Kavidi Sirimannage

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]

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 13 August 2019)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  Sri Lanka
South Asian Games
2019 Kathmandu-Pokhara Women's doubles
2016 Guwahati-Shillong Women's team
2019 Kathmandu-Pokhara Women's team
2016 Guwahati-Shillong Women's singles
2016 Guwahati-Shillong Mixed doubles
BWF profile

Achievements

South Asian Games

Women's singles

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

Women's doubles

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

Mixed doubles

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

BWF International Challenge/Series

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2019 Maldives Future Series Thilini Hendahewa Kuo Yu-wen
Lin Wan-ching		 19–21, 18–21 Runner-up
2018 Nepal International Thilini Hendahewa Aparna Balan
Sruthi K.P		 16–21, 13–21 Runner-up
2017 Lagos International Thilini Hendahewa Zainab Momoh
Ramatu Yakubu		 21–8, 21–5 Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2012 Maldives International Hasitha Chanaka Raj Popat
Devi Tika Permatasari		 17–21, 17–21 Runner-up
  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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