Matthew Abeysinghe

• SPORT
  AQUATICS
• DATE OF BIRTH
  19th Mar 1996
• GENDER
  Male
• BIRTH PROVINCE
  Pennsylvania , USA
• PLACE OF BIRTH
  Hazleton
• OCCUPATION
  -
• HEIGHT (CM)
  181
• WEIGHT (KG)
  75

INTERNATIONAL HONOURS

• Asian Games 2018 - Jakarta , Indonesia
• Commonwealth Games 2018 - Gold Coast ,Australia
• Summer Olympic 2016 - Rio de Janeiro , Brazil
• South Asian Games
• South Asian Games 2016- India, 100m Freestyle (SAG record) - GOLD
• South Asian Games 2016- India, 200m Freestyle (SAG record) - GOLD
• South Asian Games 2016- India, 100m Butterfly (SAG record) - GOLD
• South Asian Games 2016- India, 200m Individual Medley(SAG record) - GOLD
• South Asian Games 2016- India, 400m Freestyle - GOLD
• South Asian Games 2016- India, 4x100m Freestyle - GOLD
• South Asian Games 2016- India, 4x200m Freestyle - SILVER
• South Asian Games 2016- India, 4x100m Freestyle medley - SILVER
• South Asian Games 2016- India, 50m Backstoke - BRONZE
• Summer Olympic 2016- Rio de Jeneiro, Brazil
• Summer Youth Olympic 2014 - Nanjing,China

NATIONAL HONOURS

Matthew Abeysinghe is the current Sri Lankan record holder in the 50m freestyle(22.28), 100m freestyle (49.11), 200m freestyle (1:50:97), 400m freestyle (4:03:90) ,1500m freestyle (16:23:61), 50m backstoake (26.94), 200m Individual medley (2:07.33) , 400m Individual medley(4:40.47) and 100m Butterfly(54.71).

He was the leading gold medalist at the 12th South Asian Games for SrI Lanka in India. Matthew represented Sri Lanka in the Youth Olympics in 2014 and was ranked 13th overall in the Boys' 200-metre freestyle. He became the first Sri Lankan swimmer in history to earn a FINA World Championships qualifying standard.