Sawan Serasinghe

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Sawan Serasinghe
Friendly match between Australian and Indonesian badminton players 2016 - Sawan Serasinghe.jpg
Personal information
CountryFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Born (1994-02-21) 21 February 1994 (age 31)
Galle, Sri Lanka
Residence Melbourne, Australia
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight79 kg (174 lb)
HandednessLeft
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking32 (MD 1 December 2016)
32 (XD 19 October 2017)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Oceania Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 North Harbour Men's doubles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2016 Papeete Men's doubles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2017 Nouméa Men's doubles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2017 Nouméa Mixed doubles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Hamilton Men's doubles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Hamilton Mixed doubles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Melbourne Men's doubles
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2014 Ballarat Men's doubles
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Melbourne Mixed doubles
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2020 Ballarat Men's doubles
Oceania Mixed Team Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2014 BallaratMixed team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2016 AucklandMixed team
Oceania Men's Team Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2018 HamiltonMen's team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2020 BallaratMen's team
BWF profile

Sawan Serasinghe (born 21 February 1994) is a former badminton player from Australia. [1] 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 2016 Summer Olympics alongside Matthew Chau. [2]

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Serasinghe with his partner Matthew Chau in 2016 Friendly match Australia and Indonesia 2016 - Matthew Chau and Sawan Serasinghe.jpg
Serasinghe with his partner Matthew Chau in 2016

Career

Serasinghe started playing badminton since the age of five, he was born in Galle, 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, 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. [3]

He made his first Olympic appearance at the 2016 Summer Olympics, competing in the men's doubles with Matthew Chau. 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. [3] [4]

Off the court, Serasinghe holds a Bachelor of Business Information Systems degree from Monash University. [3]

Achievements

Oceania Championships

Men's doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2020 Ken Kay Badminton Stadium,
Ballarat, Australia 		Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matthew Chau Flag of New Zealand.svg Oliver Leydon-Davis
Flag of New Zealand.svg Abhinav Manota 		21–18, 9–21, 14–21 Med 2.png Silver
2019 Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre,
Melbourne, Australia 		Flag of Australia (converted).svg Eric Vuong Flag of Australia (converted).svg Simon Leung
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mitchell Wheller 		21–17, 21–10 Med 1.png Gold
2018 Eastlink Badminton Stadium,
Hamilton, New Zealand 		Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matthew Chau Flag of Australia (converted).svg Robin Middleton
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ross Smith 		21–17, 23–21 Med 1.png Gold
2017 Salle Anewy,
Nouméa, New Caledonia 		Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matthew Chau Flag of New Zealand.svg Kevin Dennerly-Minturn
Flag of New Zealand.svg Niccolo Tagle 		21–8, 21–14 Med 1.png Gold
2016 Punaauia University Hall,
Papeete, Tahiti 		Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matthew Chau Flag of French Polynesia.svg Leo Cucuel
Flag of French Polynesia.svg Remi Rossi 		21–11, 21–12 Med 1.png Gold
2015 X-TRM North Harbour Badminton Centre,
Auckland, New Zealand		 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matthew Chau Flag of New Zealand.svg Kevin Dennerly-Minturn
Flag of New Zealand.svg Oliver Leydon-Davis 		10–21, 21–16, 21–13 Med 1.png Gold
2014 Ken Kay Badminton Hall,
Ballarat, Australia 		Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matthew Chau Flag of Australia (converted).svg Raymond Tam
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Glenn Warfe 		11–21, 13–21 Med 2.png Silver

Mixed doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2019 Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre,
Melbourne, Australia 		Flag of Australia (converted).svg Khoo Lee Yen Flag of Australia (converted).svg Simon Leung
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Gronya Somerville 		18–21, 15–21 Med 2.png Silver
2018 Eastlink Badminton Stadium,
Hamilton, New Zealand 		Flag of Australia (converted).svg Setyana Mapasa Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matthew Chau
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Leanne Choo 		21–19, 21–18 Med 1.png Gold
2017 Salle Anewy,
Nouméa, New Caledonia 		Flag of Australia (converted).svg Setyana Mapasa Flag of Australia (converted).svg Joel Findlay
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Gronya Somerville 		21–19, 21–9 Med 1.png Gold

BWF Grand Prix (1 runner-up)

The BWF Grand Prix has two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007.

Mixed doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2017 New Zealand Open Flag of Australia (converted).svg Setyana Mapasa Flag of Indonesia.svg Ronald Alexander
Flag of Indonesia.svg Annisa Saufika 		19–21, 14–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

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

Men's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2017Nouméa International Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matthew Chau Flag of Australia (converted).svg Joel Findlay
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jeff Tho 		17–21, 21–7, 21–14Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2015Maribyrnong International Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matthew Chau Flag of Malaysia.svg Darren Isaac Devadass
Flag of Malaysia.svg Vountus Indra Mawan 		24–22, 10–21, 14–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2015 Waikato International Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matthew Chau Flag of Pakistan.svg Rizwan Azam
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Michael Fariman 		21–16, 21–15Gold medal icon.svgWinner

Mixed doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2017Sydney International Flag of Australia (converted).svg Setyana Mapasa Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Ye Hong-wei
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Teng Chun-hsun 		WalkoverSilver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2017Nouméa International Flag of Australia (converted).svg Setyana Mapasa Flag of New Zealand.svg Dylan Soedjasa
Flag of New Zealand.svg Susannah Leydon-Davis 		21–13, 15–21, 21–17Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2015 Norwegian International Flag of Australia (converted).svg Setyana Mapasa Flag of Denmark.svg Soren Gravholt
Flag of Denmark.svg Maiken Fruergaard 		21–17, 21–15Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2015Maribyrnong International Flag of Australia (converted).svg Setyana Mapasa Flag of Australia (converted).svg Robin Middleton
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Leanne Choo 		21–17, 19–21, 19–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2015 Waikato International Flag of Australia (converted).svg Setyana Mapasa Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matthew Chau
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Gronya Somerville 		21–13, 21–17Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2014Sydney International Flag of Australia (converted).svg Setyana Mapasa Flag of Australia (converted).svg Pham Tran Hoang
Flag of Indonesia.svg Sylvina Kurniawan 		11–4, 11–8, 11–3Gold medal icon.svgWinner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References

  1. ↑ "Players: Sawan Serasinghe". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation . Retrieved 11 February 2017.
  2. ↑ "Australian badminton champion makes Olympic debut". www.australiaplus.com. Australia Plus . Retrieved 11 February 2017.
  3. 1 2 3 "Sawan Serasinghe". Official Site of the 2016 Australian Olympic Team . Australian Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 25 February 2017. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
  4. ↑ "Aussie Badminton star celebrates end of months of clean eating with Olympian McDonald's meal". metro.co.uk. Metro . Retrieved 11 February 2017.
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