Kimiko Raheem

Kimiko Raheem (born 28 January 1999) is a Sri Lankan national swimmer who has represented her country at several international competitions. She represented her country at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She won multiple gold medals at the 2016 South Asian Games in the backstroke and freestyle events.[1] She won the highest number of medals by a Sri Lankan woman at the 2016 South Asian Games in India. She is the younger sister of Mayumi Raheem and Machiko Raheem both of whom hold national records themselves. She was a semi-finalist at the 100M Backstroke event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.[2] She holds numerous Sri Lankan national records and South Asian records in her name.

Kimiko Raheem
Personal information
Full nameKimiko Raheem
Nickname(s)Kimi
National team Sri Lanka
Born (1999-01-28) 28 January 1999
Colombo, Sri Lanka
Height167 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight55 kg (121 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle, Backstroke
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing  Sri Lanka
South Asian Games
2016 Guwahati50 m breaststroke
2016 Guwahati100 m backstroke
2016 Guwahati200 m backstroke
2016 Guwahati50 m freestyle
2016 Guwahati100 m freestyle
2016 Guwahati4×100 m freestyle

Raheem currently lives in Phuket, Thailand where she trained at the Thanyapura Aquatic Training Centre from mid-2015 leading up to the Olympic Games. This was under a FINA scholarship awarded to multiple swimmers from several countries. Cherantha de Silva was the other Sri Lankan swimmer who was given a scholarship by FINA. She went to the British International School in Phuket, but currently is finishing her high school in the United World College of Thailand. She has previously lived in Sri Lanka, New Zealand, Singapore and Qatar.

In February 2018, Raheem was named to Sri Lanka's 2018 Commonwealth Games team.[3][4]

References
  1. "Sri Lanka's Kimiko Raheem sets new South Asian Games record - Newsfirst". Sri Lanka News - Newsfirst - News1st - newsfirst.lk - Breaking. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
  2. "Kimiko the third star rising from Rahim". Retrieved 15 February 2016.
  3. "Swimming: Two women and four men to represent Sri Lanka at CWG 2018". The Sunday Times. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 19 February 2018. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
  4. Ranasinghe, Dinushki (1 March 2018). "Know your swimmers for Commonwealth Games 2018". www.thepapare.com. Dialog Axiata. Retrieved 18 March 2018.


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