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National badminton championships. Sports competitions in Sri Lanka. Recurring sporting events established in 1953.
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 ...
Sport in Sri Lanka is a significant part of Sri Lankan culture. [1] Although the Sports Ministry named volleyball the national sport, [2][3] the most popular sport is Cricket. Rugby union is also popular. Other popular sports are water sports, badminton, athletics, football, basketball and tennis. Sri Lanka 's schools and colleges regularly ...
Career record. 22 wins, 41 losses. BWF profile. Pathmasiri Niroshan Bandara Wijekoon (born February 10, 1964) is a Sri Lankan badminton player. 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).
Badmintonat the 2006 South Asian Games. Badminton at the 2006 South Asian Games was held in Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium in Colombo, Sri Lanka between 16 and 22 August 2006. The badminton programme in 2006 included men's and women's singles competitions; men's, women's and mixed doubles competitions along with men's and women's team events.
S. Sri Lanka national badminton team. Categories: Badminton by country. Sport in Sri Lanka by sport. Badminton in Asia by country. Hidden category: Commons category link is on Wikidata.
2016. 2020. 2024. Sri Lanka participated at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, which was held from 27 July to 12 August 2012. The country's participation at London marked its sixteenth appearance in the Summer Olympics since its debut at the 1948 Summer Olympics, having missed only the 1976 Games. The delegation consisted of seven competitors ...
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 ...