Kimiko Raheem

Kimiko Raheem
Personal information
Full name Kimiko Raheem
National team  Sri Lanka
Born Colombo, Sri Lanka
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Freestyle backstroke

Kimiko Raheem is a Sri Lankan swimmer who has represented her country at international competitions. She won the gold medal at the 2016 South Asian Games in the 200 m backstroke and silver in 200 m freestyle and 4×100 m freestyle relay.[1] She won the highest number of medals by Sri Lankan women at the 2016 South Asian Games in India. She is the younger sister of Mayumi Raheem and Machiko Raheem. 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.

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.


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