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Veronica Shanti Pereira
Athletics
- Age 27
- Profile
- Shanti Pereira is Singapore's Sprint Queen. She is the fastest Southeast Asian woman ever in the 100m and 200m events. In 2023, she won a coveted double Gold in the 100m and 200m at the Asian Athletics Championships. At the World Athletics Championships 2023, Shanti became the first Singaporean to ever progress to a semi-final at the championships, doing so in the 200m. Later that year, Shanti won Singapore's first Athletics medals at the Asian Games since 1974, with Gold in the 200m and Silver in the 100m. Shanti finished 2023 as Asia's #1 Ranked Woman in the 200m. As of 2024, she also holds the national record for the 400m with a timing of 53.67 seconds. She has qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.
- Achievements
2023 Asian Championships - Women's 100m Gold
2023 Asian Championships - Women's 200m Gold
2023 Asian Games - Women's 100m Silver
2023 Asian Games - Women's 200m Gold
2023 SEA Games - Women's 100m, Gold
2023 SEA Games - Women's 200m, Gold
2022 Commonwealth Games - 200m Semi Finals, 11th pos 23.46s
2022 Commonwealth Games - 100m Semi Finals, 20th pos 11.57s
2022 Commonwealth Games - 4x100m Relay Heats, 10th pos 45.48s
2021 SEA Games - 200m, Gold
2021 SEA Games - 100m, Silver
2020 Tokyo Olympics - 200m, 6th pos in Heat
2019 Asian Athletics Championships - 100m, 11th pos (NR 11.58s)
2019 Asian Athletics Championships - 200, 7th pos
2019 SEA Games - 100m, Bronze
2019 SEA Games - 200m, Bronze
2017 SEA Games - 100m, Bronze
2017 SEA Games - 200m, Bronze
2015 SEA Games - 100m, Bronze
2015 SEA Games - 200m, Gold