Machiko Raheem

{{Short description|Sri Lankan swimmer (born 1996)}}

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{{Medal|Competition|South Asian Games}}

{{Medal|Silver|2016 Guwahati|50m freestyle}}

{{Medal|Silver|2016 Guwahati|100m freestyle}}

{{Medal|Silver|2016 Guwahati|200m freestyle}}

{{Medal|Silver|2016 Guwahati|100m butterfly}}

{{Medal|Silver|2016 Guwahati|4x100m freestyle relay}}

{{Medal|Silver|2016 Guwahati|4x200m freestyle relay}}

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Machiko Suharmee Raheem (born January 13, 1996) is a Sri Lankan medal-winning swimmer who has represented her country at international competitions. She represented Sri Lanka in the women's 50 m, 100 m and 200 m freestyle swimming events at the 2016 South Asian Games, winning a silver medal in the women's 200 m freestyle event.{{cite web |url=http://www.adaderana.lk/sports/6763/matthew-wins-gold-and-sets-new-record-machiko-grabs-silver |date=February 6, 2016 |title=Matthew wins gold and sets new record; Machiko grabs silver |website=www.adaderana.lk}}

Raheem has broken records many times in her swimming career.

In 2007, she broke three records at the Pentathlon Swimming Championships (50 m back stroke, 50 m free style, and 200 m individual medley).{{cite news|last1=Maurice|first1=Bruce|title=Machiko Raheem shatters three records|url=http://archives.dailymirror.lk/2007/03/26/sports/8.asp|accessdate=10 February 2016|work=Daily Mirror|publisher=Wijeya Newspapers Ltd.|date=March 26, 2007}}{{Dead link|date=March 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

She set Sri Lankan national records for the 100 m, 200 m, and 400 m freestyle at the Sri Lankan National Aquatic Championships 2011.{{cite web |url=http://www.killerwhales.lk/nationalrecords.htm |title=National Records established by "Killer Whales" |website=www.killerwhales.lk |access-date=2016-02-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160213102432/http://www.killerwhales.lk/nationalrecords.htm |archive-date=2016-02-13 |url-status=dead }}

In the 2012 National Swimming Championship, she set three new national records and she beat the South Asian Games 200 m freestyle record, as well as being on the relay team that broke all five freestyle national records.{{cite news|last1=Jayakody|first1=Sajeewa|title=Twenty-one national records broken: Matthew, Kimiko usher new era in swimming|url=http://archives.dailynews.lk/2012/09/29/spo20.asp|work=Daily News |publisher=The Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Ltd |accessdate=10 February 2016 |date=29 September 2012}}

In 2014, she set another 200 m record at the Sri Lanka Schools Age Group Swimming Championship.{{cite news|title=Matthew and Machiko Set Up 200m Freestyle Records|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-3355196721.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170424003057/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-3355196721.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 24, 2017|accessdate=10 February 2016|work=The Sunday Observer|date=June 30, 2014}}

She attended high school at the Asian International School and was coached by Manoj Abeysinghe, before moving to Penn State.{{cite web|url=http://www.gopsusports.com/sports/w-swim/mtt/machiko_raheem_983617.html |title=Machiko Raheem Bio - Women's Swimming |publisher=www.gopsusports.com}}