Kavidi Sirimannage

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Kavidi Sirimannage
Personal information
Birth nameKavidi Ishadika Sirimannage
CountrySri Lanka
Born (1995-09-27) 27 September 1995 (age 27)
Colombo, Sri Lanka
Height1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight55 kg (121 lb)
HandednessRight
Women's singles & doubles
Highest ranking135 (WS 13 August 2019)
72 (WD with Thilini Hendahewa 13 August 2019)
89 (XD with Sachin Dias 15 November 2022)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka
South Asian Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Kathmandu-Pokhara Women's doubles
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2016 Guwahati-Shillong Women's team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Kathmandu-Pokhara Women's team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2016 Guwahati-Shillong Women's singles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2016 Guwahati-Shillong Mixed doubles
BWF profile

Kavidi Ishadika Sirimannage (born 27 September 1995) is a Sri Lankan badminton player. [1] In 2010, she won the mixed doubles title at the Sri Lanka Air Force Championships with Niluka Karunaratne. [2] In 2015, she was crowned as the champion in the women's doubles, and the runner-up in the singles and mixed doubles. [3] In 2016 she helped the Sri Lankan women's team win a silver medal at the South Asian Games, and also won a bronze in the singles and the mixed doubles event. [4] [5] She won the 2017 Summer Season Championships in the women's doubles event with Thilini Hendahewa, and was the runner-up in the singles. [6] She won her first international title at the Lagos International tournament in the women's doubles event with Hendahewa. [7] She competed at the 2017 Summer Universiade in Taipei, Taiwan, [8] and at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast. [9]

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Achievements

South Asian Games

Women's singles

YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
2016 Multipurpose Hall SAI–SAG Centre, Shillong, India Flag of India.svg P. V. Sindhu 5–21, 16–21 Med 3.png Bronze

Women's doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2019 Badminton Covered Hall,
Pokhara, Nepal
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Thilini Hendahewa Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Achini Ratnasiri
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Upuli Weerasinghe
21–10, 21–7 Med 1.png Gold

Mixed doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2016 Multipurpose Hall SAI–SAG Centre,
Shillong, India
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Buwaneka Goonethilleka Flag of India.svg Manu Attri
Flag of India.svg Ashwini Ponnappa
17–21, 14–21 Med 3.png Bronze

BWF International Challenge/Series (2 titles, 3 runners-up)

Women's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2017 Lagos International Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Thilini Hendahewa Flag of Nigeria.svg Zainab Momoh
Flag of Nigeria.svg Ramatu Yakubu
21–8, 21–5Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2018 Nepal International Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Thilini Hendahewa Flag of India.svg Aparna Balan
Flag of India.svg Sruthi K. P.
16–21, 13–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2019 Maldives Future Series Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Thilini Hendahewa Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Kuo Yu-wen
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Lin Wan-ching
19–21, 18–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up

Mixed doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2012 Maldives International Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Hasitha Chanaka Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Raj Popat
Flag of Indonesia.svg Devi Tika Permatasari
17–21, 17–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2021 Bangladesh International Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sachin Dias Flag of India.svg Pratik Ranade
Flag of India.svg Akshaya Warang
21–15, 21–18Gold medal icon.svgWinner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

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