Menaka de Silva

Menaka Srimani de Silva (born January 26, 1985) is a Sri Lankan swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events.[1] She held a Sri Lankan record from the national championships in 2003 (28.28), until it was eventually broken by 13-year-old Kimiko Raheen nine years later (2012).[2]

Menaka de Silva
Personal information
Full nameMenaka Srimani de Silva
National team Sri Lanka
Born (1985-01-26) 26 January 1985
Colombo, Sri Lanka
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight65 kg (143 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle

De Silva qualified for the women's 50 m freestyle at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by receiving a Universality place from FINA, in an entry time of 28.48.[3][4] She challenged seven other swimmers in heat four, including 31-year-old Melanie Slowing of Guatemala. She raced to seventh place by two tenths of a second behind Nicaragua's Geraldine Arce in 28.93. De Silva failed to advance into the semifinals, as she placed fifty-second overall out of 75 swimmers on the last day of preliminaries.[5][6]

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Menaka de Silva". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 7 May 2013.
  2. Jayakody, Sajeewa (24 September 2012). "13-year-old Kimiko sets National Record". Daily News (Sri Lanka). Archived from the original on 26 September 2012. Retrieved 7 May 2013.
  3. "Swimming – Women's 50m Freestyle Startlist (Heat 4)" (PDF). Athens 2004. Omega Timing. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
  4. Weerawansa, Dinesh (24 August 2004). "Big experience, says Menaka". Daily News (Sri Lanka). Archived from the original on 22 April 2005. Retrieved 7 May 2013.
  5. "Women's 50m Freestyle Heat 4". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 20 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  6. Thomas, Stephen (20 August 2004). "Women's 50 Freestyle, Prelims Day 7: Inky Sizzles in World Best 24.66, Joyce Next in PR 25.06, Jenny Thompson Makes It Too". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 4 February 2012. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
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