After completing her education from the
Southlands College, she pursued her career in athletics and took part at the 1998 Asian Junior Athletics Championships. She also made her
Asian Games debut in the same year representing Sri Lanka and competed in the women's long jump event. Anoma competed at her maiden
World Athletics Championships in 2001. She also featured in Sri Lankan squads for the
2002 Asian Games and
2002 Asian Athletics Championships. However she felt displeasure on the selectors over her exclusion from the Sri Lankan contingent for the
2002 Commonwealth Games and left the country to pursue her athletics career in
Great Britain. Sri Lankan selection committee later convinced her to take part at the
2006 Asian Games while she was in UK to compete in the 4 × 100 m relay category as a replacement for sprinter
Jani Chathurangani at that time who was banned from participating in international competitions due to doping scandal. However Anoma didn't participate at the event. On 31 May 2011, during the 2011
Golden Spike Ostrava competition, she set Sri Lankan and Asian records in the women's 100yard category which was held in Czech Republic. == References ==