Career
He also represented Sri Lanka in 1959 for the All-India meet. De Alwis born to Carolina and Richard de Alwis. He studied at Moratuwa Vidyalaya (Moratuwa) and participated in athletics also there.
He was killed in a suicide bomber explosion at Weliveriya on April 6, 2008 at the age of 68.
He had been organizing a marathon race which was part of the Sinhala and Tamil New Year celebration. Sri Lankan cabinet minister Jeyaraj Fernandopulle and former athlete K.A. Karunaratne were also killed.