Kyle Abeysinghe

Kyle Abeysinghe
Kyle Abeysinghe (right) at SAAC 2016
Personal information
Full name Kyle Charles Abeysinghe
National team  Sri Lanka
Born (2000-02-04) February 4, 2000
Hazleton, Pennsylvania, USA
Height 186 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 81 kg (12.8 st)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Freestyle, Individual Medley, Butterfly
Club Killer Whale Aquatic Club
Coach Manoj Abeysinghe
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing  Sri Lanka
2016 South Asian Games
2016 Guwahati4×100 m freestyle relay
2016 Guwahati4×100 m medley relay
2016 Guwahati4×200 m freestyle relay
2016 Guwahati400 m Freestyle
2017 Commonwealth Youth Games
2017 Bahamas50 m Freestyle
2017 Bahamas100 m Freestyle

Kyle Abeysinghe (born February 4, 2000) 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).

Career

2014 Fina Youth Programme

Abeysinghe was one of two swimmers chosen to represent Sri Lanka at the Fina Youth Programme in Doha, Qatar.

2015 Junior World Championships

Abeysinghe was chosen to represent Sri Lanka at the Junior World Championships held in Singapore. He swam the 50,100 and 200 meter Freestyle events along with the 200 Individual Medley.

2016 South Asian Games

In December 2015 Abeysinghe was named to the large contingent of swimmers chosen to represent Sri Lanka at the South Asian Games in Guwahati, India in February 2016. Abeysinghe was part of the 4x100m Freestyle relay that made history by winning the event, beating India, after 25 years. He also got two silver medals in the 4x200m Freestyle relay and the 4x100m medley relay and a bronze medal in his only individual event, the 400m Freestyle.

2016 South Asian Aquatic Championships

Abeysinghe won 7 Gold medals and 3 silver medals. His highest tally of medals at any international competition.

2016 World Championships

Following his exceptional performance at SAAC he was chosen to represent Sri Lanka at the World Championships held in Windsor, Canada. In Windsor, Abeysinghe broke two national records in the 200m Freestyle and 200m IM, one belonging to his older brother Matthew and the other to Heshan Unamboowe.


2017 Commonwealth Youth Games

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]

2017 Junior World Championshops

Following his incredible performance at Youth Commonwealth Games, Abeysinghe was chosen to the Sri Lankan national team for the Junior World Championships in Indianapolis, USA.

2018 Commonwealth Games

In February 2018, Abeysinghe was named to Sri Lanka's 2018 Commonwealth Games team. Although Abeysinghe was injured at the competition he helped make Sri Lankan swimming history in the 4x100m Freestyle relay by qualifying for the first ever final at a Commonwealth Games. Unfortunately They were disqualified for an early start in the final by the anchor leg. [10][11]

2018 Asian Games

Kyle was named to the 2018 Asian Games team in July of the same year after winning 3 events at the Asian Games Trial held at Sugathadasa Stadium. At Asian Games his times of 23.36 and 50.14 in the 50m and 100m Freestyle events respectively, were the second fastest times in Sri Lankan history behind only his older brother Matthew Abeysinghe.

References

  1. ↑ Admin at ThePapare.com (26 August 2015). "Swimmers splash personal bests on day one at Junior World Championships". ThePapare.com. Retrieved 24 January 2017. ...the 400m Freestyle improving on his local performance by 21 seconds swum over a year ago in the first event of the competition.
  2. ↑ Inshaf Cafoor (2 December 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.
  3. ↑ Farhan Uvais (9 December 2016). "Kyle Abeysinghe breaks two national records". Daily Sports. Retrieved 24 January 2017. ... the 200m Freestyle event at the 13th FINA short course Swimming Championships in Ontario, Canada.
  4. ↑ The Sunday Times (23 October 2016). "Sanjay, Mathews and Kimiko win 5 gold each". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 24 January 2017. ...Sri Lanka’s Kyle Abeysinghe, brother of Mathew Abeysinghe, won 4 individual Gold and one Silver.
  5. ↑ "South Asian Aquatic Championship Sea Swim: Udayanga, Nikithasethru win; women protest over distance". Daily News (Sri Lanka). 24 October 2016. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
  6. ↑ Ranasinghe, Lakshman (18 June 2017). "Eight Swimmers off to Bahamas and Hungary". The Sunday Times. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
  7. ↑ 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.
  8. ↑ 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.
  9. ↑ 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.
  10. ↑ "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.
  11. ↑ 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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