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Veronica Shanti Pereira (born 20 September 1996) is a Singaporean track and field athlete who specialises in the 100 m, 200 m, 4 x 100 m, and 4 x 400 m.
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.
Oct 2, 2023 · At the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium on Monday (Oct 2), Shanti Pereira clocked 23.03s to win the women’s 200m final at the Asian Games.
Singapore’s sprint queen. For nearly 50 years, Singapore’s track and field athletes were not able to win any medals at the Asian Games. Then at the Hangzhou Games in 2023, Shanti Pereira spectacularly ended the medal drought. First, she won a silver in the women’s 100m race, then just two days later she got the gold in the women’s 200m.
Oct 3, 2023 · HANGZHOU – Shanti Pereira is squatting on the track at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium, Singapore flag draped over her as she buries her face in her hands crying, staying there for...
Jul 19, 2023 · SINGAPORE: Shanti Pereira cemented her reputation as one of Asia's top sprinters at the Asian Athletics Championships in Bangkok, where her blistering form carried her...
Jul 16, 2023 · SINGAPORE: Singapore sprint queen Shanti Pereira on Sunday (Jul 16) clinched her maiden sprint double at the Asian Athletics Championships, extending her amazing run of form in 2023.
Jul 15, 2023 · BANGKOK – As she crossed the line at the Suphachalasai National Stadium on Friday, Shanti Pereira lifted her arms and screamed in celebration. She had just done the unthinkable, writing herself...
Dec 14, 2023 · Before becoming her country's first Asian Games athletics champion since 1974, Veronica Shanti Pereira had to recover from losing two scholarships in a single week. She told Olympics.com how she recovered from the setback and what being a full-time athlete now has done for her progress.
Shanti Pereira is Singapore's sprint queen with multiple national records and medals at the SEA Games. She is the fastest Southeast Asian woman ever in the 100m and 200m events.
