Buwaneka Goonethilleka | |
Birth Name: | Buwenaka Tharindu Dullewa Dumbukola Goonathileka |
Country: | Sri Lanka |
Birth Date: | 1996 5, df=y |
Birth Place: | Mahamodara, Southern Province, Sri Lanka[1] |
Height: | 1.88 m |
Weight: | 64 kg |
Years Active: | 2012–present |
Handedness: | Right |
Event: | Men's doubles |
Highest Ranking: | 72 |
Highest Ranking Date: | with Sachin Dias 15 November 2022 |
Current Ranking: | 73 |
Current Ranking Date: | with Sachin Dias 13 December 2022 |
Bwf Id: | 815E9178-C09A-41D3-951E-E64B5F5C5611 |
Buwenaka Tharindu Dullewa Dumbukola Goonathileka (born 8 May 1996) is a Sri Lankan badminton player. He competed at the 2016 and 2019 South Asian Games and won three silver and two bronze medals.
Goonethilleka partnered with Sachin Dias and won a bronze medal at the 2016 South Asian Games. They reached the semifinals in the 2018 Commonwealth Games but lost the bronze medal match to Goh V Shem and Tan Wee Kiong.[2] He also won silver in the 2019 edition of the Games in Kathmandu–Pokhara.
In 2021, Goonethilleka won the men's doubles at the Bangladesh International.[3] He later represented the Sri Lankan team at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.[4]
Men's doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result | |
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2016 | Multipurpose Hall SAI–SAG Centre, Shillong, India | Sachin Dias | Manu Attri B. Sumeeth Reddy | 12–21, 11–21 | Bronze | |
2019 | Badminton Covered Hall, Pokhara, Nepal | Sachin Dias | Krishna Prasad Garaga Dhruv Kapila | 19–21, 21–19, 18–21 | Silver |
Mixed doubles
Men's doubles
BWF International Challenge tournament
BWF International Series tournament