Kavidi Sirimannage

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]

Kavidi Sirimannage
Personal information
Birth name	Kavidi Ishadika Sirimannage
Country	Sri Lanka
Born	(1995-09-27) 27 September 1995 (age 28) Colombo, Sri Lanka
Height	1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight	55 kg (121 lb)
Handedness	Right
Women's singles & doubles
Highest ranking	135 (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  Sri Lanka South Asian Games 2019 Kathmandu-Pokhara Women's doubles 2016 Guwahati-Shillong Women's team 2019 Kathmandu-Pokhara Women's team 2016 Guwahati-Shillong Women's singles 2016 Guwahati-Shillong Mixed doubles
BWF profile

Achievements

South Asian Games

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	Multipurpose Hall SAI–SAG Centre, Shillong, India	P. V. Sindhu	5–21, 16–21	Bronze

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	Badminton Covered Hall, Pokhara, Nepal	Thilini Hendahewa	Achini Ratnasiri   Upuli Weerasinghe	21–10, 21–7	Gold

Mixed doubles

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

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

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	Lagos International	Thilini Hendahewa	Zainab Momoh   Ramatu Yakubu	21–8, 21–5	Winner
2018	Nepal International	Thilini Hendahewa	Aparna Balan   Sruthi K. P.	16–21, 13–21	Runner-up
2019	Maldives Future Series	Thilini Hendahewa	Kuo Yu-wen   Lin Wan-ching	19–21, 18–21	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2012	Maldives International	Hasitha Chanaka	Raj Popat   Devi Tika Permatasari	17–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2021	Bangladesh International	Sachin Dias	Pratik Ranade   Akshaya Warang	21–15, 21–18	Winner

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament

References

1. "Players: Kavidi Sirimannage". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
2. "Niluka Karunaratne Dominates National Badminton Championship". Sri Lanka Air Force. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
3. "Air Force Open Badminton Championship 2015". Sri Lanka Air Force. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
4. "India sweeps badminton golds at South Asian Games". BadmintonPlanet.com. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
5. "South Asian Games : Ruthvika Shivani Upset PV Sindhu To Win Gold". XtraTime. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
6. "Hendahewa bags triple crown at Summer Season Badminton". Daily News. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
7. "Nigeria Shines as India, Sri Lanka Dominate Lagos Badminton Classics". This Day. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
8. "Summer Universiade 2017; "Let the Games Begin"". MoraSpirit. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
9. "Participants: Kavidi Sirimannage". gc2018.com. Gold Coast 2018. Retrieved 13 April 2018.

External links

• Kavidi Sirimannage at BWF.tournamentsoftware.com
• Profile at www.2017.taipei