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He took up badminton at the age of 8, having been introduced to the sport by his father, who was a national level badminton player. [10] He became the youngest ever Sri Lankan national badminton champion at the age of 16 in 2001 after winning his maiden national title on debut appearance at the Sri Lankan Badminton Nationals.
Sri Lanka Badminton Association (SLBA) Confederation: BA (Asia) President: Rohan de Silva: BWF ranking; Current ranking: 66 5 (2 January 2024) Highest ranking: 24 (5 October 2017) Sudirman Cup; Appearances: 12 (first in 1989) Best result: Group stage: Asian Mixed Team Championships; Appearances: 2 (first in 2017) Best result: Group stage: Asian ...
Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net.Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per side) and "doubles" (with two players per side).
The National Sports Awards is the collective name given to the six sports awards of Republic of India. It is awarded annually by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports . They are presented by the President of India in the same ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhavan usually on 29 August each year along with the national adventure award .
Badminton is a popular sport in India. It is managed by the Badminton Association of India which is associated with Badminton Asia and Badminton World Federation.. Indian shuttlers Prakash Padukone, Srikanth Kidambi, Jwala Gutta, Saina Nehwal, P. V. Sindhu, Lakshya Sen, H. S. Prannoy, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty have all ranked in the world's top ten.
He started playing badminton at aged 7, then in 2004 and 2005 he won the boys' singles and doubles of the Sri Lankan Junior National Badminton Championships. [4] [5] In 2007, he won the Jordan Satellite tournament in men's doubles event partnered with Niluka. [6]
Olympic badminton players for Sri Lanka (4 P) This page was last edited on 3 January 2017, at 14:22 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
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