ABEYSINGHE Matthew

Sri Lanka

Swimming

Date of Birth: 19 Mar 1996

Age: 25

Gender: Male

Olympic ScholarshipYouth Olympian

Birth Country:

United States of America

Place of residence : UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Swimming	Men's 100m Freestyle

Schedule

Change

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Men's 100m Freestyle - Heat 4	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Olympic Games

Year	Location	100Free
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	H (50.96)

Youth Olympic Games

Year	Location	100Free	200Free
2014	Nanjing, CHN	SF (50.68)	H (1:52.41)

World Championships

Year	Location	100Free	200Free	400Free	4x100Free X
2015	Kazan, RUS	H (50.93)	-	-	H (3:42.94)
2011	Shanghai, CHN	-	H (1:55.33)	H (4:09.45)	-

Asian Games

Year	Location	50Free	100Free	200Free	4x100Free M
2018	Indonesia	H (22.88)	6th (49.28)	H (1:50.97)	H (DSQ)

Legend
Free - Freestyle, Back - Backstroke, Breast - Breaststroke, Fly - Butterfly, IndMed - Individual Medley, SF - Semifinal, H - Heats, DNS - Did Not Start, M - Men, W - Women, X - Mixed, DSQ - Disqualified, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not swim in final

Occupation:

Athlete

Education:

Sports Psychology - Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA

Languages spoken:

English

Coach:

Manoj Abeysinghe [father], SRI

Sporting relatives:

His brother Andrew was a gold medallist in swimming at the 2006 South Asian Games, and his brothers Kyle and Dillon have also represented Sri Lanka in swimming. (dailynews.lk, 02 Jul 2010; dailysports.lk, 05 Jul 2016)

Injuries:

He dislocated his knee in late-2016 and suffered an injury to his finger in 2017, returning to competition in December 2017. (thepapare.com, 29 Mar 2018; thepapare.com, 03 Dec 2017; Instagram profile, 28 Dec 2016)

Start:

He began swimming at age four. (dailynews.lk, 02 Jul 2010)

Reason:

He was coached by his father. (dailysports.lk, 05 Jul 2016)

Memorable:

Qualifying for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, winning seven gold medals at both the 2016 and 2019 South Asian Games. (sundayobserver.lk, 11 Jul 2021)

Award:

He won the Ada Derana Sportsman of the Year Award in 2016. (LinkedIn profile, 2017; Ada Derana YouTube channel, 25 Sep 2016)

He was named Sports Star of the Year and the Most Outstanding Sportsman of the Year for 2016 at the Sri Lankan Presidential Sports Awards in 2017. (sundaytimes.lk, 21 May 2017)

General Interest

General
FAMILY AFFAIR
His father and coach Manoj is the founder of Killer Whales Aquatic Club in Colombo, Sri Lanka. He has trained and competed alongside his brothers from a young age. "It was a competition whatever we did, from seeing who could finish our milk at the dinner table to playing video games or football in the backyard." (killerwhales.lk, 01 Aug 2014; thepapare.com, 29 Mar 2018)

MOVE TO SRI LANKA
He was born and raised in the United States of America, studying and training in Dayton, Ohio, until his family moved to Sri Lanka in 2010. (whio.com, 09 Aug 2016)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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