Ganga Seneviratne
Ganga Seneviratne is a Sri Lankan swimmer, specialising in the backstroke.
Career
2022
She won the 50m, 100m, and 200m backstroke as well as the 100m freestyle at the Sri Lankan Selection Trials in January 2022. She was selected for the 2022 World Swimming Championships in Budapest in June 2022. However, she was one of five Sri Lankan swimmers unable to compete due to a VISA issue which prevented them from entering the country. She competed at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England in August 2022 in the 200m backstroke.
2023
In June 2023, she won silver in the 200m backstroke at the Singapore Championships. She also finished fourth in both the 50m and 100m backstroke at the same event. She competed in the 200m backstroke at the delayed 2022 Asian Games held in September 2023 in Hangzhou, China. She won the 50m backstroke at the Sri Lankan Senior National Championships in Kandy in December 2023.
2024
In February 2024, she competed at the 2024 World Swimming Championships in Doha in the women's 100m backstroke. In January 2024, she scored the most FINA points of all the female competitors at the Sri Lankan National Short Course Swimming Championship due to her performances in the backstroke. In June 2024, she was selected to compete in the backstroke at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Personal life
She was educated at Visakha Vidyalaya in Colombo, Sri Lanka. She is a member of Killer Whale Aquatics.