Buwaneka Goonethilleka


Buwenaka Tharindu Dullewa Dumbukola Goonathileka 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. 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. He later represented the Sri Lankan team at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.

Achievements

South Asian Games

Men's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2016Multipurpose Hall SAI–SAG Centre,
Shillong, India

BWF International Challenge/Series (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Men's singles
YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2025Sri Lanka Internationalsilver2