Thilini Jayasinghe
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| Birth name | Thilini Sunari Jayasinghe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country | Sri Lanka | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 15 January 1985 Peradeniya, Kandy, Sri Lanka | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Handedness | Right | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Highest ranking | 105 (WS 15 March 2012) 164 (WD 19 January 2012) 193 (XD 26 August 2010) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Thilini Sudhara Jayasinghe (Sinhalese: තිලිනි සුනාරි ජයසිංහ; Tamils: திலினி சுனாரி ஜயசிங்க; born 15 January 1985) 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 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.