Buwaneka Goonethilleka

Buwaneka Goonethilleka
Personal information
Birth name	Buwenaka Tharindu Dullewa Dumbukola Goonathileka
Country	Sri Lanka
Born	(1996-05-08) 8 May 1996 (age 28) Mahamodara, Southern Province, Sri Lanka [1]
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	64 kg (141 lb)
Years active	2012–present
Handedness	Right
Men's doubles
Highest ranking	72 (with Sachin Dias 15 November 2022)
Current ranking	73 (with Sachin Dias 13 December 2022)
Medal record Men's badminton Representing   Sri Lanka South Asian Games 2016 Guwahati–Shillong Men's team 2019 Kathmandu–Pokhara Men's team 2019 Kathmandu–Pokhara Men's doubles 2016 Guwahati–Shillong Men's doubles 2016 Guwahati–Shillong Mixed doubles
BWF profile

Buwenaka Tharindu Dullewa Dumbukola Goonathileka (born 8 May 1996) is a Sri Lankan badminton player. He competed at the 2016 and 2019 South Asian Games and won three silver and two bronze medals.

Career

Goonethilleka partnered with Sachin Dias and won a bronze medal at the 2016 South Asian Games. They reached the semifinals in the 2018 Commonwealth Games but lost the bronze medal match to Goh V Shem and Tan Wee Kiong. ^[2] He also won silver in the 2019 edition of the Games in Kathmandu–Pokhara.

In 2021, Goonethilleka won the men's doubles at the Bangladesh International. ^[3] He later represented the Sri Lankan team at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. ^[4]

Achievements

South Asian Games

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	Multipurpose Hall SAI–SAG Centre, Shillong, India	Sachin Dias	Manu Attri B. Sumeeth Reddy	12–21, 11–21	Bronze
2019	Badminton Covered Hall, Pokhara, Nepal	Sachin Dias	Krishna Prasad Garaga Dhruv Kapila	19–21, 21–19, 18–21	Silver

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	Multipurpose Hall SAI–SAG Centre, Shillong, India	Kavidi Sirimannage	Manu Attri Ashwini Ponnappa	17–21, 14–21	Bronze

BWF International Challenge/Series (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Men's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2025	Sri Lanka International	Jelang Fajar	18–21, 13–21	Runner-up

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2021	Bangladesh International	Sachin Dias	Bokka Navaneeth S S K Podile	21–15, 21–9	Winner

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament

References

1. "Badminton Athlete Profile: Buwaneka Goonethilleka". Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games. Archived from the original on 16 October 2022. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
2. "පොදුරද මඩුලු ක්‍රීඩා උළෙලේ ශ්‍රී ලංකා ක්‍රීඩක ක්‍රීඩිකාවන්ගේ දක්ෂතා - Sri Lanka News" (in Sinhala). News First. 17 April 2018. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
3. "Bangladesh International Challenge 2021 | Abhishek Saini wins men's singles title, downs Rithvik Kumar in final". SportsCafe. 7 December 2021. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
4. Premach, Jagath; ra (5 August 2022). "ශ්‍රී ලංකා බැඩ්මින්ටන් ක්‍රීඩකයෝ අණසක පැතිර වූ CWG 7 වැනි දිනය" (in Sinhala). ThePapare.com. Retrieved 5 August 2022.

External links

• Buwaneka Goonethilleka at BWF Badminton.com
• Buwaneka Goonethilleka at BWF .TournamentSoftware.com (archived, alternate link )
• Buwaneka Goonethilleka at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games