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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. More Information
Achievements
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event |
| 1994 | Asian Games | Hiroshima, Japan | 2nd | 200 m |
| 1995 | Asian Championships | Jakarta, Indonesia | 2nd | 100 m |
| 1st | 200 m | |||
| 1997 | World Championships | Athens, Greece | 2nd | 200 m |
| 1999 | IAAF Grand Prix Final | Munich, Germany | 8th | 200 m |
| 2000 | Summer Olympics | Sydney, Australia | 2nd | 200 m |
| 2001 | World Indoor Championships | Lisbon, Portugal | 4th | 200 m |
| 2002 | Asian Championships | Colombo, Sri Lanka | 1st | 100 m |
| 1st | 200 m | |||
| Commonwealth Games | Manchester, England | 4th | 100 m | |
| Asian Games | Busan, South Korea | 1st | 100 m | |
| IAAF World Cup | Madrid, Spain | 2nd | 100 m | |
| 4th | 200 m | |||
| 2006 | Asian Games | Doha, Qatar | 2nd | 100 m |
| 3rd | 200 m | |||
| 2007 | Asian Championships | Amman, Jordan | 1st | 100 m |
| 1st | 200 m | |||
| World Championships | Osaka, Japan | 3rd | 200 m | |
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