“This was a great achievement for me in my relatively young weightlifting career. This medal has given me further inspiration to do even better and bring more gold to my motherland. I know that I can do it”, Ransilu said confidentially. 28 year old Ransilu’s rich sporting record consists of 24 international medals in weightlifting and powerlifting, inclusive of a gold medal at the Youth Commonwealth Games and Silver at the Junior World Powerlifting Championship.

Currently working at Commercial Credit and Finance PLC, Ransilu contributes greatly to the uplift of sports at the Company and is also the strength and conditioning coach at Science College, Mount Lavinia. A product of Kingswood College, Kandy, Ransilu trained at the Kandy YMCA and under his father, D.U.M. Jayatillake. He is currently training to take part in the Commonwealth Championships in December in Vancouver, Canada.