Dilantha Malagamuwa and Nimali Liyanarachchi were judged sportsman and sportswoman of the year at the 3rd edition of the SLT SILK sports awards in Colombo, each having outstanding performances in 2017.
The 3rd SLT SILK Sports Awards ceremony held at the BMICH on 28 November.
The annual SLT SILK Sports Awards 2017 was organized by SPORTSINFO and sponsored by Sri Lanka Telecom.
Minister of Sports Dayasiri Jayasekara was the chief guest while Minister of Petroleum Resources Development; former 1996 world cup winning captain Arjuna Ranatunga and Prof. Carlo Fonseka participated as the guests of honour.
This glittering event was organized for the third consecutive year with the objective of appreciating those who contributed to sports in the past years and the greats of the game and those unsung heroes behind the scenes are the main target of this year’s event.
SLT SILK SPORTS AWARDS 2017 – AWARD WINNERS LIST
SLT SILK MAJOR SPORTS AWARDS :
1 SLT SILK LIFETIME ACHEIVEMENT AWARD – HEMASIRI FERNANDO
2 SLT SILK SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR – DILANTHA MALAGAMUWA
3 SLT SILK SPORTSWOMAN OF THE YEAR – NIMALI LIYANAARACHCHI
4 SLT SILK MOST POPULAR SPORTS PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR – ASELA GUNARATHNE
5 DUNCAN WHITE AWARD FOR SPORTS EXCELLENCE & CONTRIBUTION – MUTTIAH MURALITHARAN
6 OUTSTANDING PARA SPORTS PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR – DINESH PRIYANTHA HERATH
7 SLT SILK OUTSTANDING SCHOOL SPORTS PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR – ARUNA DHARSHANA
8 SLT SILK OUTSTANDING UNIVERSITY SPORTS PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR – THILINI PRAMODIKA
SLT SILK SPORTS CONTRIBUTION AWARDS:
9 SLT SILK AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO SPORTS JOURNALISM – SUNIL ABEYWARDENA
10 SLT SILK AWARD FOR UP AND COMING ELECTRONIC, SOCIAL & DIGITAL MEDIA PROGRAMME – HIRU SPORTS CORNER
11 SLT SILK SPORTS PUBLICATION & AUTHOR OF THE YEAR – RANJAN MELLAWA
12 SLT SILK LOCAL SPORTS BRAND OF THE YEAR – GOYO
13 SLT SILK OUTSTANDING SPORTING SCHOOL OF THE YEAR – A. RATHNAYAKE CENTRAL COLLEGE, WALALA.
14 SLT SILK COACH OF THE YEAR – SUJITH ABEYSEKERA
SLT SILK SPECIAL JURY AWARDS
15 SLT SILK OUTSTANDING GENEROUS SPORTS PERSONALITY – SAM CHANDRASOMA
16 SLT SILK OUTSTANDING DEDICATION & CONTRIBUTION TO PROMOTE SPORTS (CHESS) – SUNEETHA WIJESURIYA
17 SLT SILK OUTSTANDING PROFESSIONAL CONTRIBUTION TO SPORTS SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY – PROFESSOR RAVINDRA GOONETILLEKE
18 SLT SILK OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO INTERNATIONAL SPORTSWEAR INDUSTRY – MAS HOLDINGS
19 SLT SILK OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO SPORTS COMMENTARY – PALITHA PERERA
20 SLT SILK UP AND COMING SENSATIONAL ATHLETE – RUWANSA WEERAKKODI
SLT SILK SPORTS EXCELLENCE AWARDS:
21 SLT SILK CRICKETER OF THE YEAR – RANGANA HERATH
22 SLT SILK BADMINTON PLAYER OF THE YEAR – NILUKA KARUNARATNE
23 SLT SILK RUGBY PLAYER OF THE YEAR – DANUSHKA RANJAN
24 SLT SILK CYCLIST OF THE YEAR – JEEWAN JAYASINGHE
25 SLT SILK SWIMMER OF THE YEAR – KYLE ABEYSINGHE
26 SLT SILK MOTORSPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR – ASHAN SILVA
27 SLT SILK POWERLIFTER OF THE YEAR – INDIKA PARANAGAMA
28 SLT SILK CARROM PLAYER OF THE YEAR – CHAMIL COORAY
29 SLT SILK CHESS PLAYER OF THE YEAR – ZAINAB SAUMY
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