Wickremesinghe wins three gold medals at Pan Pacific diving
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Chanaka Wickremesinghe, former Sri Lanka national diving team caption, won three individual gold medals at Pan Pacific Masters Games 2018 held in Gold Coast last month in masters category.
The achievement of Wickremesinghe, the Asian bronze medalist, is the first time where a single Sri Lankan has won highest number of gold medal in such an event held at international level.
Wickremesinghe represented Sri Lanka solo among 12 nations including Australia in 30-35 year masters age group and won his gold medals in 1 metre spring board, 3 metre spring board, and platform, bringing pride to the country.
Wickremesinghe collected 223.10 points in the 1 metre, 252.75 in the 3-metre and 183.60 in the spring board.
Wickremesinghe, a former Royalist and the Sri Lankan diving coach, had represented the country in both World Diving Championship in 1999 and 2002 held respectively in Czech Republic and Canada.
He is head coach of Royal College diving at present and the 2002 Royal Crown winner is an Asian Bronze Medalist at Asian Diving Championship in Chinese Taipei in 2000 and was the coach for the 21st Commonwealth Games held this year in Gold Coast.