Karate Black Belt holder and athlete Seneth Malsara Rajapakse brought honour and fame to his Alma Mater Dhammissara National School Nattandiya. He was admitted to this school in 2012 when R. K. W. Gunasekera was at the helm of the school and his first class teacher was Mrs. Priyanthi.He participated at the inter house sports meet in running events under coach Danushka and continued for three years. Though he did athletics his forte was karate and his parents Chaminda Rajapakse and Anusha Fernando encouraged him to continue with karate. In 2015 he came under the school karate coaches Mr. Peter, Mr. Danuska and Mr. Eranda and participated at the inter house Karate Meet from 2016 to date. He came to the lime light when he won a gold medal at the All Island Kumite Championship and the same year he bagged a bronze medal at the Inter Schools Kata Meet. In the following year at the Karate National Championship he won a gold for Kumite and in Kata he came up to best eight. At the 27th North Western Province Karate Do Championship he won a gold for Kata and a silver for Kumite and at the 6th Puttalam District Championship he grabbed a gold for Kumite and a silver for Kata. In the same year at the Ghima International Karate Championship he won another gold for Kumite and in the first Champions Trophy Meet he won a gold for Kata. At the Shihan Tikimoto Championship he won golds for both Kumite and Kata and at the 28th North Western Province Meet in 2019 he got a gold for Kumite and a bronze for Kata.
At the Puttalam District meet he won golds for Kumite and Kata and at the Gattano Pisano Open International Championship he won golds for Kumite and Kata. At the 43rd Kumite Championship Seneth won a gold in Kumite and another gold in team event Kata.
In 2018 at the 11th International Gojupyu Karate and Shotokan Kumite Open Championship he won a gold for Kumite and silver in Kata and in 2019 at Gihan Sukimoto Yuso Cup International Open Tournament he won a gold and in the Kemsho Karate Tournament 23rd Open Kumite Do Championship he won a gold. He also won a gold at the ISKU International Online Kata Championship for Kata.
This year his parents admitted him to the ISKU Karate Academy to develop his skills and he came under instructor Sugath Kumara. His school principal Anil Pushpakumara, POG Keerthi Jayasekera, Mrs. Thilini Sajeewani, Charles Thilakarathne and Deputy Principal Nilmini Rodrigo are very supportive to him. During the span of four years Seneth has grabbed 27 medals including 20 golds, 3 silvers and 4 bronzes.
