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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 200m 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Susanthika Jayasinghe has received more than 454,499 page views. Her biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Susanthika Jayasinghe is the 2,992nd most popular athlete (down from 2,370th in 2019), the 41st most popular biography from Sri Lanka (down from 37th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Sri Lankan Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Susanthika Jayasinghe ranks 2,992 out of 6,025. Before her are Sha'Carri Richardson, Günther Huber, Vitaliy Savin, Jens Müller, Christina Obergföll, and Dmitri Sautin. After her are Keith Connor, Olena Petrova, Steve Guerdat, Jorge Maqueda, Francisco Javier Gómez Noya, and Valentí Massana.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1975, Susanthika Jayasinghe ranks 577. Before her are Amara, Bartosz Bosacki, Anthony Parker, Nozomi Yamago, Sergiy Matveyev, and Armando Sá. After her are Mika'ela Fisher, Joshua Gomez, Anna Valle, Diana Amft, Ricardo Garcia, and Franco Squillari.

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In Sri Lanka

Among people born in Sri Lanka, Susanthika Jayasinghe ranks 41 out of 51. Before her are Robert Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala (1810), Bob Tisdall (1907), Lakshman Kadirgamar (1932), Muttiah Muralitharan (1972), Beverley Craven (1963), and Alexander Khloponin (1965). After her are Shehan Karunatilaka (1975), Sanath Jayasuriya (1969), David Wilkie (1954), Kumar Sangakkara (1977), Lasith Malinga (1983), and Mahela Jayawardene (1977).

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Among ATHLETES In Sri Lanka

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

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