Nagalingam_Ethirveerasingam
Nagalingam Ethirveerasingam
Sri Lankan high jumper (1934–2024)
Dr. Nagalingam Ethirveerasingam (24 August 1934 – 18 April 2024)[1][2] was a former Sri Lankan athlete who represented Sri Lanka (then Ceylon) at the 1952 (Helsinki) and 1956 (Melbourne) Summer Olympic Games.[3] Ethirveerasingam also participated in three Asian Games: 1954 (Manila), 1958 (Tokyo), and 1962 (Djakarta).[3]
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He won the high jump gold medal at the 1958 Tokyo Asian Games, which was the first gold medal won by Sri Lanka in the Asian Games.[3]
At the 1962 Djakarta Asian Games he took home the Silver Medal. He was co-record holder at the 1954 Manila Asian Games after jumping the same height (1.95 meters) as the gold, silver, and bronze jumpers, but came fourth due to having more misses than the other athletes. Ethirveerasingam finished 11th in the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games high jump.