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Thilini Jayasinghe

Sri Lankan badminton player

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Thilini Sudhara Jayasinghe (Sinhalese: තිලිනි සුනාරි ජයසිංහ; Tamils: திலினி சுனாரி ஜயசிங்க; born 15 January 1985) is a Sri Lankan badminton player. Born in Peradeniya, Jayasinghe started playing badminton at age of 9, and has joined the national team in 2000. She attended Mahamaya College and was named Best Sports Woman in 2004. In 2006 and 2010, she competed at the Asian and Commonwealth Games. Jayasinghe also competed for Sri Lanka at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics in the women's singles event. She is the first woman badminton player to have ever represented Sri Lanka at the Olympic Games.

Contents

  • 1 Achievements
    • 1.1 South Asian Games
    • 1.2 BWF International Challenge/Series (2 *les, 9 runners-up)
  • 2 References
  • 3 External links

Achievements

South Asian Games

Women's singles

Women's doubles

BWF International Challenge/Series (2 *les, 9 runners-up)

Women's singles

Women's doubles

Mixed doubles

: BWF International Challenge tournament: BWF International Series tournament: BWF Future Series tournament

References

    External links

    • Thilini Jayasinghe at BWF.tournamentsoftware.com
    • Thilini Jayasinghe at BWFbadminton.com
    • Thilini Jayasinghe at Olympedia
    • Thilini Jayasinghe at the Commonwealth Games Federation
    • Thilini Jayasinghe at the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games
    • Thilini Jayasinghe at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)

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