| Ganga Senevirathne | |
| Strokes: | Backstroke |
| Club: | Killer Whale Aquatic Club |
| Birth Date: | 2003 5, df=yes[1] |
| Birth Place: | Colombo, Sri Lanka |
| Alma Mater: | Visakha Vidyalaya |
| Weight: | 54kg (119lb) |
Ganga Seneviratne (born 27 May 2003) is a Sri Lankan swimmer, specialising in the backstroke.
She won the 50m, 100m, and 200m backstroke as well as the 100m freestyle at the Sri Lankan Selection Trials in January 2022.[2] 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.[3] She competed at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England in August 2022 in the 200m backstroke.[4]
In June 2023, she won silver in the 200m backstroke at the Singapore Championships.[5] She also finished fourth in both the 50m and 100m backstroke at the same event.[6] She competed in the 200m backstroke at the delayed 2022 Asian Games held in September 2023 in Hangzhou, China.[7] She won the 50m backstroke at the Sri Lankan Senior National Championships in Kandy in December 2023.[8]
In February 2024, she competed at the 2024 World Swimming Championships in Doha in the women's 100m backstroke.[9] 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.[10] In June 2024, she was selected to compete in the backstroke at the 2024 Paris Olympics.[11] [12]
She was educated at Visakha Vidyalaya in Colombo, Sri Lanka.[9] She is a member of Killer Whale Aquatics.[13]