Team Sri Lanka

 

 

Mr. Niluka Karunaratne


Niluka Karunaratne


Sports: BADMINTON

Date of Birth: 13th February, 1982

Gender: Male

Birth Province: Southern

Place of Birth: Galle

Birth Country: Sri Lanka

Nationality: Srilankan

Height: 178 CM

Weight: 75 Kg


International Honours:

1. The only Sri Lankan player to gain international recognition in the history of Badminton in Sri Lanka achieving a World Ranking of 34

2. Represented Sri Lanka in all leading championships since year 2000: Thomas Cup, Asian Championship, World Championship, Asian Games, Sudirman Cup, Commonwealth Games and Olympic Games

3. Asian Badminton Championships 2003 - defeated Indonesian No. 6

4. Australian Open 2004 - defeated Australian No. 1 (World Ranking 38)

5. Australian Open 2004 - defeated New Zealand No. 1 (World Ranking 58)

6. Asian Championships 2005 - defeated Malaysian No. 6

7. Melbourne Commonwealth Games 2006 - defeated Canadian No. 1 (World Ranking 18)

8. Bahrain International 2007- defeated Japanese No.8

9. Pakistan International 2007 - defeated Portuguese No. 1 (World Ranking 54)

10. Uganda International 2008 - defeated Spanish No. 1 (World Ranking 44)

11. Represented Sri Lanka at 2012 London Olympic Games - Captain of Sri Lankan Team

12. London Olympics 2012 - defeated Japanese No.1 (World Ranking 8)

13. London Olympics 2012 - qualified up to Pre- Quarter Finals (Best 16)

14. Defeated Chan Yan kit from Hong Kong China, world No. 13 at the Austrian international Challenge 2013

15. Defeated Nan Wei (Asian Game Bronze Medallist) World No: 9 from Hong Kong China at the Austrian international challenge 2014

AWARDS

Gold Medals

1. Puerto Rico international challenge 2011 – Men’s singles

2. Miami international series 2011 – Men’s singles

3. Welsh international series 2011 – Men’s singles

4. Uganda international series 2012 – Men’s singles

5. Iran international challenge 2012 – Men’s singles

6. Uganda international series 2016 – Men’s singles

7. Portuguese international series 2016 – Men’s singles

8. Brazil international challenge 2017 – Men’s singles

9. Benin international series 2019 – Men’s singles

 

Silver Medals

1. Welsh international series 2003 - Men’s singles

2. Australian international series 2004 – Men’s singles

3. Iran international series 2007 – Men’s singles

4. Uganda international 2008 silver – Men’s singles

5. Bahrain international challenge 2012 – Men’s singles

6. Brazil international challenge 2012 - Men’s singles

7. Dutch international series 2014 – Men’s singles

8. Uganda international series 2020 - Men’s singles

 

Bronze Medals

1. Bangladesh international series 2002 – Men’s singles

2. New Zealand international series 2004 – Men’s singles

3. New Zealand international series 2005 - Men’s singles

4. Bahrain international series 2007 – Men’s singles

5. Pakistan international challenge 2010 – Men’s singles

6. Maldives International challenge 2010 – Men’s singles

7. Estonia international series 2012 – Men’s singles

8. Dutch international series 2012 - Men’s singles

9. Austrian international challenge 2013 – Men’s singles

10. Peru International challenge – Men’s singles

11. Iran International challenge 2015 – Men’s singles

12. Romanian international series 2016 – Men’s singles

13. Tahiti international challenge 2016 – Men’s singles

14. Egypt international series 2019 – Men’s singles

15. Sydney international series 2019 – Men’s singles

16. Ivory Coast international series 2019- Men’s singles

17. 56th Portuguese international championships 202


National Honours:

1. U-11 to U-19 all age groups All Island Junior National Champion

2. Captain of Royal College Badminton Team – 2003

3. Up and coming sportsman of the year at Royal College – 1999

4. Most outstanding sportsman at Royal College – 2000

5. Royal crown at Royal College – 2001

6. Member of the Royal college U-15 cricket team - year 2001 (won the all-island trophy)

7. Six years colours man at Royal College

8. Youngest national champion ever - Year 2001 at the age of 16

9. One and only undisputed National Champion from year 2001 to 2021 and 17 national titles

10. Nine-time Men’s doubles national champion

11. Three-time mix doubles champion

12. Won More than 40 local open titles apart from national championships since year 2000


Our Partners
DSI Lovi
Hangzhou 2022
Captain Lovi
Trinbago 2023
IDM
Education
Crysbro
Sports Development
Hirdaramani Brandix MAS Sunshine
Tokyo 2020


About us

The National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka (NOC SL) was inaugurated on 8th April 1937 at a meeting of representatives of Athletic, Swimming and Boxing Associations. As resolved on this day, the first meeting of the Ceylon Olympic and Empire Games Association was held on 30th April 1937.


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