Harshan Lamabadusuriya is a Sri Lankan-born British professional Scrabble player and paediatrician.
He also collected titles and trophies in various Scrabble tournaments as a result of his early exposure to the game.
This included a victory over 1993 Scrabble World Champion Mark Nyman in the quarterfinals, only lose to Eldar in the final 3-0.
He competed in the World Scrabble Championship 2019 where he qualified for the knockout round in the quarterfinal stage, but he was eliminated with a 2-1 defeat to USA's Peter Armstrong.
[6] Harshan competed in the 2023 edition of the World Scrabble Championship where he achieved second-place in the tournament after emerging as runner-up to David Eldar.