Thushara Edirisinghe

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Thushara Yasalal Edirisinghe ( Sinhala : තුෂාර එදිරිසිංහ; Tamil : துஷார எதிரிசிங்க; born June 29, 1971 ) is a Sri Lankan badminton player .

Career

Thushara Edirisinghe took part in the 1999 badminton world championship. In 2003 and 2005 he won the Sri Lanka International, 2005 also the Nepal International. He won several silver and bronze medals at the South Asian Games in 2004 and 2006. In Sri Lanka, he became national champion more than a dozen times.

Sporting successes

season event discipline space Surname
1999 World Championship Men's doubles 33 Thushara Edirisinghe / Duminda Jayakody
2003 Sri Lanka International Mixed 1 Thushara Edirisinghe / Hemani Kaushali Dissanayake
2004 South Asian Games Mixed 3 Thushara Edirisinghe / Renu Chandrika
2004 South Asian Games Men's doubles 3 Duminda Jayakody / Thushara Edirisinghe
2005 Sri Lanka International Mixed 1 Thushara Edirisinghe / N. Palinda Halangoda
2005 Nepal International Mixed 1 Thushara Edirisinghe / Renu Chandrika Hettiarachchige
2006 South Asian Games Mixed 3 Tharusha Edirisinghe / Chandrika de Silva
2006 South Asian Games Men's doubles 2 Thushara Edirisinghe / Daminda Jayakody

credentials