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Niroshan Wijekoon

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At the age of 38, unseeded Wijekoon beat the bottom seeded Udaya Wanigasinghe to make a long due singles quarter finals berth. In 2007, at the age of 43, he stretched as far as the semi-finals in doubles, beating the second seed on the way.
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in 1975 as an 11-year-old and went on to win 28 titles; 9 singles, 12 doubles and 7 mixed doubles. He won his first singles title in 1983. Wijekoon has represented Sri Lanka at three Asian Games and two Commonwealth Games.
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Although the grace of the younger days are fading Wijekoon has no thoughts of hanging the boots. Even now, as Director of the stock brokering firm Asia Securities he still plays in
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and was the first Sri Lankan to win a singles match in a Thomas Cup game. In 1992, Wijekoon beat the Indian No. 1 at the
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of South Korea 7:15 and 7:15. In his home country, he won nine titles in the men's singles at the
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Wijekoon is the son of former Minister, MP, Ambassador and Presidential Candidate
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singles title for nine years (1983–1987 and 1989–1992).
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in the men's singles. He lost in the first round to
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Index

P. Naroshan Wijekoon
BWF profile
badminton
Sri Lanka
Olympic Games
Sri Lankan National Badminton Championships
Ukku Banda Wijekoon
St. Thomas' College, Bandarawela
Royal College, Colombo
Sri Lankan National Badminton Championships
Thomas Cup
Portugal Open
1992 Summer Olympics
Hannes Fuchs
Kim Hak-kyun
Sri Lankan National Badminton Championships
Sri Lankan National Badminton Championships
Portugal International
Russia
Andrey Antropov
Niroshan Wijekoon
Olympics at Sports-Reference.com
lankanewspapers.com
dailynews.lk
mercantilebadminton.lk
The Sunday Leader 2007.12.23
Daily News 2008.07.14
island.lk
Portuguese International 1992
Niroshan Wijekoon

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