Kyle Abeysinghe
 Kyle Abeysinghe (right) at SAAC 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Kyle Charles Abeysinghe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team |
 Sri Lanka | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
4 February 2000 Hazleton, Pennsylvania, USA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 81 kg (12.8 st) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle, Individual Medley, Butterfly | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Killer Whale Aquatic Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Manoj Abeysinghe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Kyle Abeysinghe is a Sri Lankan national swimmer who has represented his country at several international competitions. His first time representing Sri Lanka was at the FINA Youth Programme in Doha, Qatar in 2014. Since then he has represented Sri Lanka at the 2015 Junior World Swimming Championships held in Singapore,[1] the 2016 South Asian Games held in Guwahati, India, the 2016 South Asian Aquatic Championships held in Colombo, Sri Lanka and the 2016 World Swimming Championships held in Windsor, Canada.[2] In Windsor, Abeysinghe broke two national records in the 200 meter Individual Medley (IM) and the 200 meter Freestyle.The 200m IM record was previously held by 2012 London Olympian Heshan Unamboowe and the 200m Freestyle record was held by his elder brother, 2016 Rio Olympian Matthew Abeysinghe.[3] At the 2016 South Asian Aquatic Championships he won 4 gold medals and 1 silver medal in his individual events.[4] In addition he helped Sri Lanka secure 3 gold medals and 2 silver medals in the 5 available relays. [5] Kyle Abeysinghe currently lives in Colombo, Sri Lanka and attends Wycherley International School. He trains under swim coach and father Manoj Abeysinghe at the Killer Whale Aquatic Club (KWA).
In July 2017 Abeysinghe was named to Sri Lanka's 2017 Commonwealth Youth Games team.[6][7][8] During the competition Abeysinghe won two silver medals in the men's 100m and the 50m freestyle events, marking Sri Lanka's first ever swimming medal at either the Youth or Senior Commonwealth Games.[9]
References
- ↑ Admin at ThePapare.com (August 26, 2015). "Swimmers splash personal bests on day one at Junior World Championships". ThePapare.com. Retrieved January 24, 2017.
...the 400m Freestyle improving on his local performance by 21 seconds swum over a year ago in the first event of the competition.
- ↑ Inshaf Cafoor (December 2, 2016). "Kyle Abeysinghe and Kimiko Raheem for World Swimming Championships". Retrieved 24 January 2017.
...Sri Lanka fields Kyle Abeysinghe and Kimiko Raheem for the FINA World Swimming Championships that will commence on the 6th of December in Canada.
- ↑ Farhan Uvais (December 9, 2016). "Kyle Abeysinghe breaks two national records". Daily Sports. Retrieved January 24, 2017.
... the 200m Freestyle event at the 13th FINA short course Swimming Championships in Ontario, Canada.
- ↑ The Sunday Times (October 23, 2016). "Sanjay, Mathews and Kimiko win 5 gold each". The Sunday Times. Retrieved January 24, 2017.
...Sri Lanka’s Kyle Abeysinghe, brother of Mathew Abeysinghe, won 4 individual Gold and one Silver.
- ↑ "South Asian Aquatic Championship Sea Swim: Udayanga, Nikithasethru win; women protest over distance". Daily News (Sri Lanka). 24 October 2016. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
- ↑ Ranasinghe, Lakshman (18 June 2017). "Eight Swimmers off to Bahamas and Hungary". The Sunday Times. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
- ↑ Uvais, Farhan (21 June 2017). "Sri Lanka nominate two swimming teams for Commonwealth Youth Games and World Aquatics Championships". www.dailysports.lk/. Daily Sports. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
- ↑ Race, Loretta (21 June 2017). "06/21/17 In Briefs: News From Ireland, New Zealand & Sri Lanka". www.swimswam.com/. Swim Swam Partners, LLC. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
- ↑ Morgan, Liam (20 July 2017). "Clareburt wins two gold medals as New Zealand dominate swimming at Bahamas 2017". Insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. Retrieved 20 July 2017.