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Thilina Piyadasa

ACHIEVEMENTS
As a Player

  • Highest USATT Rating was 2574 (Current USATT rating 2506 – 6/16/24)
  • 2010 Won 2nd Place at the North American tour championships
  • 2009 Open singles Champion at the ICC Mother’s Day open
  • 1999 through 2006 Sri Lankan national men’s team captain.
  • 1996 First ever Sri Lankan Table Tennis player to win an international gold medal won Junior boys doubles gold at the South and Southeast Asian Junior TT Championships.
  • 1996 Olympic torch bearer for Sri Lanka at the Atlanta Olympics in – ran through
    Washington DC
  • 1995 First ever Sri Lankan Table Tennis player to win an international medal in Men’s singles event, won a bronze medal in Men’s singles at the South Asian Games.
  • 1995-2006 Won 10+ Medals in South Asian Federation Games from
  • Eight times Sri Lankan National Men’s singles champion (current Sri Lankan record for winning most national men’s singles championships).
  • Participated in 20+ International tournaments representing Sri Lanka in World Championship, Asian Games, Asian Championships, Commonwealth games and South Asian Federation Games

 

As a coach

  • 2023 USATT Developmental coach of the year
  • 2023 Head coach at the Orange County Table Tennis Academy
  • 2022 – 2023 USA Hopes Girls team coach for the World Hopes Challenge
  • 2022 – 2023 USA Hopes Team coach for the World Hopes Squad
  • 2022 USA Hopes Girls team coach for the American Hopes Continental Challenge
  • 2021 USATT Volunteer coach of the year
  • 2021 USATT National level coach since
  • 2021USA Girls U11 team coach for the Pan American U11 and U13 championships

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