Asher-Smith, who graduated with a history degree a year ago, added the 200m title to the 100m one she clinched on Tuesday and will go for the treble with 4x100m gold on Sunday.
Not only that but her winning time of 21.89secs was the fastest in the world this year and smashed her own British record of 22.07secs.
A self-confessed Beyonce fan her performance was simply crazy.
She won the European 200m title two years ago but on Saturday faced Dafne Schippers, the double world champion and Olympic silver medallist who was missing from the line-up in 2016.
The Flying Dutchwoman, who has dominated European sprinting in recent years, had to settle for 100m bronze earlier in the week and took silver on Saturday, unable to close the gap on Asher-Smith with 25m left.
Asher-Smith admitted: “I’m still in a haze.
"I knew I had to go like a bat out of hell because Dafne would be coming for me and I thought there was no way she was going to let me win this.
"I had the fear of god inside me. It was over in a blur and I’ve still not taken the time in. I honestly can’t believe that time.
“I’ve obliterated my own expectations here. Coming into the 200m I didn’t have a time in my head because I didn’t know how tired I would be after the 100m.
"I just wanted to win. It’s a mixture of joy and shock as things in my life don’t normally go to plan.
“I don’t know if the world will know sit up and take note. This is completely new territory for me.
"I usually see others doing those times and using that as motivation. Now it’s me, I’m lost for words.”
Asher-Smith, 22, was in the same Olympic Stadium that saw Jesse Owens triumph and Usain Bolt set three world records.
And stamped her own mark on the world stage having also doubled up for the first time at a major championships.
After breaking her ankle early last year she recovered in time to finish fourth in the 200m at the World Championships in her own backyard in London.
But she is now showing what she can do with a full season of training behind her – and as a full-time athlete with no studies to distract her.
On Tuesday she became the first British woman since Dorothy Hyman in 1962 to win the European 100m title, smashing her own national record of 10.92secs and equal the fastest time in the world this year.
Last night she went one better to set a world lead, tearing up her own record books again with a time that would have won her world gold in London last summer and Olympic bronze in Rio.
Schippers admitted: “Dina was simply better tonight.”
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