Susanthika Jayasinghe, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Susanthika Jayasinghe

Sri Lankan sprinter

Date of Birth: 17-Dec-1975

Place of Birth: Sri Lanka

Profession: sprinter, athletics competitor

Nationality: Sri Lanka

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Deshabandu Susanthika Jayasinghe(Sinhala: ????????? ??????; Tamil: ????????? ???????) (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.