Kavidi Sirimannage

Kavidi Sirimannage
Personal information
Birth nameKavidi Ishadika Sirimannage
CountrySri Lanka
Born (1995-09-27) 27 September 1995
Colombo, Sri Lanka
Height1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight55 kg (121 lb)
HandednessRight
Women's singles & doubles
Highest ranking135 (WS 13 August 2019)
72 (WD with Thilini Hendahewa 13 August 2019)
89 (XD with Sachin Dias 15 November 2022)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  Sri Lanka
South Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2019 Kathmandu-Pokhara Women's doubles
Silver medal – second place 2016 Guwahati-Shillong Women's team
Silver medal – second place 2019 Kathmandu-Pokhara Women's team
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Guwahati-Shillong Women's singles
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Guwahati-Shillong Mixed doubles
BWF profile

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]

Achievements

South Asian Games

Women's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2016 Multipurpose Hall SAI–SAG Centre, Shillong, India India P. V. Sindhu 5–21, 16–21 Bronze Bronze

Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2019 Badminton Covered Hall,
Pokhara, Nepal 		Sri Lanka Thilini Hendahewa Sri Lanka Achini Ratnasiri
Sri Lanka Upuli Weerasinghe 		21–10, 21–7 Gold Gold

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2016 Multipurpose Hall SAI–SAG Centre,
Shillong, India 		Sri Lanka Buwaneka Goonethilleka India Manu Attri
India Ashwini Ponnappa 		17–21, 14–21 Bronze Bronze

BWF International Challenge/Series (2 titles, 3 runners-up)

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2017 Lagos International Sri Lanka Thilini Hendahewa Nigeria Zainab Momoh
Nigeria Ramatu Yakubu 		21–8, 21–5 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2018 Nepal International Sri Lanka Thilini Hendahewa India Aparna Balan
India Sruthi K. P. 		16–21, 13–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2019 Maldives Future Series Sri Lanka Thilini Hendahewa Chinese Taipei Kuo Yu-wen
Chinese Taipei Lin Wan-ching 		19–21, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2012 Maldives International Sri Lanka Hasitha Chanaka Wales Raj Popat
Indonesia Devi Tika Permatasari 		17–21, 17–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2021 Bangladesh International Sri Lanka Sachin Dias India Pratik Ranade
India Akshaya Warang 		21–15, 21–18 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

References

  1. ^ "Players: Kavidi Sirimannage". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
  2. ^ "Niluka Karunaratne Dominates National Badminton Championship". Sri Lanka Air Force. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
  3. ^ "Air Force Open Badminton Championship 2015". Sri Lanka Air Force. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
  4. ^ "India sweeps badminton golds at South Asian Games". BadmintonPlanet.com. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
  5. ^ "South Asian Games : Ruthvika Shivani Upset PV Sindhu To Win Gold". XtraTime. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
  6. ^ "Hendahewa bags triple crown at Summer Season Badminton". Daily News. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
  7. ^ "Nigeria Shines as India, Sri Lanka Dominate Lagos Badminton Classics". This Day. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
  8. ^ "Summer Universiade 2017; "Let the Games Begin"". MoraSpirit. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
  9. ^ "Participants: Kavidi Sirimannage". gc2018.com. Gold Coast 2018. Retrieved 13 April 2018.


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