Damayanthi Darsha

Damayanthi Dharsha-Kobalavithanage (born 13 February 1975) is a retired Sri Lankan athlete who competed in the 200 and 400 metres race.

Dharsha made an initial impact at just 16 years when she won the 100 metres gold medal at the Colombo SAF Games in 1991 with a new record. She broke into the limelight by winning the 100 metre gold at the Asian Junior Championships the same year.

In 1994, she won the bronze in the 200 metres behind Chinese Taipei’s Wang Huei-Chen and teammate Susanthika Jayasinghe at the Asian Games in Hiroshima. That was the beginning of a dominant period for Sri Lanka in women’s sprinting with Jayasinghe and Darsha seriously challenging the Chinese.

In July 2007, Dharsha announced her retirement from athletics. (Wikipedia)

Olympic games

1992-Barcelona ,2000-Sydney, 2004-Athens

World athletics championship

1995-Goteberg, 1997-Athens , 1999-Seville ,2001-Edmonton

Commonwealth Games

1998-Kualalumpur 4th place 400m women finals , 2002- Manchester , 2006-Melbourne

World Cup

1998-Johannesburg,

World Indoor championships

2001-Lisbon 2003- Brmingham

Asian Games

1994-Hiroshima 200m women Bronze.

1998-Bangkok 200m Gold with new Asian Games record , 400m Gold medal .

2002- Busan 400m Gold new Asian Games record.

Asian Championships

1993-Manila ,200m women Silver medal ,1998-Fukuoka 400m women Gold medal ,2000-Jakarta 200m women Gold medal with new championship record , 400m women Gold medal with new championship record , 2005-Inchion 200m women Gold medal

Asian Junior championship

1994-Jakarta 100m Gold medal New junior championship record , 200m silver medal.

Saf Games

1991-clombo 100m Women Gold medal New saf record , 1993-Dhaka 100m Gold medal , 200m Gold medal 1995-Madras ,1999-Katmandu 100m , 200m , 400m Gold medals with New SAG Records.