Personal information | |
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Full name | Edirisinghe Mudiyanselage Senanayake |
Nickname(s) | E. M. |
Nationality | Sri Lanka |
Born |
Kandy, Sri Lanka |
14 February 1970
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) |
Weight | 79 kg (174 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Shooting |
Event(s) | 10 m air pistol (AP60) 50 m pistol (FP) |
Edirisinghe Mudiyanselage "E. M." Senanayake (born February 14, 1970 in Kandy) is a Sri Lankan sport shooter. At age thirty-eight, Senanayake made his official debut for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed in two pistol shooting events. He scored a total of 561 targets in the preliminary rounds of the men's 10 m air pistol, by two points behind Egypt's Mahmod Abdelaly, finishing only in forty-eighth place. Three days later, Senanayake placed thirty-sixth in his second event, 50 m pistol, by one point ahead of Czech Republic's Martin Tenk, with a total score of 545 targets.