Mayumi Raheem (born 15 September 1991) is a

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from

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who won 3 gold medals at the

2006 South Asian Games The 2006 South Asian Games (also known as the 10th South Asian Games) were held in Colombo, Sri Lanka from 18 August to 28 August 2006, in the Sugathadasa Stadium with more than 2000 sportspersons competing in the record 20 disciplines of Sports. ...

in the Women's 50 metres, 100 meters and 200 metres

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. She also won 5 silver medals and 5 bronze medals, bringing her total to 11 medals, a record for any athlete at a single Asian Games. She reached the semi-finals of the Women's 50m breaststroke at the

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, and represented Sri Lanka at the 2005 World Championships and the 2006 World Short Course Championships. She competed at the

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and finished fourth in heat. She holds numerous Sri Lankan national records. She began swimming at the age of 8, and has been swimming ever since. She captained Sri Lanka's national swimming team at the 2006 Asian Games. She lived in

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, where she completed the

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(IB) program at the United World College of South East Asia (UWCSEA). She has previously lived in Sri Lanka and

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. In 2006, she placed second at the Singapore National Open Championships behind a US-based Singaporean athlete, to become the fastest woman over the 200m Breaststroke in Singapore. She was a member of Singapore Swimming Club from 2004 to 2007, where she trained under the Australian coach Jaan Murphy, to whom she has publicly attributed much of her success. When Coach Murphy returned to Australia, she then swam for Swim Fast Aquatic under the former Singapore national swimmer David Lim, before moving to the Grassroots Club to train under American coach Jack Simon. She recently announced she will not be competing at the 2010 South Asian Games due to study commitments. She is currently studying medicine in Sydney, Australia.

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* * 1991 births Commonwealth Games competitors for Sri Lanka Living people Swimmers from Colombo Olympic swimmers for Sri Lanka Sri Lankan female swimmers Sri Lankan Malays Swimmers at the 2006 Asian Games Swimmers at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Asian Games competitors for Sri Lanka South Asian Games gold medalists for Sri Lanka South Asian Games silver medalists for Sri Lanka South Asian Games bronze medalists for Sri Lanka South Asian Games medalists in swimming People educated at a United World College 21st-century Sri Lankan sportswomen {{SriLanka-swimming-bio-stub