Chandrika de Silva

Chandrika de Silva
Personal information
Country	Sri Lanka
Born	(1974-02-24) 24 February 1974
Height	1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Handedness	Right
Women's
Highest ranking	129 (WS) 19 April 2012 164 (WD) 19 January 2012 116 (XD) 31 May 2012
Medal record Badminton Representing Sri Lanka South Asian Games 2010 Dhaka Women's team 2006 Colombo Women's team 2004 Islamabad Women's team 2010 Dhaka Women's doubles 2010 Dhaka Mixed doubles 2006 Colombo Women's singles 2006 Colombo Women's doubles 2006 Colombo Mixed doubles 2004 Islamabad Women's singles 2004 Islamabad Women's doubles 2004 Islamabad Mixed doubles
BWF profile

Chandrika de Silva (Sinhalese: චන්ද්‍රිකා ද සිල්වා; Tamils: சந்திரிகா த சில்வா; born 24 February 1974) also known as Renu Chandrika Hettiarachchige is a Sri Lankan badminton player. She represented her country at the 2002 and 2006 Commonwealth Games.

Career

She won the Sri Lanka national championships in 1997 to 2003 and regained the title back in 2005. In 2004, she won one silver and three bronze medals at the 2004 South Asian Games. At the 2005 Nepal Satellite she clinched the women's singles and mixed doubles event, and at the same year, she reached the women's doubles quarterfinals at the Asian Championships. She also won the women's and mixed doubles titles in Syria and Jordan.

Achievements

South Asian Games

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2006	Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka	Trupti Murgunde	11–21, 10–21	Bronze

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2010	Wooden-Floor Gymnasium, Dhaka, Bangladesh	Nadeesha Gayanthi	P. C. Thulasi Ashwini Ponnappa	8–21, 13–21	Bronze
2006	Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka	Thilini Jayasinghe	Aparna Balan B. R. Meenakshi	7–21, 14–21	Bronze

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2010	Wooden-Floor Gymnasium, Dhaka, Bangladesh	Niluka Karunaratne	Sanave Thomas Aparna Balan	14–21, 13–21	Bronze
2006	Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka	Thushara Edirisinghe	Thomas Kurian Aparna Balan	12–21, 9–21	Bronze

BWF International Challenge/Series

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2007	Iran Fajr International	Ana Moura	16–21, 21–15, 18–21	Runner-up
2005	Nepal Satellite	Thilini Jayasinghe	11–5, 11–9	Winner
2002	Bangladesh Satellite	Alina Begum	11–2, 11–1	Winner

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2008	Iran Fajr International	Thilini Jayasinghe	Norshahliza Baharum Lim Yin Loo	12–21, 15–21	Runner-up
2007	Pakistan International	Thilini Jayasinghe	Jwala Gutta Shruti Kurien	13–21, 14–21	Runner-up
2007	Jordan Satellite	Thilini Jayasinghe	Sabereh Kabiri Sahar Zamanian	21–19, 21–17	Winner
2007	Syria International	Thilini Jayasinghe	Sabereh Kabiri Sahar Zamanian	21–13, 21–18	Winner
2007	Iran Fajr International	Thilini Jayasinghe	Negin Amiripour Sahar Zamanian	20–22, 21–13, 12–21	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2011	Miami International	Lasitha Menaka Karunathilake	Phillip Chew Paula Lynn Obanana	18–21, 21–17, 10–21	Runner-up
2010	Syria International	Lasitha Menaka Karunathilake	Emre Vural Ozge Bayrak	21–17, 21–19	Winner
2010	Maldives International	Udara Nayanajith	Kennevic Asuncion Karyn Velez	22–24, 21–17, 13–21	Runner-up
2007	Pakistan International	Diluka Karunaratne	Valiyaveetil Diju Aparna Balan	11–21, 14–21	Runner-up
2007	Jordan Satellite	Diluka Karunaratne	Anushaka Lakshan Thilini Jayasinghe	21–15, 23–21	Winner
2005	Nepal Satellite	Thushara Edirisinghe	Duminda Jayakody Thilini Jayasinghe	15–13, 15–4	Winner

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External links

• Chandrika de Silva at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com