Mr G G U Saman Kumara, JP, NTO
Dip in MOSO (IOC), Dip in Sports (NISS)
Actg. Director of Physical Education
Secretary General, Sports Advisory Board
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Chairman, Reords, Statistics and Standards Sub Committe, Sri Lanka Athletics
Hony. Recorder of Sri Lanka Universities Sports Association (SLUSA)
Specialized Field: Athletics
Email Address : skumara@kln.ac.lk, gguskg@yahoo.com
Telephone No : +94 (0)11 2 903 161 (ext: 161)
+94 (0)11 2 885 742 (Residence)
+94 (0)71 6 141 091 (Mobile)
Office Location : N1 010/3
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Advance Sport Management Course 2009/2010 Diploma in Management of OlympicSports Organizations (MOSO) (Olympic Solidarity) Conducted by the National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka (NOC SL) and International Olympic Committee (IOC).
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Diploma in Sports at the National Institute of Sports Science in Sri Lanka in 1987/1988 (Specialized in Track & Field, Football and covered 16 different Sport disciplines.
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Olympic solidarity course for Track & Field at New Delhi, India in 1989.
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Diploma in Track & Field Electronic Time keeping Operating system conducted bi OMEGA SA, Switzerland.
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Solidarity course in Fencing at Bangalore, India in 1996, conducted by Indian Olympic Committee and World Fencing Federation.
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Diploma in Computer Programming and System Analyzing in Sports (IRET - Singapore) in 1993.
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Asian Athletics 1973 - 2015 (for 21st Asian Athletic Championships, Wuhan, China)
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Asian Athletics 1973 - 2013 (for 20th Asian Athletic Championships, Pune, India)
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Asian Athletics 1973 - 2011 (for 19th Asian Athletic Championships, Kobe, Japan)
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Track & Field Statistical Guide 1973 - 2003 (for 15th Asian Athletic Championships, Manila Philippines)
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Track & Field Statistical Guide 1973 - 2002 (for 14th Asian Athletic Championships, Colombo Sri Lanka)
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SAF Games 1984 - 95 Track & Field Statistical Guide
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Sri Lanka Athletic Review - 1986
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Sri Lanka Athletic Review 1987/88
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Sri Lanka Athletic Review 1989/90
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SAF Games Review 1984 - 89
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National Sports Festival 1972 - 92 (Sinhala)
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Sri Lanka Athletic Review 1991-93
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Statistical Hand Book (National Sports Festival) 1972 - 95
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75th Anniversary Book for Athletics in Sri Lanka
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Silver Jubilee Anniversary Book (National Sports Festival)
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Sri Lankan Track & Field Contingent for South Asian Games 2006 &
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Complete Guide in South Asian Games Track & Field 1984 - 2004
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Team Leader to the National Athletics Team by the Sri Lanka Athletics Team for the World Athletics Championships to be held in September 2019 at Doha, Qatar.
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Deputy Head of Delegation for the National Universities Sports team for 30th World University Games to be held in July 2019 at Naples, Italy
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Team Leader to the National National Athletics Team for 18th Asian Games 2018 held in Jakarta, Indonesia.
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Team Leader to the National Universities Athletics Team for 22nd World University Cross Country Championships 2018 held in St. Gallen, Switzerland.
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Team Leader to the National Universities Athletics Team for 29th World University Games 2017 held in Chinese Taipei.
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Team Leader to the National Junior Athletics Team for 16th World Junior Athletics Championships held in Bydgoszcz, Poland 2016.
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Manager to the National Athletics Team for 17th Asian Games 2014 held at Incheon, South Korea.
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Team Leader to the National Universities Athletics Team for 23RD World University Games 2013 held in Kazan, Russia.
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Team Leader to the National Athletics Team for 13th World Athletic Championships 2011held in Daegu, South Korea.
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Manager to the National Athletics team for Asian Indoor Games held at Hanoi, Vietnam in 2009.
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Manager to the National Youth Athletics team for Commonwealth Youth Games held at Pune, India in 2008.
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Chief Recorder of the 1st Asian Junior Athletics Championships held at Colombo in 2007.
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Appointed as the Manager to the National Universities Athletics Team for 20th World University Games 2007 held at Bangkok, Thailand.
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Team Official to the National Athletics team for 15th Asian Games held at Doha, Qatar in 2006.
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Administrative Officer to the National Athletics team for 16th Asian Athletic Championships held at Incheon, South Korea in 2005.
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Appointed as the Manager to the National Universities Athletics Team for 19th World University Games 2005 held at Izmir, Turkey.
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Administrative Officer to the National Athletics team for 14th Asian Games held at Busan, South Korea in 2002.
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Competition Secretary of 14th Asian Athletics Championships held at Colombo in 2002.
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Asst. Manager to the National Athletics Team for 8th South Asian Games held at Kathmandu, Nepal in 1999.
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Team Official to the National Athletics team for 13th Asian Games held at Bangkok, Thailand in 1998.
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Team Observer to the National Athletics Team for 7TH South Asian Games held at Madras, India in 1995.
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Team Official to the National Team for 10th Asian Athletics Championships held at Manila, Philippines in 1993.
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Member of Technical Staff in Track & Field, 5th South Asian Games held at Colombo, Sri Lanka in 1991.
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Team Observer at 8th Asian Athletic Championships held at New Delhi, India in 1989.
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Member of Statistics Committee of Asian Athletic Association 2000 – 2005.
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Editor of the Asian Athletics Statistical Guide Book, which is published by Asian Athletics Association since 2002 to date.
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Chief in Technical Information Center in Track & Field Meet of 10th South Asian Games held in Colombo, Sri Lanka 2006.
