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Shanti Pereira
Pereira in the 200 metres heats at the 2015 SEA Games
Personal information
Nationality Singapore
Born (1996-09-21) 21 September 1996 (age 28)
Singapore[1]
Height1.64 m (5 ft 4+1⁄2 in)[2]
Weight54 kg (119 lb)[2]
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)100 metres, 200 metres, 4 x 100 metres relay, 4 x 400 metres relay
Medal record
Women's Athletics
Representing  Singapore
South East Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2015 Singapore 200 metres
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Singapore 100 metres
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Kuala Lumpur 100 metres
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Kuala Lumpur 200 metres
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Philippines 200 metres
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Philippines 100 metres

Veronica Shanti Pereira (born 20 September 1996)[3] is a Singaporean track and field athlete who specialises in the 100 metres, 200 metres, 4 x 100 metres relay, and 4 x 400 metres relay.

Pereira holds the national records for the 100 metres (11.58s)[4][5] and 200 metres (23.60s),[6] and is the first female Singaporean to have clocked under 12s and 24s for the 100m and 200m respectively.[7] She also holds the U-23 records for the 100 metres (11.80s) and 200 metres (23.99s) and was a member of the teams which set the records for the 4 x 100 metres (46.64s) and 4 x 400 metres (3:44.80) relays; the U-19 records for the 100 metres (11.89s) and 200 metres (23.99s); the U-17 records for the 100 metres (12.21s) and 200 metres (24.92s); and U-15 records for the 100 metres (12.68s).[8]

In 2013, Pereira became the first female Singaporean to run the 100 metres in under 12 seconds when she clocked 11.89s at the 2013 World Youth Championships in Athletics in Donetsk, Ukraine.[2] At the 2013 Southeast Asian Games, she came in fourth in the 100 metres final.[9] In 2014, she became the first female Singaporean to run the 200 metres in under 24 seconds when she clocked 23.99s at the Asian Junior Athletics Championships.[10]

Pereira in the 100 metres final at the 2015 SEA Games, in which she won the bronze medal
Pereira in the 200 metres final at the 2015 SEA Games, in which she won the gold medal and rewrote her national record

At the 2015 Southeast Asian Games, Pereira won the bronze medal in the 100 metres with a time of 11.88s, Singapore's first medal in the event in 42 years.[4] She also won the gold medal in the 200 metres, rewriting the national record she had set in the day's heats.[6] This was Singapore's first gold medal in a sprint event in 42 years.[11] Although the Singapore quartet which she was part of came in fourth in the 4 x 400 metres relay, it broke the oldest record in Singapore's athletics history with a time of 3:40.58.[12] In her final event, the 4 x 100 metres relay, the team came in fourth, but set a new national record of 45.41s.[13]

At the 2017 Southeast Asian Games, Pereira won the bronze medal in both the 100 and 200 metres.

Pereira studied for a diploma in sports and leisure management offered jointly by Republic Polytechnic and Singapore Sports School.[14] In 2017, she was awarded the Yip Pin Xiu Scholarship to study accountancy at Singapore Management University.[15]

References

  1. ^ http://results.glasgow2014.com/athlete/swimming/1018529/veronica_shanti_pereira.html
  2. ^ a b c "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-06-12. Retrieved 2015-06-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/singapore/veronica-shanti-pereira-278797
  4. ^ a b https://sg.sports.yahoo.com/news/shanti-pereira-bags-100m-bronze--singapore-s-first-in-42-years-133647142.html
  5. ^ https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/athletics-shanti-pereira-clocks-1158sec-to-break-her-own-100m-national-record-at-asian
  6. ^ a b http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/sport/sea-games-athletics/1905710.html
  7. ^ https://www.sportsschool.edu.sg/qql/slot/u728/02%20%20NEWSROOM/02%20Our%20Publications/Champions%20Way/2016/Champions%20Way%202016_online.pdf
  8. ^ [1]
  9. ^ https://www.redsports.sg/2015/06/09/sea-games-athletics-shanti-pereira-powers-home-for-first-medal-in-womens-100m-since-1973/
  10. ^ http://www.todayonline.com/sports/shanti-not-be-denied
  11. ^ https://sg.sports.yahoo.com/news/shanti-pereira-storms-to-200m-sea-games-gold--singapore-s-first-sprint-triumph-in-42-years--133221794.html
  12. ^ http://www.todayonline.com/sports/sea-games-womens-4x400m-relay-break-41-year-old-national-record
  13. ^ http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/sea-games-athletics/1911574.html
  14. ^ http://news.asiaone.com/news/sports/running-family
  15. ^ https://www.smu.edu.sg/news/2017/03/28/national-sprinter-shanti-pereira-first-recipient-smus-yip-pin-xiu-scholarship
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