page_title: Susanthika Jayasinghe
hierarchical_section_title: Susanthika Jayasinghe
caption_attribution_description: World Athletics Championships 2007 in Osaka - Sri Lankan 200 meter runner Susanthika Jayasinghe, winner of the bronze medal, after the victory ceremony
context_page_description: Deshabandu Susanthika Jayasinghe 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 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.
context_section_description: Deshabandu Susanthika Jayasinghe(Sinhala: සුසන්තිකා ජයසිංහ; Tamil: சுசந்திகா ஜயசிங்ஹ) (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 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.
caption: Jayasinghe at the 2007 World Championships
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