Niluka Karunaratne

Profile details

Born

13 Feb 1985

Birthplace

Galle

Country

Sri Lanka

Height

176 cm

Plays

Right-handed

Sport

Badminton

Discipline

Racquet

Category

Men

Status

Active

District, weight, coach, academy, national ranking and international ranking are not yet recorded for this athlete.

Honours & Awards

• ▸National champion

Competition Appearances

60 recorded appearances, most significant first.

• ·2020 Summer Olympics – men's singles
• ·2016 Summer Olympics – men's singles
• ·2012 Summer Olympics – men's singles
• ·2010 Asian Games – men's singles
• ·2002 Asian Games – men's singles
• ·2022 Commonwealth Games – men's singles
• ·2018 Commonwealth Games – men's singles
• ·2014 Commonwealth Games – men's singles

Career Timeline

1. 2001Competed at 2001 Sri Lanka Badminton Championships – men's singles
2. 2002Competed at 2002 Sri Lanka Badminton Championships – men's doubles
3. 2002Competed at 2002 Sri Lanka Badminton Championships – men's singles
4. 2002Competed at badminton at the 2002 Asian Games – men's singles
5. 2002Competed at badminton at the 2002 Commonwealth Games – men's singles
6. 2002Competed at badminton at the 2002 Commonwealth Games – mixed doubles
7. 2003Competed at 2003 Sri Lanka Badminton Championships – men's doubles
8. 2003Competed at 2003 Sri Lanka Badminton Championships – men's singles
9. 2003Competed at 2003 Welsh International Badminton Championships – men's singles
10. 2004Competed at 2004 New Zealand Open Badminton Championships – men's singles
11. 2004Competed at 2004 Sri Lanka Badminton Championships – men's singles
12. 2005Competed at 2005 Sri Lanka Badminton Championships – men's singles
13. 2006Competed at 2006 Sri Lanka Badminton Championships – men's doubles
14. 2006Competed at 2006 Sri Lanka Badminton Championships – men's singles
15. 2006Competed at 2006 Sri Lanka Badminton Championships – mixed doubles
16. 2006Competed at badminton at the 2006 Commonwealth Games – men's doubles
17. 2006Competed at badminton at the 2006 Commonwealth Games – men's singles
18. 2006Competed at badminton at the 2006 Commonwealth Games – mixed team
19. 2007Competed at 2007 Bahrain International Badminton Championships – men's singles
20. 2007Competed at 2007 Sri Lanka Badminton Championships – men's doubles
21. 2007Competed at 2007 Sri Lanka Badminton Championships – men's singles
22. 2008Competed at 2008 Sri Lanka Badminton Championships – men's singles
23. 2008Competed at 2008 Sri Lanka Badminton Championships – mixed doubles
24. 2009Competed at 2009 Sri Lanka Badminton Championships – men's singles
25. 2009Competed at 2009 Sri Lanka Badminton Championships – mixed doubles
26. 2010Competed at badminton at the 2010 Asian Games – men's singles
27. 2010Competed at badminton at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – men's doubles
28. 2010Competed at badminton at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – men's singles
29. 2010Competed at badminton at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – mixed team
30. 2011Competed at 2011 Miami PanAm International Badminton Championships – men's singles
31. 2011Competed at 2011 Sri Lanka Badminton Championships – men's doubles
32. 2011Competed at 2011 Sri Lanka Badminton Championships – men's singles
33. 2011Competed at 2011 Sri Lanka Badminton Championships – mixed doubles
34. 2011Competed at 2011 Welsh International Badminton Championships – men's singles
35. 2012Competed at 2012 Bahrain International Badminton Championships – men's singles
36. 2012Competed at 2012 Dutch International Badminton Championships – men's singles
37. 2012Competed at 2012 Sri Lanka Badminton Championships – men's doubles
38. 2012Competed at 2012 Sri Lanka Badminton Championships – men's singles
39. 2012Competed at 2012 Sri Lanka Badminton Championships – mixed doubles
40. 2012Competed at badminton at the 2012 Summer Olympics – men's singles
41. 2013Competed at 2013 Austrian International Badminton Championships – men's singles
42. 2013Competed at 2013 Sri Lanka Badminton Championships – men's doubles
43. 2013Competed at 2013 Sri Lanka Badminton Championships – men's singles
44. 2013Competed at 2013 Sri Lanka Badminton Championships – mixed doubles
45. 2014Competed at 2014 Dutch International Badminton Championships – men's singles
46. 2014Competed at 2014 Peru International Badminton Championships – men's singles
47. 2014Competed at 2014 Sri Lanka Badminton Championships – men's doubles
48. 2014Competed at 2014 Sri Lanka Badminton Championships – men's singles
49. 2014Competed at 2014 Sri Lanka Badminton Championships – mixed doubles
50. 2014Competed at badminton at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – men's singles
51. 2014Competed at badminton at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – mixed team
52. 2016Competed at 2016 Portugal International Badminton Championships – men's singles
53. 2016Competed at 2016 Romanian International Badminton Championships – men's singles
54. 2016Competed at 2016 Tahiti International Badminton Championships – men's singles
55. 2016Competed at badminton at the 2016 Summer Olympics – men's singles
56. 2017Competed at 2017 Badminton World Championships – men's singles
57. 2018Competed at 2018 Badminton World Championships – men's singles
58. 2018Competed at badminton at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – men's singles
59. 2020Competed at badminton at the 2020 Summer Olympics – men's singles
60. 2022Competed at badminton at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – men's singles

Statistics

About

Niluka Karunaratne (Sinhala: නිලූක කරුණාරත්න; Tamil: நிலுக கருணாரத்ன) (born 13 February 1985) is a Sri Lankan badminton player who has competed at the Olympics in 2012, 2016 and 2020. His father Louie Karunaratne and brothers Dinuka Karunaratne, Chamika Karunaratne (also a cricketer) and Diluka Karunaratne are also professional badminton players. He is currently regarded as the number one premiere badminton player in Sri Lanka and Sri Lanka's most decorated badminton player with a record 21 medals to his name at international events including 9 gold medals.

Biography adapted from Niluka Karunaratne on Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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