Kimiko Shihara 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 The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events i ...

in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She won multiple gold medals at the

2016 South Asian Games The 2016 South Asian Games, officially the XII South Asian Games, is a major multi-sport event which took place from 5 February to 16 February 2016 in Guwahati and Shillong, India. A total of 2,672 athletes competed in 226 events over 22 sports ...

in the backstroke and freestyle events. She won the highest number of medals by a Sri Lankan woman at the

in India, and was named Best Female Athlete of the Games by the Bangladesh Sports Press Association. She is the younger sister of

Mayumi Raheem Mayumi Raheem (born 15 September 1991) is a swimmer from Sri Lanka who won 3 gold medals at the 2006 South Asian Games in the Women's 50 metres, 100 meters and 200 metres breaststroke. She also won 5 silver medals and 5 bronze medals, bringing he ...

and

Machiko Raheem Machiko Suharmee Raheem (born January 13, 1996) is a Sri Lankan medal-winning swimmer who has represented her country at international competitions. She represented Sri Lanka in the women's 50 m, 100 m and 200 m freestyle swimming ...

both of whom hold national records themselves. She was a semi-finalist at the 100m backstroke event at the

2014 Commonwealth Games The 2014 Commonwealth Games (), officially known as the XX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Glasgow 2014 (; ), were an international multi-sport event celebrated in the tradition of the Commonwealth Games as governed by the Commonwea ...

in Glasgow. She holds numerous Sri Lankan national records and South Asian records in her name. 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

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scholarship awarded to multiple swimmers from several countries.

Cherantha de Silva Cherantha De Silva (born 12 July 1996) is a Sri Lankan medal-winning swimming (sport), swimmer, who has represented his country at 6 World Aquatics Championships, 3 FINA World Cup's, 2 Commonwealth Games(becoming a finalist), 1 Asian Games as w ...

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 The 2018 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXI Commonwealth Games and also known as Gold Coast 2018, were an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth that was held on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, bet ...

team.

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