The Most Famous
BADMINTON PLAYERS from Sri Lanka
This page contains a list of the greatest Sri Lankan Badminton Players. The pantheon dataset contains 117 Badminton Players, 1 of which were born in Sri Lanka. This makes Sri Lanka the birth place of the 35th most number of Badminton Players behind Switzerland, and Belarus.
Top 1
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Sri Lankan Badminton Players of all time. This list of famous Sri Lankan Badminton Players is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Niluka Karunaratne (b. 1985)
With an HPI of 26.17, Niluka Karunaratne is the most famous Sri Lankan Badminton Player. His biography has been translated into 11 different languages on wikipedia.
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. He also holds the unique distinction of winning five gold medals in five different continents. He reached his higher career singles ranking of 34 in June 2013, which is also the personal best ranking by a Sri Lankan badminton player. He has also emerged as national badminton champion for record 17 times, the most by a Sri Lankan badminton player. Despite his achievements in the sport, he was also sidelined for disciplinary issues on few occasions.
People
Pantheon has 1 people classified as Sri Lankan badminton players born between 1985 and 1985. Of these 1, 1 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Sri Lankan badminton players include Niluka Karunaratne. As of April 2024, 1 new Sri Lankan badminton players have been added to Pantheon including Niluka Karunaratne.
