Chandrika de Silva

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, 2006 and 2010 Commonwealth Games.[2]

Chandrika de Silva
Personal information
Country Sri Lanka
Born (1974-02-24) 24 February 1974
Height1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
HandednessRight
Women's singles & doubles
Highest ranking129 (WS 19 April 2012)
164 (WD 19 January 2012)
116 (XD 31 May 2012)
BWF profile

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 Indoor Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka Trupti Murgunde 11–21, 10–21 Bronze
2004 Rodham Hall, Islamabad, Pakistan B. R. Meenakshi 8–11, 1–11 Bronze

Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2010 Wooden-Floor Gymnasium,
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Nadeesha Gayanthi P. C. Thulasi
Ashwini Ponnappa
8–21, 13–21 Bronze
2006 Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium,
Colombo, Sri Lanka
Thilini Jayasinghe Aparna Balan
B. R. Meenakshi
7–21, 14–21 Bronze
2004 Rodham Hall,
Islamabad, Pakistan
Pameesha Dishanthi Fathima Nazneen
Manjusha Kanwar
3–15, 4–15 Bronze

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2010 Wooden-Floor Gymnasium,
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Niluka Karunaratne Sanave Thomas
Aparna Balan
14–21, 13–21 Bronze
2006 Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium,
Colombo, Sri Lanka
Thushara Edirisinghe Thomas Kurian
Aparna Balan
12–21, 9–21 Bronze
2004 Rodham Hall,
Islamabad, Pakistan
Thushara Edirisinghe Markose Bristow
Manjusha Kanwar
–, – Bronze

BWF International Challenge/Series (7 titles, 7 runners-up)

Women's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2007 Iran Fajr International Ana Moura 16–21, 21–15, 18–21 Runner-up
2005 Nepal Satellite Thilini Jayasinghe 11–5, 11–9 Winner
2002 Bangladesh Satellite Alina Begum 11–2, 11–1 Winner

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2008 Iran Fajr International Thilini Jayasinghe Norshahliza Baharum
Lim Yin Loo
12–21, 15–21 Runner-up
2007 Pakistan International Thilini Jayasinghe Jwala Gutta
Shruti Kurien
13–21, 14–21 Runner-up
2007 Jordan Satellite Thilini Jayasinghe Sabereh Kabiri
Sahar Zamanian
21–19, 21–17 Winner
2007 Syria International Thilini Jayasinghe Sabereh Kabiri
Sahar Zamanian
21–13, 21–18 Winner
2007 Iran Fajr International Thilini Jayasinghe Negin Amiripour
Sahar Zamanian
20–22, 21–13, 12–21 Runner-up

Mixed doubles

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

References

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