BUDAPEST, Hungary: (ePRESS) – Sri Lanka’s breaststroke national record holder, Ramudi Samarakoon, delivered an impressive performance at the 2024-2025 Hungarian University and College National Long Course Swimming Championship, securing both a gold and a silver medal.
Samarakoon, who is currently studying and training in Budapest under the prestigious FINA Scholarship, won the gold in the 10x50m Freestyle Mixed Relay. The national champion also earned a silver medal in the highly competitive women’s 100m Breaststroke final. Additionally, she finished in fourth place in the 50m Breaststroke event, cementing her reputation as one of the top swimmers in her discipline.
Representing Killer Whale Aquatics, Ramudi has set an impressive legacy in Sri Lanka’s swimming history. With five long-course national records to her name, she holds three individual national records in the 50m, 100m, and 200m Breaststroke events. Her relay achievements are equally remarkable, holding two national records in the 4x50m Freestyle Relay and the 4x50m Medley Relay.
Ramudi, another product of Visakha Vidyalaya, has continued to raise the bar for Sri Lanka’s swimming, breaking her own records in recent years. In 2023, she renewed her national 100m Breaststroke record with a time of 1:13.87 and also set new national marks in the 50m Breaststroke (33.91) and the 200m Breaststroke (2:41.66).
At just 22 years old, Samarakoon has firmly established herself as one of Sri Lanka’s top swimmers. She is currently ranked as the second-highest swimmer in Sri Lanka in terms of FINA points, having achieved an impressive 654 points for her 100m Breaststroke. This achievement places her among the elite in Sri Lanka’s 22-member national swimming squad, recently announced by the Sri Lanka Aquatic Sports Union.
