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, they claimed the gold medal in the 2019 South Asian Games.[6] She became one of the first two Sri Lankans to win a BWF World Tour tournament, when she won the mixed doubles event alongside Sachin Dias at the 2022 Odisha Open.
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| Country | Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 18 September 1996 Colombo, Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 56 kg (123 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Highest ranking | 233 (WS 13 August 2019) 72 (WD 13 August 2019) 113 (XD 1 February 2022) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current ranking | 515 (WS) 142 (WD) 137 (XD) (5 July 2022) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Hendahewa educated applied sciences at University of Sri Jayewardenepura in Nugegoda.[3]
Achievements
editSouth Asian Games
editWomen's doubles
| Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2019 | Badminton Covered Hall, Pokhara, Nepal |
 Kavidi Sirimannage
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Achini Ratnasiri Upuli Weerasinghe
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21–10, 21–7 |  Gold
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Mixed doubles
| Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2019 | Badminton Covered Hall, Pokhara, Nepal |
Sachin Dias
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 Dhruv Kapila Meghana Jakkampudi
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16–21, 14–21 |  Silver
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BWF World Tour (1 title)
editThe BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[7] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tours are divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.[8]
Mixed doubles
| Year | Tournament | Level | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2022 | Odisha Open | Super 100 | Sachin Dias
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Arjun M. R. Treesa Jolly
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21–16, 22–20 |  Winner
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BWF International Challenge/Series (2 titles, 2 runners-up)
editWomen's singles
| Year | Tournament | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2017 | Lagos International | Mugdha Agrey
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21–13, 21–19 | Winner
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Women's doubles
| Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2017 | Lagos International | Kavidi Sirimannage
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 Zainab Momoh Ramatu Yakubu
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21–8, 21–5 | Winner
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| 2018 | Nepal International | Kavidi Sirimannage
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Aparna Balan Sruthi K.P
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16–21, 13–21 |  Runner-up
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| 2019 | Maldives Future Series | Kavidi Sirimannage
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 Kuo Yu-wen Lin Wan-ching
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19–21, 18–21 | Runner-up
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- BWF International Challenge tournament
- BWF International Series tournament
- BWF Future Series tournament
References
edit- ^ "Players: Thilini Pramodika Hendahewa". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
- ^ "Nine athletes to Youth Olympics". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
- ^ a b "Participants: Thilini Pramodika Hendahewa". Gold Coast 2018. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
- ^ "Niluka and Thilini win Badminton Nationals". The Island. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
- ^ "Yadav, Hindahewa win Lagos International Badminton Classics". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
- ^ "Sri Lanka shuttlers bag two each of gold and silver". Daily FT. 7 December 2019. Archived from the original on 10 December 2019. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
- ^ Alleyne, Gayle (19 March 2017). "BWF Launches New Events Structure". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
- ^ Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
External links
edit- Thilini Hendahewa at BWFBadminton.com
- Thilini Hendahewa at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com (alternate link)
- Thilini Hendahewa at Olympedia
- Thilini Hendahewa at Olympics.com
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