1 March 1918[1] Lathpandura, Kalutara, Basnahira, British Ceylon[1]
Died
3 July 1998(1998-07-03) (aged 80)[1] Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England[1]
Education
Trinity College, Kandy
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing Ceylon
Olympic Games
1948 London
400-metre hurdles
Commonwealth Games
1950 Auckland
440-yard hurdles
Updated on 22 June 2015
Military career
Allegiance
Ceylon
Service/branch
Ceylon Defence Force, Ceylon Army
Unit
Ceylon Light Infantry
Major Deshamanya Duncan M. White MBE, ED (1 March 1918 – 3 July 1998) was a Sri Lankan sportsman.[2] He was the first Ceylonese athlete to win an Olympic medal, winning silver in the 400-metre hurdles at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, England.[3][4] He was also the second South Asian to have won an Olympic medal in track and field after Norman Pritchard of India, with the third being Susanthika Jayasinghe, another Sri Lankan, who won a silver medal in the 200 metres in 2000.[5][6]
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