Thilini Hendahewa
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Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Country | Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Colombo, Sri Lanka | 18 September 1996|||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 56 kg (123 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Women's singles & doubles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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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, 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.
Hendahewa educated applied sciences at University of Sri Jayewardenepura in Nugegoda.[3]
Achievements
[edit]South Asian Games
[edit]Women's doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2019 | Badminton Covered Hall, Pokhara, Nepal |
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21–10, 21–7 | ![]() |
Mixed doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2019 | Badminton Covered Hall, Pokhara, Nepal |
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16–21, 14–21 | ![]() |
BWF World Tour (1 title)
[edit]The 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 | ![]() |
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21–16, 22–20 | ![]() |
BWF International Challenge/Series (2 titles, 2 runners-up)
[edit]Women's singles
Year | Tournament | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2017 | Lagos International | ![]() |
21–13, 21–19 | ![]() |
Women's doubles
Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2017 | Lagos International | ![]() |
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21–8, 21–5 | ![]() |
2018 | Nepal International | ![]() |
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16–21, 13–21 | ![]() |
2019 | Maldives Future Series | ![]() |
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19–21, 18–21 | ![]() |
- 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 BWF.tournamentsoftware.com
- Living people
- 1996 births
- Sportspeople from Colombo
- Sri Lankan female badminton players
- Badminton players at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics
- Badminton players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- Badminton players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Badminton players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games competitors for Sri Lanka
- Badminton players at the 2018 Asian Games
- Asian Games competitors for Sri Lanka
- South Asian Games gold medalists for Sri Lanka
- South Asian Games silver medalists for Sri Lanka
- South Asian Games medalists in badminton
- Sri Lankan sportspeople stubs
- Badminton biography stubs