Thilini Hendahewa

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]

Thilini Pramodika Hendahewa
Personal information
Country Sri Lanka
Born (1996-09-18) 18 September 1996
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
2019 Kathmandu-Pokhara Women's doubles
2016 Guwahati-Shillong Women's team
2019 Kathmandu-Pokhara Mixed doubles
2019 Kathmandu-Pokhara Women's team
BWF profile

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		 Kavidi Sirimannage Achini Ratnasiri
Upuli Weerasinghe		 21–10, 21–7 Gold

Mixed doubles

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

BWF International Challenge/Series

Women's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2017 Lagos International Mugdha Agrey 21–13, 21–19 Winner

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2019 Maldives Future Series Kavidi Sirimannage Kuo Yu-wen
Lin Wan-ching		 19–21, 18–21 Runner-up
2018 Nepal International Kavidi Sirimannage Aparna Balan
Sruthi K.P		 16–21, 13–21 Runner-up
2017 Lagos International Kavidi Sirimannage Zainab Momoh
Ramatu Yakubu		 21–8, 21–5 Winner
     BWF International Challenge tournament
     BWF International Series tournament
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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. "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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