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Chief in Technical Information Center at Asian Junior Athletics Championships held in Colombo, Sri Lanka 2012.
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Chief in Technical Information Center at Asian Grand Prix Competition series held in Colombo 2003 & 2004.
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Serve as the Actg. Director of Department of Physical Education, University of Kelaniya since November 2008 up to date.
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Chairman of the National Selection Committee for Athletics in Sri Lanka 2016/2017.
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Serve as a Member of the National Selection committee for Athletics in Sri Lanka since 1998 - 2015.
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Serve as the Honorary Recorder of Athletic Association of Sri Lanka since 1994 to date
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Member of the Judges panel of “Presidential Sports Awards” since 2016
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Appointed by Honorable Minister of Sports as a member of the National Review committee for the 13th South Asian Games held at Kathmandu, Nepal 2019.
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Member of National Monitoring Committee for Guinness World Records since 2019
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National Technical Officer in Track & Field since 2010.
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Served as an Instructor in Physical Education of Department of Physical Education, University of Kelaniya from 1996 – 2008.
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Served as Head Quarter Sports Officer of Ministry of from 1985 – 1996.
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Served as Chief in Technical Information center at the National Athletics Championships & National Sports Festival since 2002.
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Served as the Coordinating officer for Statistics and Records at National Sports Festival 1988-1996.
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Serve as the Honorary Recorder of Sri Lanka Universities Sports Association since 2005.
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Served as Officer in charge of the Computer Unit of Ministry of State for Sports from 1991 – 1996.
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Served as the Honorary Recorder of Ceylon Government Services Sports Society since 1998 – 2003.
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Contributed to Thousands of Sports Competitions as a Technical Officer during at past 30 years.
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Served as a recourse person of the committee to Re-arrange the National Schools Sports Programme by an Invitation on Ministry of Education.
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Serve as a Member of the Sports Advisory Board, University of Kelaniya since 1996.
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Served as Athletic coach of Mahanama College, Colombo from 1992 – 1995 and have produced National Schools and Junior National Champions in Jumps & Hurdles events.
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Member of the Initiate team of National Cross Country Championships.
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Originator of Questioner of ‘All Island Sports Knowledge Competition’ conducted by Ministry of Sports and National Rupawahini Cooperation in 1987 - 1988
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Co-editor of ‘Sri Lanka Athletic Review’ the Book of annual Track & Field review in Sri Lanka published by Ministry of Sports in 1988 – 1993
- Won the Triple Jump at the Indo – Sri Lanka Schools Dual Athletic Meet held at Colombo in 1982 & awarded ds the best Athlete of the meet.
- Captained in Athletic Team of Dharmapala Vidyalaya, Pannipitiya 1982/83.
- Public Schools Athletic Championships
- Won the Discus Throw and Triple Jump in 1980 (Under 17)
- Won the Triple Jump, Under 19 in 1981 and 1982.
- Won the Triple Jump event in National Schools Athletic Championships 1980 - 1982.
- Member of the Record Breaking team in 4X400M. & Medley Relay at Sri Lanka Schools Relay Carnival 1981-82
- Won the Long Jump & Triple Jump at Junior National Championships in 1982 (U 19) & 1984 (U21)
- Secured Sri Lanka Schools Colours for Triple Jump, 4X100 M., 4X200 M. & 4X400 M. Relays.
- Won the Triple Jump event at the Selection Trail and selected National Junior Athletics Pool for the International Junior Championships held to be in South Korea 1982.
- Chairman of the National Selection Committee for Athletics in Sri Lanka 2016/2017.
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Serve as a Member of the National Selection committee for Athletics in Sri Lanka since 1998 - 2015.
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Serve as the Honorary Recorder of Athletic Association of Sri Lanka since 1994 to date
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Member of the Judges panel of “Presidential Sports Awards” since 2016
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Appointed by Honorable Minister of Sports as a member of the National Review committee for the 13th South Asian Games held at Kathmandu, Nepal 2019.
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Member of National Monitoring Committee for Guinness World Records since 2019
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National Technical Officer in Track & Field since 2010.
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Served as an Instructor in Physical Education of Department of Physical Education, University of Kelaniya from 1996 – 2008.
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Served as Head Quarter Sports Officer of Ministry of from 1985 – 1996.
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Served as Chief in Technical Information center at the National Athletics Championships & National Sports Festival since 2002.
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Served as the Coordinating officer for Statistics and Records at National Sports Festival 1988-1996.
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Serve as the Honorary Recorder of Sri Lanka Universities Sports Association since 2005.
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Served as Officer in charge of the Computer Unit of Ministry of State for Sports from 1991 – 1996.
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Served as the Honorary Recorder of Ceylon Government Services Sports Society since 1998 – 2003.
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Contributed to Thousands of Sports Competitions as a Technical Officer during at past 30 years.
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Served as a recourse person of the committee to Re-arrange the National Schools Sports Programme by an Invitation on Ministry of Education.
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Serve as a Member of the Sports Advisory Board, University of Kelaniya since 1996.
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Served as Athletic coach of Mahanama College, Colombo from 1992 – 1995 and have produced National Schools and Junior National Champions in Jumps & Hurdles events.
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Member of the Initiate team of National Cross Country Championships.
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Originator of Questioner of ‘All Island Sports Knowledge Competition’ conducted by Ministry of Sports and National Rupawahini Cooperation in 1987 - 1988
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Co-editor of ‘Sri Lanka Athletic Review’ the Book of annual Track & Field review in Sri Lanka published by Ministry of Sports in 1988 – 1993