Duncan White
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| Full name | Duncan M. White | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1 March 1918 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 3 July 1998 (aged 80) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Education | Trinity College, Kandy | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| Allegiance | Ceylon | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 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. 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. 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.