Dimuth Akalanka Peiris also known as Dimuth Peiris (born 11 January 2000) is a Sri Lankan male swimmer and a national record holder in swimming. He represented Sri Lanka at the 2018 Commonwealth Games and competed in swimming competitions. In August 2018, he became the first ever Sri Lankan student to sit for a Sri Lankan GCE A/L examinations outside Sri Lanka as he was granted special permission to write A/L exams in

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, Indonesia just prior to his preparations for the

2018 Asian Games The 2018 Asian Games ( id, Pesta Olahraga Asia 2018 or ''Asian Games 2018''), officially known as the 18th Asian Games and also known as Jakarta-Palembang 2018 or Indonesia 2018, was a Asia, continental multi-sport event that was held from 18 A ...

. He represented Sri Lanka at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in October 2018 which was held in Argentina. He also went onto represent Sri Lanka at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships as the only male swimmer.

Career

Akalanka Peiris has set national swimming records in 50m backstroke, 100m backstroke and freestyle relay events. In 2017, he set the new Sri Lankan national record in men's 100m backstroke event. later claimed two more national records in both 50m backstroke and freestyle relay events during the

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

2018 Asian Games

Akalanka Peiris also qualified to represent

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at the

when he was on the verge of his A/L examinations. However he was approved by the Ministry of Education of Sri Lanka to take three of his A/L papers to

and was allowed to sit for the exams in the Sri Lanka embassy in Jakarta. This instance also made him the only Sri Lankan to sit for the A/L examinations in a foreign country. Due to his examinations, he missed out to take part in the opening ceremony of the 2018 Asian Games.

2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Peiris was the only Sri Lankan swimmer to qualify to represent Sri Lanka at the

2018 Summer Youth Olympics The 2018 Summer Youth Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de la Juventud de 2018), officially known as the III Summer Youth Olympic Games, and commonly known as Buenos Aires 2018, were an international sports, cultural, and educational event held ...

. akalanka has recently started swimming for Laverton Wyndham aquatics

References

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