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Lalitha Ratnayake outstanding weightlifter, athlete and ruggerite-by Upananda Jayasundera Source:Dailynews A.R.M.Lalitha Ratnayake, an old boy of Dharmaraja College,Kandy is one of the Best Weightlifters as well as an outstanding Referee and Judge. He is also an outstanding Rugby player, Soccer player,Cricketer and Athlete. Lalitha Ratnayake was the person who was instrumental in introducing Weight lifting to his alma mater, Dharmaraja College,Kandy in the eighties. He learnt the basics of Weight Lifting from S.A.Wijewickrema when he joined the YMCA Weightlifting Centre while schooling. After winning his weight Class as a novice and then at the Intermediate and finally at the Nationals (his weight Class is 65 Kg.),he became a Grade III Weightlifting Referee and Judge. Ultimately he served as the Chairman of the Selection Committee of the Sri Lanka Weightlifting Federation. He represented Sri Lanka as the Manager of the Weightlifting Team which toured Nepal at the Asian Inter Club Weightlifting ...