Maiya Gunasekara

Who is Maiya Gunasekara?

Maithri "Maiya" Gunasekera, FRCS, FICS is a Sri Lankan sportsman, sports administrator and surgeon. He is a former President of the Sri Lankan Rugby Football Union and a former Sri Lanka Rugby Captain.

Educated at Royal College Colombo where he captained the first XV Rugby team, he entered the Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo where he studied medicine and captaining the Rugby team, graduating with a MBBS degree. He went on to gain a Master of Surgery degree from the Postgraduate Institute of Medicine. He is a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England and the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. Currently he is a Consultant Surgeon at Nawaloka Hospital, Colombo.

Gunasekera served as President of the Sri Lanka Rugby Football Union in 1998/1999, Chairman of the Sri Lanka Rugby Selection Committee, coach to the Sri Lanka Rugby Team in 1993-1994 and chairman of the National Sports Council