Ravindu Laksiri
{{short description|Sri Lankan squash player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Use British English|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox squash player
|name=Ravindu Laksiri
|fullname=Ravindu Hashintha Laksiri
|nickname=Laksiri
|country={{SRI}}
|residence=Mulleriyawa, Colombo
|birth_date={{birth date and age|df=yes|1996|03|28}}
|birth_place=Colombo
|death_date=
|death_place=
|height=181cm
|weight=72kg
|plays=
|highest_ranking=No. 114
|date_of_highest_ranking=January 2025
|current_ranking= No. 114
|date_of_current_ranking=January 2025
|medals=
{{Medal|Competition|South Asian Games}}
{{Medal|Bronze|2016 India|Team}}
{{Medal|Bronze|2019 Nepal|Team}}}}
Ravindu Laksiri (born 28 March 1996) is a Sri Lankan male professional squash player.{{Cite web|url=https://www.squashinfo.com/player/9667-ravindu-laksiri|title=Squash Info {{!}} Ravindu Laksiri {{!}} Squash|last=Info|first=Squash|website=www.squashinfo.com|language=en|access-date=2018-04-04}} He reached a career high ranking of 114 in the world during January 2025.{{Cite web|url=https://www.squashinfo.com/rankings/9667-ravindu-laksiri|title=Squash Info {{!}} PSA World Squash Rankings: Ravindu Laksiri {{!}} Squash|last=Info|first=Squash|website=www.squashinfo.com|language=en|access-date=2018-04-04}}
Education
Laksiri studied at D. S. Senanayake College. He has won the DS Lion award for the best athlete of the year for three consecutive years at the school sports colors ceremony and is the only student to have won the DS Lion award in three times (2013, 2014 & 2015).{{citation needed|date=January 2025}}
Career
Laksiri's highest achievement at the international junior level is 5th place in the 2013 Asian Youth Games.{{citation needed|date=January 2025}}
Laksiri has represented Sri Lanka in several international squash competitions including the 2013 Men's Asian Individual Squash Championships, 2013 Asian Youth Games, 2016 South Asian Games,2019 South Asian Games, World Squash Doubles Championships, 2018 Asian Games, 2014 Commonwealth Games and in the 2018 Commonwealth Games.{{Cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/63946|title=Ravindu Laksiri|website=Commonwealth Games Federation|language=en|access-date=2018-04-04}} He is the only player to have won the National title 10 times in a row. He also currently leads the Sri Lanka National Squash Team.{{citation needed|date=January 2025}}
He is one of only two Sri Lankan squash players apart from Mihiliya Methsarani set to represent Sri Lanka at the 2018 Commonwealth Games and competed in the men's singles event.{{Cite web|url=http://www.ft.lk/sports/Commonwealth-Games-2018--Sri-Lanka-contingent-selected/23-652127|title=Commonwealth Games 2018: Sri Lanka contingent selected {{!}} FT Online|website=www.ft.lk|language=en|access-date=2018-04-04}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.lankanewspapers.com/2018/03/12/team-139-commonwealth-games-79-athletes-21-coaches-19-officials/|title=Team of 139 for Commonwealth Games 79 athletes, 21 coaches and 19 officials - Sri Lanka News Papers - News Headlines from Colombo|date=2018-03-12|work=Sri Lanka News Papers - News Headlines from Colombo|access-date=2018-04-04|language=en-US}}
In 2019, he finished 10th in the world Doubles Championship.{{citation needed|date=January 2025}}
In October 2024, Laksiri won his 7th PSA title after securing victory in the Bangladesh Open during the 2024–25 PSA Squash Tour.{{cite web |url=https://www.squashinfo.com/events/10672-mens-bangladesh-open-2024 |title=$3,000 Men's Ispahani 4th Bangladesh Open 2024, Independent University Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh |website=Squash Info |access-date=25 January 2025 }}
References
{{Reflist}}
- {{Cite web|title=Sri Lanka Squash|url=http://srilankasquash.lk/events/ravindu-laksiri/|access-date=2021-07-17|language=en}}
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Category:Sri Lankan male squash players
Category:Squash players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Category:Squash players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Category:Squash players at the 2018 Asian Games
Category:Squash players at the 2022 Asian Games
Category:Commonwealth Games competitors for Sri Lanka
Category:Asian Games competitors for Sri Lanka
Category:South Asian Games bronze medalists for Sri Lanka
Category:South Asian Games medalists in squash
Category:Sportspeople from Western Province, Sri Lanka