Nationality Sri Lankan Children Oshari and Pansiluni | Name Dinesh Weerawansa | |
Born June 17, 1966 (age 57) ( 1966-06-17 ) Negombo, Sri Lanka Residence Rajagiriya 10107, Sri Lanka. Occupation Media personality /
Editor-in-Chief
Sunday Observer Spouse(s) Shashithanganee Weerawansa (university lecturer) Alma mater Thomson Foundation, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens | ||
Dinesh Weerawansa (born 17 June 1966) was Editor-in-Chief of the Sunday Observer from 2006 to 2014., heading the editorial operation of Sri Lanka's oldest English newspaper which has the largest circulation - published by the Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited. In addition, he also functions as Associate Editor/ Sports Editor of the Daily News and a visiting lecturer at National Olympic Academy of Sri Lanka.
Contents
- Early life
- Family
- International assignments as a media personality Sports assignments
- General assignments
- References
Early life
Weerawansa was born to W. Cosmas Damian (Lecturer-in-English) and Mercy Edna (English teacher) on 17 June 1966 at Negombo, Sri Lanka. He was educated at the Royal College, Colombo - Senior College Prefect 1984/85 and Hostel Prefects' Advisor 1984/86. He then pursued further studies at the Thomson Foundation,UK, and the International Olympic Academy (IOA), affiliated to the University of Athens.. In 1994, he was selected by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Japan to represent Sri Lanka at the South Asian Youth Exchange program. Only Sri Lankan media personality to be trained in the world-renowned IOA in Athena, Greece. Holds a diploma in sports leadership conducted by the International Olympic Committee.
He is honorary member of the International Taekwon-Do Federation he has been Sri Lanka’s prolific Sports Editor / sports journalist for nearly three decades and is also the IAAF athletic correspondent for Sri Lanka and he is the most experienced and travelled sports writer in Sri Lanka who has covered five editions of the Olympic Games (1992, 2000, 2004, 2008 and 2012), eight IAAF World Athletic Championships (2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013 and 2015) and six Asian Games (1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010 and 2014).
Weerawansa has covered many milestone events in Sri Lanka sport, including Susanthika Jayasinghe winning the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games silver medal and 2007 World Championship bronze medal as well as Damayanthi Darsha and Sugath Tillakaratne winning gold medals for Sri Lanka (3) after 25 years at 1998 Bangkok Asian Games. He had also served as a radio and television commentator at several international events, including Olympic Games, Asian Games, South Asian Games and Test/ ODI international cricket matches and represented Sri Lanka at the Asian Sports Press Union Congress in Seoul in 1990 and 1992 and South Asian Sports Association in Dhaka, 1993 - was elected Chairman of its Cricket Commission.
Family
He is married to Shashithanganee Kumari Weerawansa (University Lecturer / Economist) and has two daughters Oshari Esanjana (Visakha Vidyalaya) and Pansiluni Hasanjana (St. Bridget's Convent)