Oshadie Poornima Kuruppu (also spelt as Oshadi Kuruppu, 20 August 1994 – 8 February 2022) was a Sri Lankan badminton player. Starting in 2015 she represented Sri Lanka at senior level in several international competitions including the

2016 South Asian Games The 2016 South Asian Games, officially the XII South Asian Games, is a major multi-sport event which took place from 5 February to 16 February 2016 in Guwahati and Shillong, India. A total of 2,672 athletes competed in 226 events over 22 sports ...

2016 Badminton Asia Team Championships The 2016 Badminton Asia Team Championships were held at the GMC Balayogi Indoor Stadium in Hyderabad, India, on 15–21 February 2016 and were organised by Badminton Asia Confederation. Host city selection Hyderabad was selected over Bangkok ...

and

2017 Summer Universiade The 2017 Summer Universiade (), officially known as the XXIX Summer Universiade ( zh, t=第二十九屆夏季世界大學運動會, p=Dì èrshíjiǔ jiè xiàjì shìjiè dàxué yùndònghuì) and commonly called Taipei 2017 ( zh, t=台北2 ...

. She received her primary and secondary education at

Visakha Vidyalaya Visakha Vidyalaya () is a girls' school in Colombo, Sri Lanka. It is a National School managed by the central government providing primary and secondary education. History The school was established in 1917 by Celestina Dias as the Buddhist G ...

. She claimed silver medal in the women's team event at the

. Oshadie pursued a Sports Science and Management Honours Degree from the

Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka The Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka ( si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා සබරගමුව විශ්වවිද්‍යාලය, ta, சபரகமுவா பல்கலைக்கழகம்) is a public university in Belih ...

in 2019. In August 2020, she was admitted at the Apeksha Hospital in

Maharagama Maharagama is an outer suburb of Colombo, Sri Lanka on the High-Level (A4) Road about from the centre of the commercial capital. It developed rapidly in the 1980s as a dormitory suburb. Governed by the Maharagama Urban Council, the town possesse ...

due to leukaemia and underwent a bone marrow surgery. Kuruppu died from the disease on 8 February 2022, at the age of 27.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kuruppu, Oshadie 1994 births 2022 deaths Alumni of Visakha Vidyalaya South Asian Games medalists in badminton South Asian Games silver medalists for Sri Lanka Sri Lankan female badminton players Deaths from leukemia Deaths from cancer in Sri Lanka Place of birth missing