Personal information | |
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National team | ![]() |
Born | [1] | 27 May 2003
Height | 169 cm (5 ft 6+1⁄2 in) |
Weight | 54 kg (119 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Swimming |
Strokes | Backstroke |
Club | Killer Whale Aquatic Club |
Ganga Seneviratne (born 27 May 2003) is a Sri Lankan swimmer, specialising in the backstroke.
She won the 50m, 100m, and 200m backstroke as well as the 100m freestyle at the Sri Lankan Selection Trials in January 2022. [2]
She was selected for the 2022 World Swimming Championships in Budapest in June 2022. However, she was one of five Sri Lankan swimmers unable to compete due to a VISA issue which prevented them entering the country. [3]
She competed at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England in August 2022 in the 200m backstroke. [4]
In June 2023, she won silver in the 200m backstroke at the Singapore Championships. [5] She also finished fourth in both the 50m and 100m backstroke at the same event. [6]
She competed in the 200m backstroke at the delayed 2022 Asian Games held in September 2023 in Hangzhou, China. [7]
She won the 50m backstroke at the Sri Lankan Senior National Championships in Kandy in December 2023. [8]
In February 2024, she competed at the 2024 World Swimming Championships in Doha in the women's 100m backstroke. [9]
In January 2024, she scored the most FINA points of all the female competitors at the Sri Lankan National Short Course Swimming Championship due to her performances in the backstroke. [10]
In June 2024, she was selected to compete in the backstroke at the 2024 Paris Olympics. [11] [12]
She was educated at Visakha Vidyalaya in Colombo, Sri Lanka. [9] She is a member of Killer Whale Aquatics. [13]
Personal information | |
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National team | ![]() |
Born | [1] | 27 May 2003
Height | 169 cm (5 ft 6+1⁄2 in) |
Weight | 54 kg (119 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Swimming |
Strokes | Backstroke |
Club | Killer Whale Aquatic Club |
Ganga Seneviratne (born 27 May 2003) is a Sri Lankan swimmer, specialising in the backstroke.
She won the 50m, 100m, and 200m backstroke as well as the 100m freestyle at the Sri Lankan Selection Trials in January 2022. [2]
She was selected for the 2022 World Swimming Championships in Budapest in June 2022. However, she was one of five Sri Lankan swimmers unable to compete due to a VISA issue which prevented them entering the country. [3]
She competed at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England in August 2022 in the 200m backstroke. [4]
In June 2023, she won silver in the 200m backstroke at the Singapore Championships. [5] She also finished fourth in both the 50m and 100m backstroke at the same event. [6]
She competed in the 200m backstroke at the delayed 2022 Asian Games held in September 2023 in Hangzhou, China. [7]
She won the 50m backstroke at the Sri Lankan Senior National Championships in Kandy in December 2023. [8]
In February 2024, she competed at the 2024 World Swimming Championships in Doha in the women's 100m backstroke. [9]
In January 2024, she scored the most FINA points of all the female competitors at the Sri Lankan National Short Course Swimming Championship due to her performances in the backstroke. [10]
In June 2024, she was selected to compete in the backstroke at the 2024 Paris Olympics. [11] [12]
She was educated at Visakha Vidyalaya in Colombo, Sri Lanka. [9] She is a member of Killer Whale Aquatics. [13]