Chandrika de Silva

Chandrika de Silva
Personal information
Country  Sri Lanka
Born (1974-02-24) 24 February 1974
Height 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Handedness Right
Women's
Highest ranking 129 (WS) 19 April 2012
164 (WD) 19 January 2012
116 (XD) 31 May 2012
BWF profile

Chandrika de Silva (Sinhalese: චන්ද්‍රිකා ද සිල්වා; Tamils: சந்திரிகா த சில்வா; born 24 February 1974) also known as Renu Chandrika Hettiarachchige is a Sri Lankan badminton player.[1] She represented her country at the 2002 and 2006 Commonwealth Games.[2]

Career

She won the Sri Lanka national championships in 1997 to 2003 and regained the title back in 2005.[2] In 2004, she won one silver and three bronze medals at the 2004 South Asian Games. At the 2005 Nepal Satellite she clinched the women's singles and mixed doubles event, and at the same year, she reached the women's doubles quarterfinals at the Asian Championships.[2][3] She also won the women's and mixed doubles titles in Syria and Jordan.[3]

Achievements

South Asian Games

Women's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2006 Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka India Trupti Murgunde 11–21, 10–21 Bronze

Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2010 Wooden-Floor Gymnasium, Dhaka, Bangladesh Sri Lanka Nadeesha Gayanthi India P. C. Thulasi
India Ashwini Ponnappa
8–21, 13–21 Bronze
2006 Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Thilini Jayasinghe India Aparna Balan
India B. R. Meenakshi
7–21, 14–21 Bronze

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2010 Wooden-Floor Gymnasium, Dhaka, Bangladesh Sri Lanka Niluka Karunaratne India Sanave Thomas
India Aparna Balan
14–21, 13–21 Bronze
2006 Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Thushara Edirisinghe India Thomas Kurian
India Aparna Balan
12–21, 9–21 Bronze

BWF International Challenge/Series

Women's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2007 Iran Fajr International Portugal Ana Moura 16–21, 21–15, 18–21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2005 Nepal Satellite Sri Lanka Thilini Jayasinghe 11–5, 11–9 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2002 Bangladesh Satellite Bangladesh Alina Begum 11–2, 11–1 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2008 Iran Fajr International Sri Lanka Thilini Jayasinghe Malaysia Norshahliza Baharum
Malaysia Lim Yin Loo
12–21, 15–21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2007 Pakistan International Sri Lanka Thilini Jayasinghe India Jwala Gutta
India Shruti Kurien
13–21, 14–21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2007 Jordan Satellite Sri Lanka Thilini Jayasinghe Iran Sabereh Kabiri
Iran Sahar Zamanian
21–19, 21–17 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2007 Syria International Sri Lanka Thilini Jayasinghe Iran Sabereh Kabiri
Iran Sahar Zamanian
21–13, 21–18 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2007 Iran Fajr International Sri Lanka Thilini Jayasinghe Iran Negin Amiripour
Iran Sahar Zamanian
20–22, 21–13, 12–21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2011 Miami International Sri Lanka Lasitha Menaka Karunathilake United States Phillip Chew
United States Paula Lynn Obanana
18–21, 21–17, 10–21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2010 Syria International Sri Lanka Lasitha Menaka Karunathilake Turkey Emre Vural
Turkey Ozge Bayrak
21–17, 21–19 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2010 Maldives International Sri Lanka Udara Nayanajith Philippines Kennevic Asuncion
United States Karyn Velez
22–24, 21–17, 13–21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2007 Pakistan International Sri Lanka Diluka Karunaratne India Valiyaveetil Diju
India Aparna Balan
11–21, 14–21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2007 Jordan Satellite Sri Lanka Diluka Karunaratne Sri Lanka Anushaka Lakshan
Sri Lanka Thilini Jayasinghe
21–15, 23–21 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2005 Nepal Satellite Sri Lanka Thushara Edirisinghe Sri Lanka Duminda Jayakody
Sri Lanka Thilini Jayasinghe
15–13, 15–4 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
     BWF International Challenge tournament
     BWF International Series tournament
     BWF Future Series tournament

References

  1. "Players: Renu Chandrika Hettiarachchige". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 "Women shuttlers ready for a repeat performance". Daily News. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
  3. 1 2 "Shuttle queen". Sunday Observer. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
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