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2025-26 Women's Squash Roster

Yeheni Kuruppu

  • Class First Year
  • High School Visakha Vidyalaya
  • Hometown Colombo, Sri Lanka
  • School Barnard College

Biography

Prior to Columbia
Achieved a world ranking of 179, has been ranked 250 or better over the last four years … Was a plate-event champion in the U23 World Squash Championship held in Karachi, Pakistan … represented her home country of Sri Lanka in the Asian Senior Individual Championships in Malaysia in 2025 and the Asian Senior Team Championships in 2024 … captured first place in the 4th Bangladesh Open Squash Tournament held in Dhaka … captured third place in the 2nd Garware All India Squash Championships in 2024. 

Personal
Comes from an athletic background, father Gemunu did full contact karate and took part in international open tournaments and played rugby … mother Iresha played netball in college … hobbies include playing with her dog Charlie and listening to music … attends Barnard College and plans on majoring in psychology … her favorite sports memory was being a Senior National Champion in 2023.