People's Bank presens house to award winning athlete
People's Bank YES brand ambassador and award winning high jumper was
presented the deed to a new home by Hemasiri Fernando, Chairman, N.
Vasantha Kumar - Chief Executive Officer / General Manager and Deepal
Abeysekara - Head of Marketing and Research of People's Bank in the
presence of Faris Ismail, Manjula' s manager.
W. P. Manjula Kumara, who was born in a village in Morawaka, Matara
and attended the Vijitha Central College, Dikwella was placed the Sri
Lankan National champion in High Jump from the year 2001 onwards. He
brought immense glory to Sri Lanka by winning gold medals at 2004, 2006
and 2016 at the South Asian Games as well as 2005 and 2009 Asian
Championship Athletics. After 48 years he was able to represent the
country at the 2004 Athens Olympics in High Jump. Manjula Kumara also
lays claim to the National Record as well as the South Asian Record in
High Jump.
People's Bank, with its mandate of being a responsible corporate
citizen earmarked Manjula Kumara early in his career to be the Yes Brand
Ambassador. |