Sachin Dias

Sachin Premashan Dias Angodavidanalage (born 18 July 1996) is a Sri Lankan badminton player. 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

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.

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.

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. He later represented the Sri Lankan team at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.

Achievements

Youth Olympic Games Mixed doubles

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 Bronze

Men's doubles YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult 2019 Badminton Covered Hall,Pokhara, Nepal Buwaneka Goonethilleka Krishna Prasad Garaga Dhruv Kapila 19–21, 21–19, 18–21 Silver Silver 2016 Multipurpose Hall SAI–SAG Centre,Shillong, India Buwaneka Goonethilleka Manu Attri B. Sumeeth Reddy 12–21, 11–21 Bronze 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 Silver

BWF World Tour (1 title) The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, 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.

Mixed doubles YearTournamentLevelPartnerOpponentScoreResult 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 YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult 2021 Bangladesh International Buwaneka Goonethilleka Bokka Navaneeth S S K Podile 21–15, 21–9 Winner

Mixed doubles YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult 2021 Bangladesh International Kavidi Sirimannage Pratik Ranade Akshaya Warang 21–15, 21–18 Winner BWF International Challenge tournament BWF International Series tournament