Kaushalya Madushani was a track and field athlete from Sri Lanka who specialised in the hurdles event, know her cause of death, age, biography, obituary
She won the women’s 400m hurdles five times at the national level (2016, 2017, 2019, 2021 and 2022). Prior to her death, she was the defending national champion in the women’s 400m hurdles, which she successfully defended in 2022. She was a member of the Sri Lankan military.
Athlete Kaushalya Madushani Cause Of Death, Suicide, Obituary, Biography, Age, Medals And News
I was deeply saddened to hear the news today of Sri Lankan athlete and the national women’s 400m hurdles champion Kaushalya Madushani's death. My condolences to her family and friends at this difficult time. May she attain the supreme bliss of nibbana. pic.twitter.com/Ku6MgOpZnJ
— Namal Rajapaksa (@RajapaksaNamal) April 24, 2022
National 400M hurdles champion Kaushalya Madushani has passed away.
Rest in peace #Kaushalya 🙏 #LK 🇱🇰 pic.twitter.com/b83IgjrscQ— Lahiru Dushmantha (@ldushmanthe) April 24, 2022
Quick Details
| Personal information | |
| Full name | Kawshalya Madushani Edirippulilage |
| Born | 13 December 1995 Kuliyapitiya, Sri Lanka |
| Died | 24 April 2022 (aged 26) Dummalasuriya, Sri Lanka |
| Education | Kuliyapitiya Central College |
Career
She won a silver medal in the women’s 400m hurdles event at the 2014 Asian Junior Athletics Championships, which were held in Taipei.
During the 2016 National Athletics Championships, she won gold in the women’s 400m hurdles event, which was also her first national title, and she was named the best hurdler in the competition. During the 2016 National Sports Festival, she also won gold in the women’s 400m hurdles.
At the 2016 South Asian Games, she made her South Asian Games debut, representing Sri Lanka. She went on to win her first South Asian Games medal, a bronze medal in the women’s 400m hurdles, in her debut participation in the Games.
At the 2017 National Championships, she successfully defended and won her second national title.
She also competed in the 2019 South Asian Games for Sri Lanka, winning two medals in the multi-sport event, including gold in the women’s 4x400m relay team event (together with Omaya Udayangani, Gayanthika Abeyratne, and Dilshi Kumarasinghe) and silver in the women’s 400m hurdles. In 2019, she set a new personal best of 58.16 seconds. At the 2019 National Athletics Championships, she won her third national title in the women’s 400m hurdles.
During the 2021 National Athletics Championships, she won the national title in the women’s 400m hurdles for the fourth time.
She also won the women’s 400m hurdles category at the 100th National Athletics Championships in April 2022, clocking 58.73 seconds and became the fifth woman to do so.
Medal Records(South Asian Games)
Gold medal – first place 2019 Kathmandu 4×400m relay
Silver medal – second place 2019 Kathmandu 400m hurdles
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Guwahati 400m hurdles
Death And Reason
Madushani was awarded the Glucolin Challenge Trophy for best hurdler on April 23, 2022, one day before her death. It was in appreciation of her outstanding efforts at the 2022 National Athletics Championship. She died on April 24, 2022, at the age of 26 in her home in Dummalasuriya.
Her death was ruled a suicide by the Kuliyapitiya Police Division, and she was discovered hanging inside her home.
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