Manjula Kumara Pathiranage Wijesekara (born 30 January 1984 in Morawaka) is a Sri Lankan high jumper. He has been regarded as one of the most experienced high jumpers to have represented the country mainly in the Asian Games and Commonwealth Games after making his senior debut in 2001. Manjula Kumara represented Sri Lanka at the 2004 Summer Olympics, which was also his only Olympic appearance in his prolific career.

Kumara was an All-American jumper for the USC Trojans track and field team, finishing runner-up in the high jump at the 2010 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships.

His personal best is 2.27 metres, first achieved in July 2004 in Colombo, became a Sri Lankan record till 2020.

Kumara is a two-time Asian outdoor champion and three-time South Asian Games champion.Sri Lankan athletics records

Manjula Kumara has also qualified to play in the 2018 Commonwealth Games and will represent Sri Lanka at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, which is also his last Commonwealth Games event in his career.

Competition record Representing 2001World Youth ChampionshipsDebrecen, Hungary8th2.10 m2002World Junior ChampionshipsKingston, Jamaica9th2.14 mAsian ChampionshipsColombo, Sri Lanka5th2.15 mAsian GamesBusan, South Korea8th2.10 mAsian Junior ChampionshipsBangkok, Thailand5th2.15 m2003Asian ChampionshipsManila, Philippines11th2.10 m2004South Asian GamesIslamabad, Pakistan 1st2.20 m (NR)Olympic GamesAthens, Greece20th (q)2.20 m2005World ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland23rd (q)2.15 mAsian ChampionshipsIncheon, South Korea 1st2.27 m (NR)2006South Asian GamesColombo, Sri Lanka 1st2.19 mAsian GamesDoha, Qatar7th2.15 m2009Asian ChampionshipsGuangzhou, China 1st2.23 m2010Commonwealth GamesDelhi, India9th2.15 mAsian GamesGuangzhou, China6th2.19 m2013Asian ChampionshipsPune, India8th2.18 m2014Asian GamesIncheon, South Korea12th2.15 m2015Asian ChampionshipsWuhan, China6th2.20 m2016South Asian GamesGuwahati, India 1st2.17 mAsian Indoor ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar3rd2.24 m2017Asian ChampionshipsBhubaneswar, India6th2.20 mAsian Indoor and Martial Arts GamesAshgabat, Turkmenistan3rd2.21 m2018Commonwealth GamesGold Coast, Australia11th (q)13th2.21 (q)NM (F)

See also List of Sri Lankans by sport

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