Shanti Pereira
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 in the 200 metres heats at the 2015 SEA Games | |
Personal information | |
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Nationality | Singapore |
Born | Singapore[1] | 21 September 1996
Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 4 1⁄2 in)[2] |
Weight | 54 kg (119 lb)[2] |
Sport | |
Sport | Athletics |
Event(s) | 100 metres, 200 metres, 4 x 100 metres relay, 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]
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
- http://results.glasgow2014.com/athlete/swimming/1018529/veronica_shanti_pereira.html
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-06-12. Retrieved 2015-06-11.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/singapore/veronica-shanti-pereira-278797
- https://sg.sports.yahoo.com/news/shanti-pereira-bags-100m-bronze--singapore-s-first-in-42-years-133647142.html
- https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/athletics-shanti-pereira-clocks-1158sec-to-break-her-own-100m-national-record-at-asian
- http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/sport/sea-games-athletics/1905710.html
- https://www.sportsschool.edu.sg/qql/slot/u728/02%20%20NEWSROOM/02%20Our%20Publications/Champions%20Way/2016/Champions%20Way%202016_online.pdf
- https://www.redsports.sg/2015/06/09/sea-games-athletics-shanti-pereira-powers-home-for-first-medal-in-womens-100m-since-1973/
- http://www.todayonline.com/sports/shanti-not-be-denied
- https://sg.sports.yahoo.com/news/shanti-pereira-storms-to-200m-sea-games-gold--singapore-s-first-sprint-triumph-in-42-years--133221794.html
- http://www.todayonline.com/sports/sea-games-womens-4x400m-relay-break-41-year-old-national-record
- http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/sea-games-athletics/1911574.html
- http://news.asiaone.com/news/sports/running-family
- https://www.smu.edu.sg/news/2017/03/28/national-sprinter-shanti-pereira-first-recipient-smus-yip-pin-xiu-scholarship