Sachin Dias

Sachin Premashan Dias Angodavidanalage (born 18 July 1996) is a Sri Lankan badminton player.^[1] He won two silver medals and a bronze in singles and doubles at the South Asian Games. He studied at the St. Sebastian's College, Moratuwa

Sachin Dias
Personal information
Country	Sri Lanka
Born	(1996-07-18) 18 July 1996 (age 29) Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, Sri Lanka
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Years active	2012–present
Handedness	Right
Men's and mixed doubles
Highest ranking	72 (MD with Buwaneka Goonethilleka 15 November 2022) 89 (XD with Kavidi Sirimannage 15 November 2022)
Current ranking	73 (MD with Buwaneka Goonethilleka) 91 XD with (Kavidi Sirimannage) (13 December 2022)
Medal record Men's badminton Representing  Sri Lanka South Asian Games 2016 Guwahati–Shillong Men's team 2019 Kathmandu–Pokhara Men's team 2019 Kathmandu–Pokhara Men's doubles 2019 Kathmandu–Pokhara Mixed doubles 2016 Guwahati–Shillong Men's singles 2016 Guwahati–Shillong Men's doubles Representing Mixed-NOCs Youth Olympic Games 2014 Nanjing Mixed doubles
BWF profile

Career

In his junior stage, Dias participated the 2014 Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, China. He won a bronze medal in the mixed doubles discipline partnered with He Bingjiao.^[2]

He later transitioned from singles to doubles. He partnered with Buwaneka Goonethilleka and won a bronze medal at the 2016 South Asian Games. They reached the semifinals in the 2018 Commonwealth Games but lost the bronze medal match to Goh V Shem and Tan Wee Kiong. They also won silver in the 2019 edition of the Games in Kathmandu.

In 2021, he won two titles at the Bangladesh International, with Goonethilleka in men's doubles and Kavidi Sirimannage in mixed doubles.^[3]

In 2022, he and his partner, Thilini Hendahewa won Sri Lanka's first ever BWF World Tour title at the 2022 Odisha Open in the mixed doubles discipline.^[4] He later represented the Sri Lankan team at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.^[5]

Achievements

Youth Olympic Games

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2014	Nanjing Sport Institute, Nanjing, China	He Bingjiao	Mek Narongrit Qin Jinjing	21–16, 21–18	Bronze

South Asian Games

Men's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	Multipurpose Hall SAI–SAG Centre, Shillong, India	Prannoy H. S.	13–21, 16–21	Bronze

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	Badminton Covered Hall, Pokhara, Nepal	Buwaneka Goonethilleka	Krishna Prasad Garaga Dhruv Kapila	19–21, 21–19, 18–21	Silver
2016	Multipurpose Hall SAI–SAG Centre, Shillong, India	Buwaneka Goonethilleka	Manu Attri B. Sumeeth Reddy	12–21, 11–21	Bronze

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	Badminton Covered Hall, Pokhara, Nepal	Thilini Hendahewa	Dhruv Kapila Meghana Jakkampudi	16–21, 14–21	Silver

BWF World Tour (1 title)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,^[6] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tours are divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.^[7]

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Level	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2022	Odisha Open	Super 100	Thilini Hendahewa	Arjun M. R. Treesa Jolly	21–16, 22–20	Winner

BWF International Challenge/Series (2 titles)

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2021	Bangladesh International	Buwaneka Goonethilleka	Bokka Navaneeth S S K Podile	21–15, 21–9	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2021	Bangladesh International	Kavidi Sirimannage	Pratik Ranade Akshaya Warang	21–15, 21–18	Winner

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament