Thilini Hendahewa

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Thilini Pramodika Hendahewa
Personal information
Country Sri Lanka
Born (1996-09-18) 18 September 1996 (age 25)
Colombo, Sri Lanka
Height1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight56 kg (123 lb)
Women's singles & doubles
Highest ranking233 (WS 13 August 2019)
72 (WD 13 August 2019)
166 (XD 26 March 2019)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  Sri Lanka
South Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2019 Kathmandu-Pokhara Women's doubles
Silver medal – second place 2016 Guwahati-Shillong Women's team
Silver medal – second place 2019 Kathmandu-Pokhara Mixed doubles
Silver medal – second place 2019 Kathmandu-Pokhara Women's team
BWF profile

Thilini Pramodika Hendahewa (born 18 September 1996) is a Sri Lankan badminton player.[1] She competed at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing, China,[2] also at the 2014 and 2018 Commonwealth Games.[3] Hendahewa was the women' singles champion at the 2014 Sri Lanka national championships.[4] She won her first senior international title at the 2017 Lagos International tournament in the women's singles and doubles event.[5] Together with Kavidi Sirimannage, she claimed the gold medal in 2019 South Asian Games.[6]

Hendahewa educated applied sciences at University of Sri Jayewardenepura, in Nugegoda.[3]

Achievements[]

South Asian Games[]

Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2019 Badminton Covered Hall,
Pokhara, Nepal
Sri Lanka Kavidi Sirimannage Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
21–10, 21–7 Gold Gold

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2019 Badminton Covered Hall,
Pokhara, Nepal
Sri Lanka India Dhruv Kapila
India Meghana Jakkampudi
16–21, 14–21 Silver Silver

BWF International Challenge/Series[]

Women's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2017 Lagos International India 21–13, 21–19 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2019 Maldives Future Series Sri Lanka Kavidi Sirimannage Chinese Taipei
Chinese Taipei
19–21, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2018 Nepal International Sri Lanka Kavidi Sirimannage India Aparna Balan
India
16–21, 13–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2017 Lagos International Sri Lanka Kavidi Sirimannage Nigeria Zainab Momoh
Nigeria Ramatu Yakubu
21–8, 21–5 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

References[]

  1. ^ "Players: Thilini Pramodika Hendahewa". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
  2. ^ "Nine athletes to Youth Olympics". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
  3. ^ a b "Participants: Thilini Pramodika Hendahewa". gc2018.com. Gold Coast 2018. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
  4. ^ "Niluka and Thilini win Badminton Nationals". The Island. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
  5. ^ "Yadav, Hindahewa win Lagos International Badminton Classics". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
  6. ^ "Sri Lanka shuttlers bag two each of gold and silver". www.ft.lk. 7 December 2019. Archived from the original on 10 December 2019. Retrieved 10 December 2019.

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