Native name දමයන්ති දර්ශා Name Damayanthi Dharsha Retired July 2007 Sport Track and field Events Sprint | Country Sri Lanka Height 1.69 m Nationality Sri Lankan Role Olympic athlete | |
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Full name Damayanthi Dharsha-Kobalavithanage Born February 13, 1975 (age 49) ( 1975-02-13 ) Personal best(s) 200 m: 22.48 December 18, 1998 (Bangkok, Thailand)
400 m: 51.50 August 30, 2000 (Jakarta, Indonesia) | ||
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 athletic competition.
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