two medals at Olympic Games: one silver, by Duncan White at the 1948 London Olympics for men's 400 metres hurdles; and one silver by Susanthika Jayasinghe at the 2000 Sydney Olympics for women's 200 metres. In 1973, Muhammad Lafir won the World Billiards Championship, the highest feat by a Sri Lankan in a Cue sport. Sri Lanka has also won the Carrom World Championship titles twice in 2012, 2016 and 2018, the men's team becoming champions and the women's team winning second place. See also Outline of Sri Lanka List of cities in Sri Lanka References Citations Notes Sources and further reading Ganguly, Sumit. "Ending the Sri Lankan civil war." Dædalus 147.1 (2018): 78–89. online Peebles, Patrick. The History of Sri Lanka (Greenwood, 2005). External links Government Official Sri Lankan Government Web Portal, a gateway to government sites. Official website of the Parliament of Sri Lanka. Official Government News Portal Official website of the President of Sri Lanka. Official website of the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka / Prime Minister's Office. Official website of the Office of the Cabinet of Ministers of Sri Lanka. Official website of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka. Overviews and data Sri Lanka. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency. Official site of the Department of Census and Statistics. Annual Report 2010 from the Ministry of Finance and Planning. Sri Lanka from UCB Libraries GovPubs. Sri Lanka profile from the BBC News. Sri Lanka in the Encyclopædia Britannica. Introducing Sri Lanka Overview of the country from Lonely Planet. Key Development Forecasts for Sri Lanka from International Futures. History Mahavamsa an ancient Sri Lankan chronicle written in the 6th century. Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon by Sir James Emerson Tennent, 1861. Maps Sri Lanka Map in Google Maps. Old maps of Sri Lanka, Eran Laor Cartographic Collection, The National Library of Israel Trade World Bank Summary Trade Statistics Sri Lanka Republics in the Commonwealth of Nations Countries in Asia G15 nations Island countries of the Indian Ocean Island countries Member states of the Commonwealth of Nations Member states of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation Member states of the United Nations Socialist states South Asian countries States and territories established in 1972 Tamil-speaking countries and territories