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Sri Lanka; Association: 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 ...
He also set a record for winning most consecutive number of men's singles title at the Sri Lankan Badminton Nationals during 9 occasions from 2000 to 2009. [5] As of July 2012, he was ranked 48th in the men's singles from the BWF World Ranking. [16] In 2012, the Sri Lankan Daily News called him "Sri Lanka’s undisputed badminton champion". [17 ...
Sri Lanka Badminton National Winners This page was last edited on 20 April 2024, at 00:59 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...
The Sri Lanka International in is an international badminton tournament held in Sri Lanka. ... Sri Lanka Badminton This page was last edited on 6 March 2025, at ...
Sri Lanka qualified one male badminton player through the BWF Race to Paris rankings as of April 30, 2024. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] [ 11 ] At the age of 20, Viren Nettasinghe became the youngest badminton athlete to qualify for the Olympics from Sri Lanka.
He grew up in Sri Lanka and attended St. Peter's College, Colombo. [2] He quickly became a top badminton player and participated for Sri Lanka at the 2019 BWF World Junior Championships. [3] In 2021, at the age of 18, he won the bronze medal at the Yonex Sunrise Bangladesh Junior International tournament. [2]
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 ]
Pathmasiri Niroshan Bandara Wijekoon (born 10 February 1964) is a Sri Lankan badminton player. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] He is the first badminton player to represent Sri Lanka at the Olympic Games . Wijekoon held the Sri Lankan National Badminton Championships singles title for nine years (1983–1987 and 1989–1992).