Julian Bolling
Deshabandu Julian Bolling is a Sri Lankan medal winning swimmer who has represented his country at international competitions. He Won 15 gold medals for Sri Lanka in South Asian Games from 1984 to 1991. He also represented Sri Lanka at the three Olympic games, first at Los Angeles (USA) in 1984, then at Seoul (South Korea) in 1988, and finally at Barcelona (Spain) in 1992.[1] He is the son of Tara Bolling and Cousin of Dipika Chanmugam who both represented Sri Lanka internationally. Bolling best performance at an international meet was at the Colombo South Asian Games have he won 6 Gold medals. The record was unbeaten since 2016 when Mathew Abeysinghe broke the record by winning 7 Golds in India.[2]
Bolling was honoured the Deshabandu awarded, third highest national honour awarded in Sri Lanka in 1988.