lanka sent 21 athletes for the competition.
 * Men
 * Manjula Kumara
 * Chaminda Wijekoon
 * Prasanna Amarasekara
 * KK Seneviratne
 * Nalin Priyantha
 * Keith de Mel
 * DN Karunaratne
 * Gayan Wickramasinghe
 * Rohitha Pushpakumara
 * Gihan Ratnayake
 * Shivantha Weerasuriya
 * Ashan Hasaranga


 * Women
 * Jani Chathurangani
 * Nadeeka Lakmali
 * Chamli Priyadarshani
 * Chandrika Rasnayake
 * Niluka Nadeeshani
 * Niranjani Abeywickrema
 * Sujani Buddhika

Badminton
Sri Lanka sent 4 badminton athletes including 2 men and women for the event.
 * Men
 * Niluka Karunaratne
 * Dinuka Karunaratne


 * Women
 * Thilini Jayasinghe

Beach Volleyball
Sri Lanka sent 2 men and women beach volleyball teams.
 * Men
 * Asanka Pradeep & Pubudu Ekanayake
 * Mahesh Perera & Wasantha Ratnapala


 * Women
 * Sujeewa Withanange & Nirosha Gunasinghe
 * LS Somaratne & HN Lakmini

Boxing
Sri Lanka was scheduled to send 7 boxers (6 men and 1 women), but 3 men boxers withdrew from the competition. The 2010 Commonwealth Games gold medalist Manju Wanniarachchi also withdrew due to injury.


 * Men
 * Chaminda Tennakoon
 * Saman Priyadharshana Silva
 * PD Suresh


 * Women
 * Niranjala Senanayake

Cricket
Sri Lanka men's cricket team was eligible to participate in the competition as it was the first instance that cricket was included in an Asian Games event.

Despite the absence of main cricketing nation, India, Sri Lankan team was ranked at 4th place and couldn't able to receive any medal at the cricket competition.
 * Roster
 * Jehan Mubarak
 * Jeevantha Kulatunga
 * Kaushalya Weeraratne
 * Chinthaka Jayasinghe
 * Indika de Saram
 * Nuwan Zoysa
 * Dilhara Lokuhettige
 * Kaushal Lokuarachchi
 * Dilshan Munaweera
 * T.M. Sampath
 * Kusal Perera
 * Isuru Udana
 * Sajeewa Weerakoon
 * Gayan Wijekoon
 * Malinga Bandara

Cycling
Sri Lanka sent 2 cyclists for the event.

Road

 * Men
 * Lakshman Wijeratne


 * Women
 * Lasanthi Gunathilaka

Golf
Sri Lanka sent 4 golfers, all men.
 * Mithun Perera
 * T Nadaraja
 * VB Ranaratna
 * KA Chandradasa

Gymnastics
Sri Lanka sent 2 male gymnasts.

Artistic

 * Men
 * Nadika Cooray
 * Tharindu Pathmaperuma

Kabbadi

 * Women
 * Team

However, according to the official Olympic Committee website, Kabbadi was not listed as a sport being competed by Sri Lanka.

Karate
Sri Lanka sent one male karate athlete.

RJ Edward
 * Men

Rowing
Sri Lanka sent only 2 rowers for the Asian Games.


 * Men
 * Rajeev De Silva- Single and Double Sculls
 * Guyan Jayaratne- Double Sculls

Rugby sevens
Sri Lanka's men's team consisted of 12 players.

Sailing
Sri Lanka sent 4 sailors for the Asian Games including 3 male sailors and a woman sailor.


 * Men
 * DA de Alwis
 * Janaka Pathirage
 * CL Gunawardena


 * Women
 * Sureni Alapatha

Shooting
Sri Lanka sent 4 male shooters.


 * Men
 * Edirisinghe Senanayake
 * Sarath Chandrasiri
 * Mangala Samarakoon
 * Yamith Krishantha

Squash
Sri Lanka sent a delegation consisting of men's squash team.


 * Men
 * Navin Samarasinghe
 * Gihan Suwaris
 * Binura Jayasuriya

Swimming
Sri Lanka sent 2 swimmers for the multi-sporting event.


 * Men
 * Heshan Unamboowe


 * Women
 * Madhawee Weerathunga

Synchronized swimming

 * Elisha Gomes
 * Dehara Katipearachchi

Taekwondo
Sri Lanka sent 2 competitors for taekwondo.
 * Men
 * Ravindra Rajapaksa
 * Gayan Kumara

Table tennis
Sri Lanka sent 2 paddlers.


 * Men
 * Rohan Sirisena


 * Women
 * Ishara Madurangi

Tennis
Sri Lanka sent 3 male tennis players.


 * Men
 * Harshana Godamanna
 * Thangarajah Dineshkanthan
 * Vimukthi de Alwis

Weightlifting
Sri Lanka sent 2 male weightlifters as a part of the 2010 Asian Games. However the team will not include Suresh Peris or Chintana Vindange medal winners at the 2010 Commonwealth games.


 * Men
 * Priyantha Wijesuriya
 * Chaturanga Dissananyake

Wushu
Sri Lanka sent only one wushu competitor for the event.


 * Men
 * ID Abeyratne