Mathew Abeysinghe

Matthew Abeysinghe

Personal information
Full name	Matthew Abeysinghe
National team	Sri Lanka
Born	19th March 1996 Hazleton, Pennsylvania, USA
Height	6 ft (183 cm)
Weight	74 kg (163 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle Butterfly
Club	Killer Whale Aquatics - Sri Lanka
Coach	Manoj Abeysinghe
Medal record Men's swimming Representing Sri Lanka 7th Asian Age Group Championships 2011 2011 Jakarta 100 m freestyle Asian Youth Games 2013 2013 Nanjing 100 m freestyle South Asian Games 2016 2016 Guwahati 50 m freestyle 2016 Guwahati 4×100 m freestyle 2016 Guwahati 200 m freestyle 2016 Guwahati 400 m freestyle 2016 Guwahati 100 m butterfly 2016 Guwahati 400 m medley 2016 Guwahati 200 m medley 2016 Guwahati 4×200 m freestyle 2016 Guwahati 4×100 m medley 2016 Guwahati 50 m backstoke

Matthew Abeysinghe is a Sri Lankan medal winning swimmer who has represented his country at numerous international competitions. He is the current Sri Lankan record holder in the 50m freestyle (23.62), 100m freestyle (50.86), 200m freestyle (1:52.41), 400m freestyle (4:03.90), 1500 freestyle (16:23.61), 50 backstroke (26.94), 200 individual medley (2:07.33), 400 individual medley (4:42.22) and 100m butterfly (55.32). He also hold all the freestyle sc national records and many other as well. He was the leading gold medalist at the 12th South Asian Games for Sri Lanka in India. He represented Sri Lanka in the Youth Olympics in 2014 and was ranked 13th overall in Boys' 100-metre freestyle and 15th in the Boys' 200-metre freestyle. He became the first Sri Lankan swimmer in history to earn a FINA World Championships qualifying standard.

2016 South Asian Games

With 7 gold medals 2 silver and 1 bronze (10 medals at 11 events) in 2016 South Asian Games, Abeysinghe broke the record for most gold medals in South Asian Games by a Sri Lankan, previously set by Julian Bolling back in 1991 South Asian Games.

Personal life

Matthew Abeysinghe was a student of Asian International School Colombo, and is coached by his father Manoj Abeysinghe. His brothers Andrew, Kyle and Dillon all represented Sri Lanka and together they hold the Sri Lankan national record for the Men's 4x50 Medley Relay.

Achievements

Event	Time		Name	Club	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
50m freestyle	23.33		Matthew Abeysinghe	Sri Lanka	29 May 2014	2016 South Asian Games	Guwahati, India
100m freestyle	50.86	sf	Matthew Abeysinghe	Sri Lanka	21 August 2014	Youth Olympic Games	Nanjing, China
200m freestyle	1:52.28	h	Matthew Abeysinghe	Sri Lanka	07 February 2016	2016 South Asian Games	Guwahati, India
100m butterfly	55.32		Matthew Abeysinghe	Sri Lanka	29 May 2014	Sri Lankan Selection Trials	Colombo, Sri Lanka

See also

• List of Sri Lankans by sport