Cherantha De Silva (born 12 July 1996) is a Sri Lankan medal-winning swimmer, who has represented his country at 6 World Aquatics Championships, 3 FINA World Cup's, 2 Commonwealth Games(becoming a finalist), 1 Asian Games as well as 1 South Asian Games, winning 7 medals. De Silva shattered 10 Sri Lankan national records and 4 internationally recognized records (more details below).[2][3] Further, De Silva qualified with 4 World championship B standards(B cuts) for the 2018, 14th FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) held in Hangzhou, China. He narrowly missed the A standard (A cut) in the 50m Butterfly (SCM) clocking 23.48. While the A standard could have made history for Sri Lanka as the first Sri Lankan to achieve the A standard he missed it by 0.2 seconds.[4] Also, De Silva was bestowed the "Best Sportsman of the Year" award at the school level,[5] provincial and Sri Lanka school level.
To top off his swim career De Silva earned a full scholarship to study in the US at Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio. He earned a bachelor's degree in Economics and earned honors in his Integrated Program in Humane Studies concentration.
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- ^ "5 National records (SCM)". 2 December 2017.
- ^ "1 National record (LCM)".
- ^ "World Championships qualifying times". 19 January 2018.
- ^ "Erandhi, Cherantha Adjudged Best Sports Stars". The Sunday Leader. Archived from the original on 11 September 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2016.