By Duncan Mackay

Nishantha Piyasena has been selected as Sri Lanka's Chef de Mission for Glasgow 2014 ©National Olympic Committee of Sri LankaSri Lanka has appointed Nishantha Piyasena as its Chef de Mission for the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, it has been announced.


It will be the fourth occasion Piyasena, assistant secretary of the National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka, has held the role at a major Games.

He was also Sri Lanka's  at the inaugural Asian Youth Games and Summer Youth Olympic Games both held in Singapore in 2009 and 2010 respectively.

Piyasena was also the country's Chef de Mission at the 2010 Southeast Asian Games in Bangladesh. 

Sri Lanka has chosen 104 athletes to compete in 14 sports at Glasgow 2014, which is due to start on July 23. 

Sri Lanka, who made their debut in the Games at Sydney in 1938, have won a total of 13 medals, including four gold.

Weightlifter Chinthana Vidanage won one of Sri Lanka's two medals at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi ©Getty ImagesWeightlifter Chinthana Vidanage won one of Sri Lanka's two medals at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi ©Getty Images

At the last Games in New Delhi four years ago they won two medals, both in weightlifting with a silver for Chinthana Vidanage in the 69 kilogram category and bronze for Anton Peiris Kurukulasooriyage in the 62kg division. 

Boxer Manju Wanniarachchi did win a gold in bantamweight division but was later stripped of the title after testing positive for anabolic steroids.

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