Hiruni Wijayaratne (born December 5, 1990) is a Sri Lankan distance athlete. She holds eleven Sri Lankan national records for road and track events as of 2022, including the women's 10,000 metres and marathon.
She first ran the Sri Lankan women's marathon record of 2:36:35 in Houston, Texas, USA during the 2018 Chevron Houston Marathon. She then renewed the Sri Lankan women's marathon record at the 2019 Düsseldorf Marathon, with a time of 2:34:10 which is also a South Asian Area Record.
Wijayaratne represented Sri Lanka in the 2017 London marathon at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics. In 2019, she competed in the women's marathon at the 2019 World Athletics Championships held in Doha, Qatar. She did not finish her race. She was discarded from selection for the 2022 Commonwealth Games by National Sports Selection Committee despite recommendation by Wimalasena Perera.
Outside of running, Wijayaratne is a certified running coach who appeared on the Today show with her then trainee, Al Roker. She currently works in customer success at Omada Health.
Competition record Representing 2022SACTOWN 10 MilerSacramento, California2nd10 Miler56:452021California International MarathonSacramento, California10thMarathon2:34:222021Columbus Half MarathonColumbus, Ohio2ndHalf Marathon1:15:402020Valencia MarathonValencia, Spain32ndMarathon2:36:122019South Asian Games MarathonKathmandu, Nepal1stMarathon2:40:102019World Championship MarathonDoha, QatarDNFMarathonDNF2019Düsseldorf MarathonDüsseldorf, Germany2ndMarathon2:34:1020192019 Phoenix Mesa Half Marathon Mesa, Arizona3rdHalf Marathon1:14:1920192019 Aramco Houston Half Marathon Houston, Texas27thHalf Marathon1:14:282018Monumental MarathonIndianapolis, Indiana2ndMarathon2:38:342018Athletics at the 2018 Asian GamesJakarta, IndonesiaDNF10,000 mDNF20182018 Commonwealth GamesGold Coast, Australia11thMarathon2:49:382018Phoenix Mesa Half MarathonMesa, Arizona1stHalf Marathon1:14:0720182018 Houston MarathonHouston, Texas8th Marathon2:36:3520172017 World Championships in AthleticsLondonDNFMarathonDNF2017Eugene MarathonEugene, Oregon1stMarathon2:43:3120172017 Houston MarathonHouston, Texas9th Marathon2:50:122016Ottawa MarathonOttawa, Canada11thMarathon2:48:032015Monumental MarathonIndianapolis, Indiana4thMarathon2:47:012015Boston MarathonBoston, Massachusetts30thMarathon2:49:052015Washington Half MarathonWashington, D.C.7thHalf Marathon1:20:312014Monumental MarathonIndianapolis, Indiana5thMarathon2:43:34
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Hiruni Wijayaratne Kentucky Wildcats results