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Susanthika Jayasinghe

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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 different languages on Wikipedia. Susanthika Jayasinghe is the 3,286th most popular athlete (down from 3,090th in 2019), the 41st most popular biography from Sri Lanka and the 4th most popular Sri Lankan Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Susanthika Jayasinghe ranks 3,286 out of 6,025. Before her are Siegfried Wentz, Christoph Langen, Natalia Rodríguez, Yulia Nestsiarenka, Vladimir Drachev, and Giorgi Asanidze. After her are John Wallace, Tetyana Tereshchuk-Antipova, Evgeny Ustyugov, Viorel Talapan, Carsten Embach, and Troy Kemp.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1975, Susanthika Jayasinghe ranks 627. Before her are Rossana de los Ríos, Valentin Kovalenko, Jan Bos, Ziynet Sali, Silvio Marić, and Giorgi Asanidze. After her are Nanase Aikawa, Toks Olagundoye, Gustavo Endres, Peter Iwers, Liliana Gafencu, and Greig Fraser.

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In Sri Lanka

Among people born in Sri Lanka, Susanthika Jayasinghe ranks 41 out of 51. Before her are John Kotelawala (1897), Kumar Sangakkara (1977), Heather Armitage (1933), Lakshman Kadirgamar (1932), Beverley Craven (1963), and Alexander Khloponin (1965). After her are David Wilkie (1954), Muttiah Muralitharan (1972), Shehan Karunatilaka (1975), Pooja Umashankar (1981), Sanath Jayasuriya (1969), and Tillakaratne Dilshan (1976).

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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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