Thilini Sudhara Jayasinghe (
Sinhalese
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* Sinhalese people
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: තිලිනි සුනාරි ජයසිංහ;
Tamils
The Tamil people, also known as Tamilar ( ta, தமிழர், Tamiḻar, translit-std=ISO, in the singular or ta, தமிழர்கள், Tamiḻarkaḷ, translit-std=ISO, label=none, in the plural), or simply Tamils (), are a Drav ...
: திலினி சுனாரி ஜயசிங்க; born 15 January 1985) is a Sri Lankan
badminton
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player. Born in
Peradeniya
Peradeniya ( si, පේරාදෙණිය, translit=Pēradeniya; ta, பேராதனை, translit=Pērātaṉai) is a suburb of the city of Kandy
Kandy ( si, මහනුවර ''Mahanuwara'', ; ta, கண்டி Kandy, ) is a m ...
, Jayasinghe started playing badminton aged 9, and has joined the national team in 2000.
She attended Mahamaya College and was named Best Sports Woman in 2004. In 2006 and 2010, she competed at the
Asian and
Commonwealth Games
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.
Jayasinghe also competed for Sri Lanka at the
2008
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and
2012 Summer Olympics in the women's singles event.
She is the first woman badminton player to have ever represented
Sri Lanka at the Olympic Games.
Achievements
South Asian Games
''Women's singles''
''Women's doubles''
BWF International Challenge/Series (2 titles, 9 runners-up)
''Women's singles''
''Women's doubles''
''Mixed doubles''
:
BWF International Challenge tournament
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BWF International Series tournament
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BWF Future Series tournament
References
External links
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1985 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Kandy
Sri Lankan female badminton players
Badminton players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Badminton players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Olympic badminton players for Sri Lanka
Badminton players at the 2006 Asian Games
Badminton players at the 2010 Asian Games
Asian Games competitors for Sri Lanka
Badminton players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
Badminton players at the 2010 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
20th-century Sri Lankan women
21st-century Sri Lankan women