Chandrika de Silva

Chandrika de Silva

Personal information
Born	(1974-02-24) 24 February 1974
Height	1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Sport
Country	Sri Lanka
Sport	Badminton
Handedness	Right
Women's singles & doubles
Highest ranking	129 (WS 19 April 2012) 164 (WD 19 January 2012) 116 (XD 31 May 2012)
BWF profile
Medal record Women's badminton Representing Sri Lanka World Senior Championships Silver medal – second place 2025 Pattaya Women's singles 50+ South Asian Games Silver medal – second place 2004 Islamabad Women's team Silver medal – second place 2006 Colombo Women's team Silver medal – second place 2010 Dhaka Women's team Silver medal – second place 2016 Guwahati–Shillong Women's team Bronze medal – third place 2004 Islamabad Women's singles Bronze medal – third place 2004 Islamabad Women's doubles Bronze medal – third place 2004 Islamabad Mixed doubles Bronze medal – third place 2006 Colombo Women's singles Bronze medal – third place 2006 Colombo Women's doubles Bronze medal – third place 2006 Colombo Mixed doubles Bronze medal – third place 2010 Dhaka Women's doubles Bronze medal – third place 2010 Dhaka Mixed doubles

Chandrika de Silva (Sinhalese: චන්ද්‍රිකා ද සිල්වා; Tamils: சந்திரிகா த சில்வா; born 24 February 1974) 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

World Senior Championships

Women's singles

Year	Age	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2025	50+	Eastern National Sports Training Centre, Pattaya, Thailand	Janne Vang Nielsen	19–21, 21–23	Silver Silver

South Asian Games

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2004	Rodham Hall, Islamabad, Pakistan	B. R. Meenakshi	8–11, 1–11	Bronze Bronze
2006	Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka	Trupti Murgunde	11–21, 10–21	Bronze Bronze

Women's doubles

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

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2004	Rodham Hall, Islamabad, Pakistan	Thushara Edirisinghe	Markose Bristow Manjusha Kanwar	5–15, 17–15, 10–15	Bronze Bronze
2006	Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka	Thushara Edirisinghe	Thomas Kurian Aparna Balan	12–21, 9–21	Bronze Bronze
2010	Wooden-Floor Gymnasium, Dhaka, Bangladesh	Niluka Karunaratne	Sanave Thomas Aparna Balan	14–21, 13–21	Bronze Bronze

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

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2002	Bangladesh Satellite	Alina Begum	11–2, 11–1	1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2005	Nepal Satellite	Thilini Jayasinghe	11–5, 11–9	1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2007	Iran Fajr International	Ana Moura	16–21, 21–15, 18–21	2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2007	Iran Fajr International	Thilini Jayasinghe	Negin Amiripour Sahar Zamanian	20–22, 21–13, 12–21	2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2007	Syria International	Thilini Jayasinghe	Sabereh Kabiri Sahar Zamanian	21–13, 21–18	1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2007	Jordan Satellite	Thilini Jayasinghe	Sabereh Kabiri Sahar Zamanian	21–19, 21–17	1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2007	Pakistan International	Thilini Jayasinghe	Jwala Gutta Shruti Kurien	13–21, 14–21	2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2008	Iran Fajr International	Thilini Jayasinghe	Norshahliza Baharum Lim Yin Loo	12–21, 15–21	2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2005	Nepal Satellite	Thushara Edirisinghe	Duminda Jayakody Thilini Jayasinghe	15–13, 15–4	1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2007	Jordan Satellite	Diluka Karunaratne	Anushaka Lakshan Thilini Jayasinghe	21–15, 23–21	1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2007	Pakistan International	Diluka Karunaratne	Valiyaveetil Diju Aparna Balan	11–21, 14–21	2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2010	Maldives International	Udara Nayanajith	Kennevic Asuncion Karyn Velez	22–24, 21–17, 13–21	2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2010	Syria International	Lasitha Menaka	Emre Vural Özge Bayrak	21–17, 21–19	1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2011	Miami International	Lasitha Menaka	Phillip Chew Paula Lynn Obañana	18–21, 21–17, 10–21	2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament

  BWF Future Series tournament

External links

• Renu Chandrika de Silva Hettiarachchige at BWFBadminton.com
• Renu Chandrika de Silva Hettiarachchige at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com (archived, alternate link)
• Renu Chandrika Hettiarachchige at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived) (2002–2010)
• Renu Chandrika at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived) (1998)
• Renu Hettiarachchige at the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games (archived)