Nadeesha Gayanthi Murukkuwadura (born 6 September 1984) is a Sri Lankan

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. She was included in the national badminton team in 2006 and got the opportunity to represent

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 ...

at the

2006 Asian Games 6 (six) is the natural number following 5 and preceding 7. It is a composite number and the smallest perfect number. In mathematics Six is the smallest positive integer which is neither a square number nor a prime number; it is the second small ...

competing in the women's singles and women's doubles events. Nadeesha Gayanthi also participated at the

2007 BWF World Championships The 2007 BWF World Championships is the 16th tournament of BWF World Championships (World Badminton Championships). It was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from 13 to 19 August 2007. Host city selection Aarhus and Kuala Lumpur were the candida ...

representing Sri Lanka and competed in the women's doubles category pairing with Thilini Jayasinghe despite being knocked out of the first round. In 2008, she partnered Chandrika de Silva and emerged victorious in the women's doubles as a part of the

Sri Lankan National Badminton Championships Sri Lankan National 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 ...

. Nadeesha Gayanthi also appeared for Sri Lanka at the 2014 Commonwealth Games by competing in the

singles Singles are people not in a committed relationship. Singles may also refer to: Film and television * ''Singles'' (miniseries), a 1984 Australian television series * ''Singles'' (1992 film), written and directed by Cameron Crowe * ''Singles'' ...

and doubles events.

Achievements

South Asian Games

''Women's doubles''

References

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* 1984 births Living people Sportspeople from Southern Province, Sri Lanka Sri Lankan female badminton players Badminton players at the 2006 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for Sri Lanka Badminton players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for Sri Lanka South Asian Games silver medalists for Sri Lanka South Asian Games bronze medalists for Sri Lanka South Asian Games medalists in badminton {{SriLanka-sport-bio-stub