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Ernest Fernando - only wrestler to represent Sri Lanka at Olympics Daily News (via HT Media Ltd.)
Wrestler Ernest Fernando who participated in the Tokyo Olympics in 1964 was educated at St. Mary’s College, Dehiwala and later at St. Peter s College, Bambalapitiya.
A renowned wrestler and a teacher at St. Mary’s College, F. H. Boniface Silva guided Ernest in wrestling and in a short space of time he became an able wrestler.
Ernest Fernando was successful in gaining a name for himself in National wrestling no sooner than he left school. In the Indo-Ceylon wrestling contests held in 1963, he lost by a few points.