Randev wins Gold, off to Malaysia

Randev Athukorala (12) of St. Peters College won gold at the Japan Shotokan Karate Championships recently, and has been selected to represent Sri Lanka at the Malaysian Schools Karate Championships to be staged in Kuala Lampur next week.

Randev has been trained by Shiahn Hiroshi Ota (Japan), Sensei Allan Campbell (Great Britain) and in Sri Lanka by Sensie D.M. Nimal (5th Dan Black Belt) and his father Rohanth Athukorala (2nd Dan Black Belt). Young Athukorala is a gold medallion at the Sri Lanka Schools Karate Championships, Shito–Ryu Sri Lanka Championships, Kenshinkai Do Federation and the Schools Karate Federation.

Internationally, he was a silver medallion at the Karate Cup Malaysia at the age of 10, and Japan Karate Cup. Randev is a member of the Sri Lanka Schools Karate Team in 2011-2013.