Nethmi Gauravi Muhandiram , a grade 12 student of Nugawela Central College,Kandy is a talented Taekwondo player and an athlete. Before joining this school she was studying at Galagedara Central where she started athletics and Taekwondo. Her athletic and Taekwondo coach at Galagedara Central was Anusha Pathirana.
Nethmi joined Nugawela Central to do higher studies and improve her talents in ahletics and Taekwondo. At the start she showed her athletic skills by winning first place in the 200 metre race and, second place in the long jump event at the Divisional Sports Meet in 2015. In the year 2017 she secured the first place in 100 metre race, long Jump and triple jump at the School Inter House Athletic Championship at the Under 14 Age Group.
In 2018 Nethmi won the 100 metre race and came second in long Jump event at the Katugastota Zonal Meet and in 2019 she continued her winning spree by securing second place in 80 metre Hurdles and second place in long Jump and third place in triple jump.
While doing athletics she concentrated on Taekwondo and won a Merit Award at the Inter School Championship in 2014. From there onwards she improved in Taekwondo by winning the third place at the second Korean Ambassodor’s Cup in 2016. Nethmi was awarded a Black Belt in the same year and she won the Sri Lanka Schools Taekwondo Championship.
In 2017 at the third Korean Ambassador’s Cup she won the Gold Medal and Poomsea Black Belt. In the following year too she took part in the Under 15 to 17 Age Group and secured the first place and won a Gold Medal again in the 42 Kg. Weight Class.
She came second at the Korean Ambassador’s Cup in 2018 and in the same year she came second and won a Silver Medal at the Jirak Taekwondo International Championship and she also won the Junior Sambo National Championship in 40 Kg. and won the Gold Medal.
In 2019 she came third at the Sri Lanka Schools Senior Taekwondo Championship held in Thailand and in the same year she came second at the All Island School Games in the 42 – 44 Kg.Fly Weight Class and won a Silver Medal.
In 2016 she won the International Black Belt – Dan- 1 and in the year 2019 she won the International Black Belt – Dan- 2. In January 2021 she won the International Black Belt Dan – 3.
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