Chandrika de Silva

Personal information

Country

Sri Lanka

Born

24 February 1974 (age 49)

Height

1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)

Handedness

Right

Women's singles & doubles

Highest ranking

129 (WS 19 April 2012)
164 (WD 19 January 2012)
116 (XD 31 May 2012)

Medal record

Women's badminton

Representing Sri Lanka
South Asian Games
	2004 Islamabad	Women's team
	2006 Colombo	Women's team
	2010 Dhaka	Women's team
	2016 Guwahati–Shillong	Women's team
	2004 Islamabad	Women's singles
	2004 Islamabad	Women's doubles
	2004 Islamabad	Mixed doubles
	2006 Colombo	Women's singles
	2006 Colombo	Women's doubles
	2006 Colombo	Mixed doubles
	2010 Dhaka	Women's doubles
	2010 Dhaka	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.^[1] She represented her country at the 2002, 2006 and 2010 Commonwealth Games.^[2]

Career

She won the Sri Lanka national championships in 1997 to 2003 and regained the title back in 2005.^[2] 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.^[2]^[3] She also won the women's and mixed doubles titles in Syria and Jordan.^[3]

Achievements

South Asian Games

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2004	Rodham Hall, Islamabad, Pakistan	B. R. Meenakshi	8–11, 1–11	Bronze
2006	Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka	Trupti Murgunde	11–21, 10–21	Bronze

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2004	Rodham Hall, Islamabad, Pakistan	Pameesha Dishanthi	Fathima Nazneen Manjusha Kanwar	3–15, 4–15	Bronze
2006	Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka	Thilini Jayasinghe	Aparna Balan B. R. Meenakshi	7–21, 14–21	Bronze
2010	Wooden-Floor Gymnasium, Dhaka, Bangladesh	Nadeesha Gayanthi	P. C. Thulasi Ashwini Ponnappa	8–21, 13–21	Bronze

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2004	Rodham Hall, Islamabad, Pakistan	Thushara Edirisinghe	Markose Bristow Manjusha Kanwar	5–15, 17–15, 10–15	Bronze
2006	Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka	Thushara Edirisinghe	Thomas Kurian Aparna Balan	12–21, 9–21	Bronze
2010	Wooden-Floor Gymnasium, Dhaka, Bangladesh	Niluka Karunaratne	Sanave Thomas Aparna Balan	14–21, 13–21	Bronze

BWF International Challenge/Series (7 titles, 7 runners-up)

Women's singles

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

Women's doubles

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

Mixed doubles

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