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- Represented Sri Lanka at 13 International Competitions Represented Sri Lanka at FINA World Championships (2010 – 2015) Captained the Sri Lankan National Team in 2011 at the 6th Asian Age Group Championships.
- Captained the entire Sri Lankan contingent (all sports) at the 2014 Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, China.
- 4th place in the 400 FR at Commonwealth Youth Games in 2011 Won a Silver medal in the 100m Freestyle at the 6th Asian Age Group Championships.
Won a Gold and a bronze in the 400 and 200m freestyles at the Singapore Grand Prix (2012).
- Won a Bronze medal in the 400m Freestyle at the Malaysian Open (2012) 1st Sri Lankan to win a medal in swimming at Asian level: Bronze medal in the 100m Freestyle at Asian Youth Games in Nanjing, China (2013). Qualified for Semi-Finals (13th overall) in the 100m Freestyle at Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, China (2014).
- 1st and only Sri Lankan to qualify for FINA World Championships: Kazan Selection Trial in Colombo, 100m Freestyle 50.87 (2015) 1st and only Sri Lankan to qualify for Olympic Games in swimming: Hong Kong Age Group Championships, 100m Freestyle 50.53 (2016)
Sri Lanka Aquatic Sports Union
- 1st Sri Lankan and only male swimmer to hold all Freestyle National Records Holder of 18 National Records (Short Course and Long Course) has been swimmer of the meet at Sri Lankan National Swimming Championships (Short Course and Long Course) nine times.
Activities / Awards
2011
- Won all events, setting new records in all of them in both the Short Course Junior National Swimming Championships and the Long Course Junior National Swimming Championships, becoming the Junior National Women’s Champion in both meets. She swam for the school.
2012
- In September she was the National Champions setting all records swimming for the school.
- In October she competed at Bangkok Christian College 160th Anniversary Swimming Championships, winning 5 Gold, 1 Silver and 1 Bronze
- Presented Sri Lanka in the Short Course FINA World Championships held in Istanbul.
Awarded the Best Emerging Sportswoman in the Sri Lanka Schools Colors Ceremony.
One out of the 4 Girls in the Asian International School swim team that won the overall Women’s Championship in both the 2012 Long Course National Championships, as well as Short Course National Championships setting new records for the school.
- Won all her events in the both the Long Course and Short Course Junior National Swimming Championships, setting Junior National Records in each of the events, thus becoming the Junior National Women’s Champions in both meets again. Milo School colors awards 2012-country’s top Schools honours: Kimiko Raheem Emerging Best female sports person.
2013
- Sir Lanka Women’s Long Course National Champion, winning all her events at Long Course National swimming for the school.
- Represented Sri Lanka in the Junior World Swimming Championships held in Dubai.
- Represented Sri Lanka in Long Course World Championships held in Barcelona.
- Competed at XXXIX Sri Lanka National Sports Festival, winning Gold in all three events with new record times in each of them, thus winning the overall Women’s Championship.
2014
- She represented Sri Lanka in the
Commonwealth Games held in Glasgow in
July 2014, reaching the semi-finals in 100m
Backstroke and 50m Backstroke events.
- Represented Sri Lanka in long Course 12th FINAL
World Championships held in Doha Qatar in December 2014.
- Was awarded the Most Outstanding Sports Woman in the Sri Lanka’s Schools Colors Ceremony.
- Won the Milo cup for the upcoming sports woman of the year in 2014.
- Competed in the 2014 Arena Grand Prix, held in Mesa, Arizona. Reached the B final in 2 events.
- Won the Best Emerging Sportswoman of the year in the Sirasa TV Sports Awards.
2015
Kazan Russia 16th FINA World Championships in August.
Sri Lanka National Open Record Holder
- 50m Butterfly (Long Course)
- 50m Backstroke (Long Course and Short
Course)
- 100m Backstroke (Long Course and Short Course and)
- 200m Backstroke (Long Course and Short Course and)
- 200m IM (Long Course)
- 50M Free (Long Course)
- 100M Free (Long Course)
- 2015 she won the Milo Cup for the Sports woman of the year in 2015. She was awarded the BEST FEMALE ATHLETE of Sri Lanka from Sirasa.
2016
- She represented Sri Lanka at 12th South Asian Games 2016 and won Gold medals for her country in all events, setting New South Asian Games Records for my country. She was awarded the BEST FEMALE ATHLETE OF THE GAMES by the Bangladesh Sports Press Association (BSPA).
- She was awarded the price money by the His Excellency the President of Sri Lanka Maithripala Sirisena at Temple Trees for her outstanding performance and being the highest female medal winner for her country.
- Thai Open (Bangkok) Won my events breaking Thai National records.
Took part in Japan Open (Tokyo)
Took part in Hong Kong Open (Hong Kong)
Official
Buddhi Manoj Chaminda Abeysinghe
Coach
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| Kimiko Shihara Raheem Name: Kimiko Shihara Raheem Date of Birth: 28 January 1999 Nationality: Sri Lankan Sport: Swimming – Women’s 100m Backstroke Schools Attended: United World College of S.E. Asia (2002-2009) St. Cuthbert’s College New Zealand (2010) Qatar Academy Doha, Qatar (2011) Asia International School Sri Lanka (2011-2015) |