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Susanthika Jayasinghe

1975 - Today

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Deshabandu Kameradin Susanthika Jayasinghe (Sinhala: සුසන්තිකා ජයසිංහ; Tamil: சுசந்திகா ஜயசிங்ஹ, born December 17, 1975) is a Sri Lankan retired sprinter, who specialised in the 100 and 200 metres. She won the Olympic silver medal for the 200 m event in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, the second Sri Lankan to win an Olympic medal after Duncan White and the first Asian woman to win an Olympic or World Championship medal in a sprint event. She is also the only Asian athlete to have claimed an Olympic medal in sprint events. She is also the first and only Sri Lankan to win a medal at the World Athletics Championships. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Susanthika Jayasinghe is the 3,420th most popular athlete (down from 3,091st in 2024), the 43rd most popular biography from Sri Lanka (down from 41st in 2019) and the 4th most popular Sri Lankan Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Susanthika Jayasinghe ranks 3,420 out of 6,025. Before her are Mikael Löfgren, Michael Rascher, Dubravko Šimenc, Iulia Bulie, Vladimir Drachev, and Giorgi Asanidze. After her are Frank Emmelmann, John Wallace, Tetyana Tereshchuk-Antipova, Ulf Hielscher, Evgeny Ustyugov, and Viorel Talapan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1975, Susanthika Jayasinghe ranks 671. Before her are Rossana de los Ríos, Valentin Kovalenko, Jan Bos, Ziynet Sali, Silvio Marić, and Giorgi Asanidze. After her are Nanase Aikawa, Natalia Korolevska, Toks Olagundoye, Hiroki Kuroda, Gustavo Endres, and Peter Iwers.

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In Sri Lanka

Among people born in Sri Lanka, Susanthika Jayasinghe ranks 43 out of 51. Before her are Kumar Sangakkara (1977), Heather Armitage (1933), Lakshman Kadirgamar (1932), Beverley Craven (1963), Alexander Khloponin (1965), and Harini Amarasuriya (1970). After her are David Wilkie (1954), Muttiah Muralitharan (1972), Shehan Karunatilaka (1975), Pooja Umashankar (1981), Sanath Jayasuriya (1969), and Jayanthi Kuru-Utumpala (1979).

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Among ATHLETES In Sri Lanka

Among athletes born in Sri Lanka, Susanthika Jayasinghe ranks 4. Before her are Bob Tisdall (1907), Duncan White (1918), and Heather Armitage (1933). After her are Mathilda Karlsson (null), Yupun Abeykoon (1994), and Nimali Liyanarachchi (null).

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