Anurudha Rathnayake
Encyclopedia
Anurudha Bandara Ratnayake (Sinhalese: අනුරුද්ධ බණ්ඩාර රට්නයකේ; Tamil
: அனுருத பண்டார ரத்னாயகே; born August 17, 1975) is an Olympic boxer from Sri Lanka
who lost his first match at the 2008 Summer Olympics
in the flyweight division. He lost this game to Robenílson Vieira de Jesus
from Brazil. See Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Flyweight
Tamil language
Tamil is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamil people of the Indian subcontinent. It has official status in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and in the Indian union territory of Pondicherry. Tamil is also an official language of Sri Lanka and Singapore...
: அனுருத பண்டார ரத்னாயகே; born August 17, 1975) is an Olympic boxer from Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...
who lost his first match at the 2008 Summer Olympics
2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports and 302 events...
in the flyweight division. He lost this game to Robenílson Vieira de Jesus
Robenílson Vieira de Jesus
Robenílson Vieira de Jesus by some sources incorrectly shortened to Robenilson Jesus is an amateur boxer from Brazil...
from Brazil. See Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Flyweight
Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Flyweight
The flyweight competition was the second-lowest weight class featured in amateur boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and was held at the Workers Indoor Arena. Flyweights were limited to a maximum of 51 kilograms in body mass....