Pradeep Sanjaya Wins Sri Lanka’s First Medal-2012 Paralympic London

400m T46 men`s final London 2012 Paralympic

Sri Lanka’s first ever Paralympic Games medal.

Pradeep Sanjaya won the first ever medal for Sri Lanka at the Paralympics by winning the Bronze medal in the Men’s 400m T46 event at the London Paralympic 2012.

Gunther Matzinger of  Austria won the gold medal with a timing of 48.45 while Yohansson Nascimento of Brazil taking the silver with a timing of 49.21.     

Pradeep Sanjaya end the event with timing of 49.28 seconds and it was read as a new Regional record.