Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { ?s ?p "Susanthika Jayasinghe (Sinhalese: සුසන්තිකා ජයසිංහ; Tamil: சுசந்திகா ஜயசிங்ஹ) (born December 17, 1975) is a Sri Lankan sprint athlete specializing in the 100 and 200 metres.Jayasinghe was born in Uduwaka, Sri Lanka. Brought up in a poor family in a small village 60 kilometres north of Colombo, where running spikes cost more than the average month's wage, she had no access to proper sports equipment or coaches. Yet in spite of these underprivileged conditions she managed to progress to a standard where she could claim medals at both the Summer Olympics and IAAF World Championships in Athletics.Jayasinghe is the first and only Asian to win an Olympic or world championship medal in any of 100 m, 200 m or 400 m sprint events.As news of Susanthika Jayasinghe's World Championship achievement spread, almost all the people living in Atnawala village, 60 km from Colombo, streamed in to Jayasinghes' tiny home to congratulate them on their daughter's remarkable feat."@en }
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- Susanthika_Jayasinghe abstract "Susanthika Jayasinghe (Sinhalese: සුසන්තිකා ජයසිංහ; Tamil: சுசந்திகா ஜயசிங்ஹ) (born December 17, 1975) is a Sri Lankan sprint athlete specializing in the 100 and 200 metres.Jayasinghe was born in Uduwaka, Sri Lanka. Brought up in a poor family in a small village 60 kilometres north of Colombo, where running spikes cost more than the average month's wage, she had no access to proper sports equipment or coaches. Yet in spite of these underprivileged conditions she managed to progress to a standard where she could claim medals at both the Summer Olympics and IAAF World Championships in Athletics.Jayasinghe is the first and only Asian to win an Olympic or world championship medal in any of 100 m, 200 m or 400 m sprint events.As news of Susanthika Jayasinghe's World Championship achievement spread, almost all the people living in Atnawala village, 60 km from Colombo, streamed in to Jayasinghes' tiny home to congratulate them on their daughter's remarkable feat.".