| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| National team |  Sri Lanka |
| Born | 27 May 2003 [1] Colombo, Sri Lanka |
| Alma mater | Visakha Vidyalaya |
| 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 from 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]
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