Dona Lekha Shehani Handunkuttihettige (born 30 January 1993) is a Sri Lankan
badminton
Badminton is a racquet sport played using racket (sports equipment), racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net (device), net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per s ...
player.
She started to playing badminton at the age of 8. In 2009, she began to participate in the national badminton tournament, and in 2013, she won her first national title.
She competed at the
2010 Summer Youth Olympics
The 2010 Summer Youth Olympics, ) officially known as the I Summer Youth Olympic Games, and commonly known as Singapore 2010, were the inaugural edition of the Youth Olympic Games (YOG), an Olympic Games-based event for young athletes. Held ...
in
Singapore
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.
In 2014, she was the runner-up at the
Uganda International
The Uganda International is an international badminton tournament held in Uganda organised by Uganda Badminton Association. In 2008, this tournament have been sanctioned by Badminton World Federation as International Series rated event with total ...
tournament in the women's singles event.
In 2016, she won the singles title at the Ivory Coast International, and in 2017, she won doubles title at the
Ethiopia International
The Ethiopia International is an international badminton tournament established in 2011, held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and rated as BWF Future Series
The BWF Future Series is a grade 3 and level 3 tournaments part of Continental Circuit of BWF t ...
in the women's singles and doubles event.
Shehani was graduated from the Convent of Our Lady of Victories,
Moratuwa
Moratuwa () is a large municipality on the southwestern coast of Sri Lanka, near Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia. It is situated on the Galle–Colombo (Galle road) main highway, south of the centre of Colombo. Moratuwa is surrounded on three sides ...
.
Achievements
BWF International Challenge/Series (3 titles, 1 runner-up)
''Women's singles''
''Women's doubles''
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BWF International Challenge
The BWF International Challenge is a grade 3 and level 1 tournament part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Series (level 2) and Future Series (level 3), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007.
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tournament
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BWF International Series
The BWF International Series is a grade 3 and level 2 tournament part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Challenge (level 1) and Future Series (level 3), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007.
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tournament
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BWF Future Series
The BWF Future Series is a grade 3 and level 3 tournaments part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Challenge (level 1) and International Series (level 2), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. ...
tournament
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1993 births
Living people
Sri Lankan female badminton players
Badminton players at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics
South Asian Games silver medalists for Sri Lanka
South Asian Games medalists in badminton
Medalists at the 2010 South Asian Games
Medalists at the 2016 South Asian Games
Place of birth missing (living people)
21st-century Sri Lankan sportswomen
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