Cherantha de Silva

Cherantha De Silva
World Championship Swimmer Cherantha De Silva with his NCAA trophies
Personal information
Full nameK. T. Cherantha Gihash De Silva
Nickname"Cheran"
National team Sri Lanka
Born (1996-07-12) 12 July 1996
Colombo, Sri Lanka
Height1.77 m (5 ft 9+12 in)
Weight73 kg (161 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle and Butterfly
ClubThanyapura
College teamKenyon College, Gambier
CoachMiguel Lopez
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing  Sri Lanka
2016 South Asian Games
2016 Guwahati4 × 100m Freestyle
2016 Guwahati100m freestyle
2016 Guwahati200m Butterfly
2016 Guwahati4 x 100m Medley
2016 Guwahati4 x 200m Free
2016 Guwahati100m Butterfly
2016 Guwahati50m Butterfly


Men's swimming
Representing Kenyon Swim & Dive
NCAA Division III men's swimming and diving championships
NCAA Championships4 × 50y Freestyle
NCAA Championships4 × 100y Freestyle


2023 NCAA All-American Honors
200y Medley Relay1st Team
200y Freestyle Relay1st Team
100y Butterfly1st Team
100y Freestyle2nd Team
50y Freestyle2nd Team


2020 NCAA All-American Honors
100y Butterfly1st Team
200 Butterfly1st Team
200y Freestyle Relay1st Team
200y Medley Relay1st Team

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). 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. Also, De Silva was bestowed the "Best Sportsman of the Year" award at the school level, 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.