Sawan Serasinghe (born 21 February 1994) is a former badminton player from

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. He won seven Oceania Championships titles, five in the men's doubles and two in the mixed doubles. Serasinghe competed in the men's doubles event at the

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alongside

Matthew Chau Matthew Chau (born 9 November 1994) is an Australian badminton player. He was four times men's doubles Oceania Champion winning in 2015–2018. Chau competed in the men's doubles at the 2016 Summer Olympics alongside Sawan Serasinghe. Chau p ...

Friendly match Australia and Indonesia 2016 - Matthew Chau and Sawan Serasinghe

Career

Serasinghe started playing badminton since the age of five, he was born in

Galle Galle ( si, ගාල්ල, translit=Gālla; ta, காலி, translit=Kāli) (formerly Point de Galle) is a major city in Sri Lanka, situated on the southwestern tip, from Colombo. Galle is the provincial capital and largest city of Souther ...

, Sri Lanka, and moved to Australia when he was 11-years-old. He trains at the National Training Centre in Melbourne, and took out back-to-back Oceania Championships titles with Chau in 2015 and 2016. The 22-year-old also won the 2014 Sydney International Challenge mixed doubles with

Setyana Mapasa Setyana Daniella Florensia Mapasa (born 15 August 1995) is an Indonesian-born Australian badminton player. Mapasa won a silver medal at the 2013 BWF World Junior Championships mixed team when she represented Indonesia. She officially became an ...

, against some of the best players in the world. The Melburnian's first international experience was at the 2013 Australian Youth Olympic Festival where he competed in the men's doubles with Chau and also took the court in the men's singles competition. He made his first Olympic appearance at the

, competing in the men's doubles with

. They headed into Rio as the 46th highest ranked pairing in the world, and were eliminated in the group stages after losing each of their matches against South Korea, Russia, and Chinese Taipei. Off the court, Serasinghe holds a Bachelor of Business Information Systems degree from

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Achievements

Oceania Championships

''Men's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles''

BWF Grand Prix (1 runner-up)

The BWF Grand Prix has two levels, the

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. It is a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the

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(BWF) since 2007. ''Mixed doubles'' : BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament : BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (6 titles, 3 runners-up)

''Men's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles'' :

BWF International Challenge The BWF International Challenge is a grade 3 and level 1 tournament part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Series (level 2) and Future Series (level 3), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. ...

tournament :

BWF International Series The BWF International Series is a grade 3 and level 2 tournament part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Challenge (level 1) and Future Series (level 3), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. ...

tournament :

BWF Future Series The BWF Future Series is a grade 3 and level 3 tournaments part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Challenge (level 1) and International Series (level 2), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. ...

tournament

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* * * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Serasinghe, Sawan 1994 births Living people Sportspeople from Galle Sportspeople from Melbourne Sri Lankan emigrants to Australia Australian male badminton players Badminton players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic badminton players for Australia Badminton players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for Australia Sportsmen from Victoria (state) Monash University alumni