Oshadie Poornima Kuruppu (also spelt as Oshadi Kuruppu, 20 August 1994 – 8 February 2022) was a Sri Lankan badminton player.[1] Starting in 2015 she represented Sri Lanka at senior level in several international competitions including the 2016 South Asian Games, 2016 Badminton Asia Team Championships and 2017 Summer Universiade. She received her primary and secondary education at Visakha Vidyalaya.[2]
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| Full name | Oshadie Poornima Kuruppu | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 20 August 1994 | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 8 February 2022 (aged 27) | ||||||||||||||
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| Event(s) | Singles, doubles, team | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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She claimed silver medal in the women's team event at the 2016 South Asian Games. Oshadie pursued a Sports Science and Management Honours Degree from the Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka in 2019.[3][4] In August 2020, she was admitted at the Apeksha Hospital in Maharagama due to leukaemia and underwent a bone marrow surgery.[5] Kuruppu died from the disease on 8 February 2022, at the age of 27.[6][7]
References
edit- ^ "Oshadie KURUPPU | Profile". bwfbadminton.com. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
- ^ "Join the VVOGA to save Oshadie's life! | Visakha Vidyalaya". www.visakhav.org. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
- ^ "Sri Lanka badminton player Oshadi down with Leukemia". Sunday Observer. 22 August 2020. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
- ^ "Former Badminton star Oshadie Kuruppu no more". Daily News. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
- ^ "Sports Minister visits national badminton player Oshadi Kuruppu at Apeksha Hospital". NewsWire. 24 August 2020. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
- ^ "Former SL badminton player Oshadie Kuruppu passed away at 27". Newswire Sri Lanka. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 10 February 2022. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
- ^ "Former Sri Lankan badminton player Oshadie Kuruppu passes away". www.adaderana.lk. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
External links
editOshadie Kuruppu at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com