Thilini Jayasinghe


Thilini Sudhara Jayasinghe is a Sri Lankan badminton 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 Games|Asian] and Commonwealth Games. Jayasinghe also competed for Sri Lanka at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics 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
YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
Badminton at the 2010 [South Asian Games|2010]Wooden-Floor Gymnasium, Dhaka, Bangladesh

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

Women's singles
YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2005Nepal Satellitesilver2