Kavidi Sirimannage Explained

Kavidi Sirimannage
Birth Name:Kavidi Ishadika Sirimannage
Birth Date:1995 9, df=yes
Birth Place:Colombo, Sri Lanka
Height:1.60 m
Weight:55 kg
Country:Sri Lanka
Handedness:Right
Event:Women's singles & doubles
Highest Ranking:135 (WS 13 August 2019)
72 (WD with Thilini Hendahewa 13 August 2019)
89 (XD with Sachin Dias 15 November 2022)
Bwf Id:80757C43-81A9-49C0-AB77-BBE5B02138AE

Kavidi Ishadika Sirimannage (born 27 September 1995) is a Sri Lankan badminton player.[1] In 2010, she won the mixed doubles title at the Sri Lanka Air Force Championships with Niluka Karunaratne.[2] In 2015, she was crowned as the champion in the women's doubles, and the runner-up in the singles and mixed doubles.[3] In 2016 she helped the Sri Lankan women's team win a silver medal at the South Asian Games, and also won a bronze in the singles and the mixed doubles event.[4] [5] She won the 2017 Summer Season Championships in the women's doubles event with Thilini Hendahewa, and was the runner-up in the singles.[6] She won her first international title at the Lagos International tournament in the women's doubles event with Hendahewa.[7] She competed at the 2017 Summer Universiade in Taipei, Taiwan,[8] and at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast.[9]

Achievements

South Asian Games

Women's singles

Women's doubles

Mixed doubles

BWF International Challenge/Series (2 titles, 3 runners-up)

Women's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2017Lagos International Thilini Hendahewa Zainab Momoh
Ramatu Yakubu
21–8, 21–5 Winner
2018Nepal International Thilini Hendahewa Aparna Balan
Sruthi K. P.
16–21, 13–21 Runner-up
2019Maldives Future Series Thilini Hendahewa Kuo Yu-wen
Lin Wan-ching
19–21, 18–21 Runner-up

Mixed doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2012Maldives International Hasitha Chanaka Raj Popat
Devi Tika Permatasari
17–21, 17–21 Runner-up
2021Bangladesh International Sachin Dias Pratik Ranade
Akshaya Warang
21–15, 21–18 Winner

BWF International Challenge tournament

BWF International Series tournament

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Players: Kavidi Sirimannage . Badminton World Federation. 9 October 2017.
  2. News: Niluka Karunaratne Dominates National Badminton Championship. Sri Lanka Air Force. 9 October 2017.
  3. News: Air Force Open Badminton Championship 2015. Sri Lanka Air Force. 9 October 2017.
  4. News: India sweeps badminton golds at South Asian Games. BadmintonPlanet.com. 9 October 2017.
  5. News: South Asian Games : Ruthvika Shivani Upset PV Sindhu To Win Gold. XtraTime. 9 October 2017.
  6. News: Hendahewa bags triple crown at Summer Season Badminton. Daily News. 9 October 2017.
  7. News: Nigeria Shines as India, Sri Lanka Dominate Lagos Badminton Classics . This Day. 9 October 2017.
  8. News: Summer Universiade 2017; "Let the Games Begin". MoraSpirit. 9 October 2017.
  9. Web site: Participants: Kavidi Sirimannage . gc2018.com . Gold Coast 2018 . 13 April 2018.