| Thilini Hendahewa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 18 September 1996 Colombo, Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 56 kg (123 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Highest ranking | 233 (WS 13 August 2019) 72 (WD 13 August 2019) 113 (XD 1 February 2022) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current ranking | 515 (WS) 142 (WD) 137 (XD) (5 July 2022) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Thilini Pramodika Hendahewa (born 18 September 1996) is a Sri Lankan badminton player.[1] She competed at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing, China,[2] also at the 2014 and 2018 Commonwealth Games.[3] Hendahewa was the women' singles champion at the 2014 Sri Lanka national championships.[4] She won her first senior international title at the 2017 Lagos International tournament in the women's singles and doubles event.[5] Together with Kavidi Sirimannage, they claimed the gold medal in the 2019 South Asian Games.[6] She became one of the first two Sri Lankans to win a BWF World Tour tournament, when she won the mixed doubles event alongside Sachin Dias at the 2022 Odisha Open.
Hendahewa educated applied sciences at University of Sri Jayewardenepura in Nugegoda.[3]
- ^ "Players: Thilini Pramodika Hendahewa". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
- ^ "Nine athletes to Youth Olympics". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
- ^ a b "Participants: Thilini Pramodika Hendahewa". Gold Coast 2018. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
- ^ "Niluka and Thilini win Badminton Nationals". The Island. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
- ^ "Yadav, Hindahewa win Lagos International Badminton Classics". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
- ^ "Sri Lanka shuttlers bag two each of gold and silver". Daily FT. 7 December 2019. Archived from the original on 10 December 2019. Retrieved 10 December 2019.