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.
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