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]
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| Birth name | Kavidi Ishadika Sirimannage | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country | Sri Lanka | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 27 September 1995 Colombo, Sri Lanka | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 55 kg (121 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Handedness | Right | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Achievements
editSouth Asian Games
editWomen's singles
| Year | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2016 | Multipurpose Hall SAI–SAG Centre, Shillong, India |  P. V. Sindhu
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5–21, 16–21 |  Bronze
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Women's doubles
| Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2019 | Badminton Covered Hall, Pokhara, Nepal |
 Thilini Hendahewa
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Achini Ratnasiri Upuli Weerasinghe
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21–10, 21–7 |  Gold
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Mixed doubles
| Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2016 | Multipurpose Hall SAI–SAG Centre, Shillong, India |
Buwaneka Goonethilleka
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Manu Attri Ashwini Ponnappa
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17–21, 14–21 | Bronze
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BWF International Challenge/Series (2 titles, 3 runners-up)
editWomen's doubles
| Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2017 | Lagos International | Thilini Hendahewa
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 Zainab Momoh Ramatu Yakubu
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21–8, 21–5 |  Winner
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| 2018 | Nepal International | Thilini Hendahewa
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Aparna Balan Sruthi K. P.
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16–21, 13–21 |  Runner-up
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| 2019 | Maldives Future Series | Thilini Hendahewa
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 Kuo Yu-wen Lin Wan-ching
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19–21, 18–21 | Runner-up
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Mixed doubles
| Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2012 | Maldives International | Hasitha Chanaka
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 Raj Popat Devi Tika Permatasari
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17–21, 17–21 | Runner-up
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| 2021 | Bangladesh International | Sachin Dias
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Pratik Ranade Akshaya Warang
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21–15, 21–18 | Winner
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- BWF International Challenge tournament
- BWF International Series tournament
References
edit- ^ "Players: Kavidi Sirimannage". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
- ^ "Niluka Karunaratne Dominates National Badminton Championship". Sri Lanka Air Force. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
- ^ "Air Force Open Badminton Championship 2015". Sri Lanka Air Force. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
- ^ "India sweeps badminton golds at South Asian Games". BadmintonPlanet.com. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
- ^ "South Asian Games : Ruthvika Shivani Upset PV Sindhu To Win Gold". XtraTime. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
- ^ "Hendahewa bags triple crown at Summer Season Badminton". Daily News. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
- ^ "Nigeria Shines as India, Sri Lanka Dominate Lagos Badminton Classics". This Day. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
- ^ "Summer Universiade 2017; "Let the Games Begin"". MoraSpirit. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
- ^ "Participants: Kavidi Sirimannage". gc2018.com. Gold Coast 2018. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
External links
edit- Kavidi Sirimannage at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com
- Profile at www.2017.taipei
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