Thilini Sudhara Jayasinghe ( Sinhalese: තිලිනි සුනාරි ජයසිංහ;

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: திலினி சுனாரி ஜயசிங்க; born 15 January 1985) is a Sri Lankan

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player. Born in Peradeniya, Jayasinghe started playing badminton aged 9, and has joined the national team in 2000. She attended Mahamaya College and was named Best Sports Woman in 2004. In 2006 and 2010, she competed at the Asian and

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. Jayasinghe also competed for Sri Lanka at the

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and

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in the women's singles event. She is the first woman badminton player to have ever represented Sri Lanka at the Olympic Games.

Achievements

South Asian Games

''Women's singles'' ''Women's doubles''

BWF International Challenge/Series (2 titles, 9 runners-up)

''Women's singles'' ''Women's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles'' :

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tournament :

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tournament :

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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* * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Jayasinghe, Thilini 1985 births Living people Sri Lankan female badminton players Olympic badminton players for Sri Lanka Badminton players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Badminton players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Asian Games competitors for Sri Lanka Badminton players at the 2006 Asian Games Badminton players at the 2010 Asian Games Commonwealth Games competitors for Sri Lanka Badminton players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Badminton players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games South Asian Games silver medalists for Sri Lanka South Asian Games bronze medalists for Sri Lanka South Asian Games medalists in badminton Medalists at the 2004 South Asian Games Medalists at the 2006 South Asian Games Medalists at the 2010 South Asian Games Sportspeople from Kandy 20th-century Sri Lankan women 21st-century Sri Lankan women