[1] He competed for Sri Lanka in the 2016 South Asian Games and claimed a silver medal in the men's 56 kg event.

Chaturanga Lakmal also claimed the nation's first Commonwealth Games medal during the 2018 Commonwealth Games after clinching a bronze medal in the men's 56kg weightlifting event on the opening day of the competition.

[2][3][4][5] Later on the same day after Chaturanga Lakmal's bronze medal, Sri Lanka received another bronze medal in weightlifting with Dinusha Gomes claiming a bronze in the women's 58 kg weightlifting category, which was ultimately Sri Lanka's second medal at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games.

[8] Lakmal has qualified to compete for Sri Lanka at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England.

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