Dipika Chanmugam

{{short description|Sri Lankan swimmer}}

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{{Infobox swimmer

| name = Dipika Chanmugam

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| fullname = Dipika Rukshana Chanmugam

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| nationality = Sri Lankan

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1972|3|9|df=yes}}

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| height = 172 cm

| weight = 63 kg

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{{Medal|Sport|Women's swimming}}

{{Medal|Country|{{SRI}}}}

{{Medal|Competition|South Asian Games}}

{{Medal|Gold|1991 Colombo|200 m freestyle}}

{{Medal|Gold|1991 Colombo|100 m backstroke}}

{{Medal|Gold|1991 Colombo|200 m backstroke}}

{{Medal|Gold|1991 Colombo|100 m breaststroke}}

{{Medal|Gold|1991 Colombo|200 m breaststroke}}

{{Medal|Gold|1991 Colombo|200 m individual medley}}

{{Medal|Gold|1991 Colombo|400 m individual medley}}

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Dipika Rukshana Chanmugam-Appleton (born 9 March 1972) is a Sri Lankan former swimmer. She competed in three events at the 1988 Summer Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ch/dipika-chanmugam-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418005510/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ch/dipika-chanmugam-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Dipika Chanmugam Olympic Results |accessdate=1 April 2017}} She was the first woman to represent Sri Lanka at the Olympics.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/lists/99/manual |title=First female competitors at the Olympics by country |work=Olympedia |accessdate=8 June 2020}}