Buwaneka Goonethilleka Explained

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.

Career

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]

Achievements

South Asian Games

Men's doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2016Multipurpose Hall SAI–SAG Centre,
Shillong, India
Sachin Dias Manu Attri
B. Sumeeth Reddy
12–21, 11–21 Bronze
2019Badminton Covered Hall,
Pokhara, Nepal
Sachin Dias Krishna Prasad Garaga
Dhruv Kapila
19–21, 21–19, 18–21 Silver

Mixed doubles

BWF International Challenge/Series (1 title)

Men's doubles

BWF International Challenge tournament

BWF International Series tournament

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Badminton Athlete Profile: Buwaneka Goonethilleka . 2022-10-16 . Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games . 16 October 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221016024937/https://results.gc2018.com/en/badminton/athlete-profile-n6030881-buwaneka-goonethilleka.htm . dead .
  2. Web site: 2018-04-17 . පොදුරද මඩුලු ක්‍රීඩා උළෙලේ ශ්‍රී ලංකා ක්‍රීඩක ක්‍රීඩිකාවන්ගේ දක්ෂතා - Sri Lanka News . 2022-10-16 . News First . Sinhala.
  3. Web site: 2021-12-07 . Bangladesh International Challenge 2021 Abhishek Saini wins men's singles title, downs Rithvik Kumar in final . 2022-08-05 . SportsCafe.
  4. Web site: Premach . Jagath . ra . 2022-08-05 . ශ්‍රී ලංකා බැඩ්මින්ටන් ක්‍රීඩකයෝ අණසක පැතිර වූ CWG 7 වැනි දිනය . 2022-08-05 . ThePapare.com . Sinhala.