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Niluka Karunaratne

1985 - Today

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Niluka Karunaratne has received more than 94,223 page views. His biography is available in 11 different languages on Wikipedia. Niluka Karunaratne is the 195th most popular badminton player, the 53rd most popular biography from Sri Lanka and the most popular Sri Lankan Badminton Player.

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  • 11

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.96

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  • 2.49

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BADMINTON PLAYERS

Among badminton players, Niluka Karunaratne ranks 195 out of 117. Before him are Soniia Cheah Su Ya, Sergey Sirant, Nyl Yakura, Howard Shu, Gronya Somerville, and Alexandra Bøje. After him are Chen Hsuan-yu, Sören Opti, Dorcas Ajoke Adesokan, Nikté Sotomayor, Cheung Ngan Yi, and B. Sai Praneeth.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1985, Niluka Karunaratne ranks 1,699. Before him are Brigita Virbalytė-Dimšienė, Ahsha Rolle, Marius Žiūkas, Brittany Baxter, Damilola Adegbite, and Aindrita Ray. After him are Neil Kilkenny, Leon Barnett, Crista Cullen, Li Xue, Jonathan Horton, and Larsen Jensen.

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In Sri Lanka

Among people born in Sri Lanka, Niluka Karunaratne ranks 53 out of 51. Before him are Lasith Malinga (1983), Mahela Jayawardene (1977), Tillakaratne Dilshan (1976), Chaminda Vaas (1974), Pooja Umashankar (1981), and Ajantha Mendis (1985). After him are Mathilda Karlsson (null), Yupun Abeykoon (1994), and Nimali Liyanarachchi (null).

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Among BADMINTON PLAYERS In Sri Lanka

Among badminton players born in Sri Lanka, Niluka Karunaratne ranks 1. 

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