# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/yupun-abeykoon
# Generated: 2026-08-15T09:28:43.865Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/yupun-abeykoon"
name: "Yupun Abeykoon"
slug: "yupun-abeykoon"
description: "Abeykoon Mudiyansalage Yupun Priyadarshana, known as Yupun Abeykoon, also referred to as Yupun Priyadarshana, is a Sri Lankan track and field athlete and a national record holder in men's 100m, men's 200m and in men's indoor 60m. On 3 July 2022, he became the first South Asian to break the 10-Second barrier for the men's 100 meters event at the Resisprint International competition, with a timing of 9.96 seconds, in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland. He currently resides in Italy as he went on a scholarship to Italy in 2015. He is also attached to the Electronic and Mechanical Engineering Regiment of the Sri Lanka Army and represents Army Sports Club. He is currently regarded as the fastest Sri Lankan man as well as fastest South Asian man in men's 100m and 200m disciplines."
tagline: "Sri Lankan track and field athlete"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1994-12-31"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.363285333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "යුපුන් අබේකෝන්"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Yupun Abeykoon"
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    title: "Yupun Abeykoon"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yupun_Abeykoon"
    title: "Yupun Abeykoon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yupun_Abeykoon"
    title: "Yupun Abeykoon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yupun_Abeykoon"
    title: "Yupun Abeykoon"
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  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yupun_Abeykoon"
    title: "Yupun Abeykoon"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump