de SILVA Mahamadaachchi Sajeev

Sri Lanka
Archery
11 Dec 1991
31
Male
1.74/5'9''

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
ARC Archery Recurve Men's Individual 33

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Fuyang Yinhu Sports Centre Qualification Field
Recurve Men's Individual Qualification Round
Finished
Fuyang Yinhu Sports Centre Qualification Field
Recurve Men's Individual 1/32 Elimination
#103
KAZ
ZHANGBYRBAY DZHANGBYRBAY Dauletkeldi
6
SRI
de SILVA MSde SILVA Mahamadaachchi Sajeev
5
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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ARCHERY
RankEventYearLocation
Asian Games
17Men's Individual2018Indonesia
World Championships
33Men's Individual2021Yankton, SD, USA
45Men's Team2019's-Hertogenbosch, NED
57Men's Individual2023Berlin, GER
105Men's Individual2019's-Hertogenbosch, NED
World Cup
33Men's Individual2022Paris, FRA
33Men's Individual2021Lausanne, SUI
57Men's Individual2021Paris, FRA
57Men's Individual2019Berlin, GER
57Men's Individual2018Antalya, TUR
65Men's Individual2023Paris, FRA
125Men's Individual2018Berlin, GER
Asian Championships
9Mixed Team2019Bangkok, THA
17Men's Individual2021Dhaka, BAN
17Men's Team2019Bangkok, THA
17Men's Individual2017Dhaka, BAN
33Men's Individual2019Bangkok, THA
South Asian Games
2Men's Team2019Pokhara, NEP
2Men's Team2016India
3Men's Individual2019Pokhara, NEP
3Mixed Team2019Pokhara, NEP

ROWING
RankEventYearLocationResult
Asian Games
10Men's Lightweight Single Sculls2010Guangzhou, CHN7:43.42
11Men's Lightweight Double Sculls2010Guangzhou, CHN7:02.40
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Photography, skeet shooting, scuba diving. (Twitter profile, 11 Jan 2023; Athlete, 29 Aug 2018)
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Athlete, Director
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Marketing - Chartered Institute of Marketing [CIM], Great Britain
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English, Sinhala
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He has represented Sri Lanka in rowing and cross-country skiing. He competed in rowing at the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, People's Republic of China, and in cross-country skiing at the 2017 Asian Winter Games in Sapporo, Japan. (SportsDeskOnline, 06 Mar 2023; sundayobserver, 01 Aug 2021, 04 Oct 2020)
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He took up the sport in 2012 in Colombo, Sri Lanka. (Athlete, 29 Aug 2018)
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He thought archery offered him the potential to win a medal at the Olympic Games. (Athlete, 29 Aug 2018)
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To win a medal at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. (sajeevdesilva, 21 Aug 2021)
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Winning silver in the team event at the 2016 South Asian Games in India. (Athlete, 29 Aug 2018)
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Korean archer Lee Woo-Seok. (Athlete, 29 Aug 2018)

Additional Information

General
FROM ROWING TO ARCHERY
He previously competed in rowing, including at the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, People's Republic of China. He switched his focus to archery in 2012. "I did rowing initially, and I felt like I didn't have the support system in place to perform the sport in Sri Lanka, as the country is hot, there isn't much funding, and I felt like my size was on the short side for the sport. Then I picked archery as I felt it was more suitable for the body structure and that it was a more mental and technique oriented sport." (sundayobserver, 01 Aug 2021, 04 Oct 2020; sajeevdesilva, 18 Oct 2020; thepapare, 17 Jul 2019)

OTHER ACTIVITIES
He is a founding partner of Academy of Archery, a training facility and archery range in Colombo, Sri Lanka. He has also worked as an operations manager for Empire Teas, a Sri Lankan tea export company, and as a director at Tea Avenue, a cafe in Colombo, Sri Lanka. (LinkedIn profile, 04 Mar 2023; thepapare, 17 Jul 2019; archeryleague, 18 Sep 2016)

FURTHER EDUCATION
In 2018 he graduated with a master's degree in business administration from Birmingham City University in England. In 2021 he began studying for a postgraduate certificate in sports management at the University of London. (LinkedIn profile, 04 Mar 2023; Athlete, 29 Aug 2018)

Legend
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Gold Medal Event
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Silver Medal Event
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Bronze Medal Event