Nagalingam Ethirveerasingam

Who is Nagalingam Ethirveerasingam?

Dr Nagalingam Ethirveerasingam represented Sri Lanka in the 1952 and 1956 Olympic Games and three Asian Games.

He won the first Asian Games gold medal for Sri Lanka in 1958. He taught in Universities in Sierra Leone, Papua New Guinea, Nigeria and Sri Lanka. He also worked for UNESCO for five years. He is a proud product of one of the historical education institutions of Sri Lanka, Jaffna Central College. During his school days at Jaffna Central College in Jaffna, Sri Lanka, he was also a very good cricketer, which is not well publicised because of his athletic achievements. In later years whilst lecturing in Sierra Leone he captained the University cricket team in the local cricket tournament & in 1973 was appointed vice captain of the national team that played against neighbouring country Gambia