Edirimuni Dinuka Nishan Perera Karunaratne ( Sinhala: දිනුක කරුණාරත්න;

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: தினுக கருணாரத்ன; born 6 October 1987) is a

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per side) and "doubles" (with two players pe ...

player.

Personal life

His father Louie Karunaratne and brothers

Niluka Karunaratne Niluka Karunaratne ( Sinhala: නිලූක කරුණාරත්න; Tamil: நிலுக கருணாரத்ன) (born 13 February 1985) is a Sri Lankan badminton player who has competed at the Olympics in 2012, 2016 and 2020. His ...

and Diluka Karunaratne also a professional badminton players, while his younger brother

Chamika Karunaratne Edirimuni Chamika Dinushan Perera Karunaratne (born 29 May 1996) is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer who plays all three formats as well as a national badminton player. He made his international debut for the Sri Lanka cricket team in Februa ...

, was a badminton player and now a professional cricketer.

Career

He started playing badminton at aged 7, then in 2004 and 2005 he won the boys' singles and doubles of the Sri Lankan Junior National Badminton Championships. In 2007, he won the Jordan Satellite tournament in men's doubles event partnered with Niluka. In 2008, he won his first national senior title in men's doubles event at the

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. He also won the

Uganda International The Uganda International is an international badminton tournament held in Uganda organised by Uganda Badminton Association. In 2008, this tournament have been sanctioned by Badminton World Federation as International Series rated event with total ...

and became the semi-finalist of the

Iran Fajr International The Iran Fajr International in badminton is an international open held in Tehran, Iran and a part of the Fajr decade festival. This tournament is one of the eldest tournament in the Western Asia which was formerly known as Ten Days of Dawn in comme ...

tournaments in men's doubles event paired with Diluka Karunaratne. In 2010, he became the champion of the

in men's singles event after defeated his teammate Eranga Fernando. He also participated at the

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, India. In 2011, he became the semi-finalist of

Welsh International The Welsh International is an international badminton championship held in Wales since 1928 and is thereby one of the oldest badminton tournaments in the world. The tournament was halted during World War II and until 1956, between 1960 and 1966, a ...

tournament in men's singles event. In 2012, he won the

in men's doubles event and became the runner-up in men's singles event after beat by his own brother Niluka with scores 21-15, 22-20. In September 2012, he competed at the

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tournament in men's doubles event and finished in third place. In 2013, he won the

tournament in men's singles event beat Subhankar Dey of

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21-16, 21-17 in a game that lasted 34 minutes. Subhankar took the lead in the two games, but Dinuka's good game reading and clever net play was enough to win him the title. He also became the runner-up of Bahrain International tournament defeated by

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of India. In 2014, he defended his title in men's singles event at the Uganda International tournament after beating South Africa's Jacob Maliekal 2-0 (21-12, 21-15) in a highly supported game and also became the runner-up of the Bahrain International tournaments after defeated by Subhankar Dey of India 21-19, 13-21, 21-11. He finished third at the Sri Lanka International tournament after losing a match to Anand Pawar of India in three games, 21-12, 15-21, 21-11. He also competed in the men's singles and mixed team events at the

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, Scotland, and defeated by Daren Liew of Malaysia 21-19, 21-12 in round of 16. In the mixed team event, the Sri Lankan national badminton team defeated by

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3-0, where he played in mixed doubles event partnered with Thilini Hendahewa lose to English paired

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and

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21-13, 21-10. In 2016, he became the champion in the men's doubles event at the

tournament partnered with Niluka, after beat the

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ian paired Ali Ahmed El Khateeb and Abdelrahman Kashkal 21-17, 21-17. In 2018, he made his fourth appearance at the

, by competing in

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. In 2019, he competed at the

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in Nepal, won the silver medal in the team event, and the bronze medal in the singles event.

References

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