Nadeesha Murukkuwadura

Nadeesha Murukkuwadura
Personal information
Country  Sri Lanka
Born (1984-09-06) September 6, 1984
Balapitiya, Sri Lanka

Nadeesha Gayanthi Murukkuwadura also known as Nadeesha Gayanthi (born 6 September 1984) is a Sri Lankan female badminton player.[1][2][3] She was included in the national badminton team in 2006 and got the opportunity to represent Sri Lanka at the 2006 Asian Games competing in the women's singles and women's doubles events.[4]

Nadeesha Gayanthi also participated at the 2007 BWF World Championships representing Sri Lanka and competed in the women's doubles category pairing with Thilini Jayasinghe despite being knocked out of the first round. In 2008, she partnered Chandrika de Silva and emerged victorious in the women's doubles as a part of the Sri Lankan National Badminton Championships. Nadeesha Gayanthi also appeared for Sri Lanka at the 2014 Commonwealth Games by competing in the singles and doubles events.[5][6]

Achievements

South Asian Games

Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2010 Wooden-Floor Gymnasium, Dhaka, Bangladesh Sri Lanka Chandrika de Silva India P. C. Thulasi

India Ashwini Ponnappa

 8–21, 13–21 Bronze

References

  1. ↑ "Nadeesha Gayanthi MURUKKUWADURA | Profile". bwfbadminton.com. Retrieved 2018-02-04.
  2. ↑ "Nadeesha Gayanthi – Sri Lanka Badminton Association". www.srilankabadminton.lk. Retrieved 2018-02-04.
  3. ↑ "Rankings Senior – Sri Lanka Badminton Association". www.srilankabadminton.lk. Retrieved 2018-02-04.
  4. ↑ "PressReader.com - Connecting People Through News". www.pressreader.com. Retrieved 2018-02-04.
  5. ↑ "Commonwealth Games Federation - Nadeesha Gayanthi Murukkuwadura". www.thecgf.com. Retrieved 2018-02-04.
  6. ↑ "Glasgow 2014 - Nadeesha Murukkuwadura Profile". g2014results.thecgf.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2018-02-04.
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