Cherantha de Silva

To top off his swim career De Silva earned a full scholarship to study in the US at Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio.

As an Economics major[5] and Integrated Program in Humane Studies(IPHS) minor, De Silva was a multiple merit list awardee for distinguishing himself with academic success and the College recognizes this honor with a notation on his official transcript.

In De Silva's junior year, he studied abroad in Milan, Italy, and Copenhagen, Denmark focusing on Entrepreneurship and Econometrics.

[9] Athletically De Silva performed at Kenyon's highest level at the NCAA Men's Division III Swimming and Diving Championships.

Storyline A group of swimmers from developing nations train hard at a state-of-the-art sports center in Thailand.

"Of the two men and two women swim team, Cherantha De Silva, Thimali Bandara and Savindi Jayaweera took the pool on the opening two days of the championship but had to hit the hay when they failed to advance to the semifinals amidst fierce competition.

[25][26] De Silva participated at 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, competing in the 50m and 100m freestyle and the 50m and 100m butterfly but failed to progress past the heats.

[27] In 2016 De Silva participated at the South Asian Games in Guwahati, India where he won one gold, four silver and two bronze medals.

[28] In December 2017, De Silva was able to set history for Sri Lanka by breaking a foreign national record.

De Silva was able to shatter Singapore Olympian Quah Wen Zeng's 50-m butterfly record, thus renewing it to 23.48 seconds.

Cherantha was part of 4 × 100 m freestyle relay team that made history for Sri Lanka by advancing in to the finals.

"The 4-man swim team representation in the Gold Coast, powered their way through to the final of the Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle event earlier this morning.

[36][37] In 2014 the former Sports Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage sponsored De Silva to train at the Bolles School, Jacksonville, Florida.

Upon retirement from his record breaking 23 year swimming journey, De Silva now holds the Founding/Chairman position at CeyAnodes (Pvt) LTD.[44] He is also a Director of his family owned business Kapla Motor Industries[45] and he now uses his free time to write a book about swimming as an elite and professional swimmer along with his anecdotal experiences.