Shehana Vithana | |
Birth Date: | 1999 3, df=y |
Turnedpro: | 2017 |
Birth Place: | Colombo, Sri Lanka |
Residence: | Ryde, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
Highest Ranking: | 119 |
Date Of Highest Ranking: | October 2018 |
Racquet: | Grays |
Current Ranking: | 168 |
Date Of Current Ranking: | November 2019 |
Updated: | November 2019 |
Shehana Vithana (born 31 March 1999) is a Sri Lankan born Australian professional squash player .She achieved her highest career PSA singles ranking of 119 in October 2018 as a part of the 2018-19 PSA World Tour.[1]
She was born and raised up in Colombo, Sri Lanka, when she started playing the sport of squash at the age of 9.[2] She studied at the Holy Family Convent in Bambalapitiya till Year 8 when she moved to Sydney, Australia.
Shehana emerged in youth level and became Australia's number one ranked squash player in the U19 category.[3] She won U17 Girl's Squash Championships at the Australian Junior Squash Championships in 2015.[4] She also took part in the 2017 Women's World Junior Squash Championships[5] and World University Championships in 2018. She joined the Professional Squash Association in 2017.