Susanthika Jayasinghe
Deshabandu Susanthika Jayasinghe (born December 17, 1975) is a Sri Lankan sprint athlete specializing 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 and the first and only Asian to win an Olympic or world championship medal in a sprint event. She also won two gold medals at the 2007 Asian Athletics Championships and a bronze medal at the 2007 IAAF World Championships. She is known as the Asian Black Mare.
Personal information
Nickname(s):- Asian Black Mare
Nationality:- Sri Lankan
Ethnicity:- Buddhist
Born:- December 17, 1975 (age 42)
Uduwaka, Sri Lanka
Occupation:- Sprinter
Years active:-1994-2009
Sport
Sport:-Track and field
Country:- Sri Lanka
Event(s):- Sprint
International leve:- l1994
Retired:- 5 February 2009
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals2000 Sydney
Personal best(s)100 m: 11.04[1] September 9, 2000 (Yokohama, Japan)
200 m: 22.28 September 28, 2000 (Sydney, Australia)