Chandrika de Silva


Chandrika de Silva also known as Renu Chandrika Hettiarachchige is a Sri Lankan badminton player. She represented her country at the 2002, 2006 and 2010 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
YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
2006Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka Trupti Murgunde11–21, 10–21 Bronze
2004Rodham Hall, Islamabad, Pakistan B. R. Meenakshi8–11, 1–11 Bronze

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

Mixed doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2010Wooden-Floor Gymnasium,
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Niluka Karunaratne Sanave Thomas
Aparna Balan
14–21, 13–21 Bronze
2006Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium,
Colombo, Sri Lanka
Thushara Edirisinghe Thomas Kurian
Aparna Balan
12–21, 9–21 Bronze
2004Rodham Hall,
Islamabad, Pakistan
Thushara Edirisinghe Markose Bristow
Manjusha Kanwar
–, – Bronze

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

Women's singles
YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2007Iran Fajr International Ana Moura16–21, 21–15, 18–21 Runner-up
2005Nepal Satellite Thilini Jayasinghe11–5, 11–9 Winner
2002Bangladesh Satellite Alina Begum11–2, 11–1 Winner

Women's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2008Iran Fajr International Thilini Jayasinghe Norshahliza Baharum
Lim Yin Loo
12–21, 15–21 Runner-up
2007Pakistan International Thilini Jayasinghe Jwala Gutta
Shruti Kurien
13–21, 14–21 Runner-up
2007Jordan Satellite Thilini Jayasinghe Sabereh Kabiri
Sahar Zamanian
21–19, 21–17 Winner
2007Syria International Thilini Jayasinghe Sabereh Kabiri
Sahar Zamanian
21–13, 21–18 Winner
2007Iran Fajr International Thilini Jayasinghe Negin Amiripour
Sahar Zamanian
20–22, 21–13, 12–21 Runner-up

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