Buwaneka Goonethilleka

Buwaneka Goonethilleka
Personal information
Birth nameBuwenaka Tharindu Dullewa Dumbukola Goonathileka
CountrySri Lanka
Born (1996-05-08) 8 May 1996 (age 28)
Mahamodara, Southern Province, Sri Lanka[1]
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight64 kg (141 lb)
Years active2012–present
HandednessRight
Men's doubles
Highest ranking72 (with Sachin Dias 15 November 2022)
Current ranking73 (with Sachin Dias 13 December 2022)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  Sri Lanka
South Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2016 Guwahati–Shillong Men's team
Silver medal – second place 2019 Kathmandu–Pokhara Men's team
Silver medal – second place 2019 Kathmandu–Pokhara Men's doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Guwahati–Shillong Men's doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Guwahati–Shillong Mixed doubles
BWF profile

Buwenaka Tharindu Dullewa Dumbukola Goonathileka (born 8 May 1996) is a Sri Lankan badminton player. He competed at the 2016 and 2019 South Asian Games and won three silver and two bronze medals.

Career

Goonethilleka partnered with Sachin Dias and won a bronze medal at the 2016 South Asian Games. They reached the semifinals in the 2018 Commonwealth Games but lost the bronze medal match to Goh V Shem and Tan Wee Kiong.[2] He also won silver in the 2019 edition of the Games in Kathmandu–Pokhara.

In 2021, Goonethilleka won the men's doubles at the Bangladesh International.[3] He later represented the Sri Lankan team at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.[4]

Achievements

South Asian Games

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2016 Multipurpose Hall SAI–SAG Centre,
Shillong, India 		Sri Lanka Sachin Dias India Manu Attri
India B. Sumeeth Reddy 		12–21, 11–21 Bronze Bronze
2019 Badminton Covered Hall,
Pokhara, Nepal 		Sri Lanka Sachin Dias India Krishna Prasad Garaga
India Dhruv Kapila 		19–21, 21–19, 18–21 Silver Silver

Mixed doubles

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

BWF International Challenge/Series (1 title)

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2021 Bangladesh International Sri Lanka Sachin Dias India Bokka Navaneeth
India S S K Podile 		21–15, 21–9 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

References

  1. ^ "Badminton Athlete Profile: Buwaneka Goonethilleka". Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games. Archived from the original on 16 October 2022. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
  2. ^ "පොදුරද මඩුලු ක්‍රීඩා උළෙලේ ශ්‍රී ලංකා ක්‍රීඩක ක්‍රීඩිකාවන්ගේ දක්ෂතා - Sri Lanka News" (in Sinhala). News First. 17 April 2018. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
  3. ^ "Bangladesh International Challenge 2021 | Abhishek Saini wins men's singles title, downs Rithvik Kumar in final". SportsCafe. 7 December 2021. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  4. ^ Premach, Jagath; ra (5 August 2022). "ශ්‍රී ලංකා බැඩ්මින්ටන් ක්‍රීඩකයෝ අණසක පැතිර වූ CWG 7 වැනි දිනය" (in Sinhala). ThePapare.com. Retrieved 5 August 2022.