Shanti Pereira Biography: Age, Height, Parents, Career, Boyfriend, Net Worth

Shanti Pereira Biography, Age, Height, Parents, Career, Boyfriend, Net Worth – Singaporean track and field athlete, Veronica Shanti Pereira was born on September 20, 1996.

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Shanti Pereira Biography

Pereira was born in Singapore to Bridget Jeet Pereira and Clarence Pereira. She shares the same parents with her sisters, Valerie, Shobi and elder brother Anand.

Pereira pursued a diploma in sports and leisure management that was jointly given by Singapore Sports School and Republic Polytechnic.

She received the Yip Pin Xiu Scholarship in 2017 so that she could study accounting at Singapore Management University.

Shanti Pereira Nationality

Pereira was born in Singapore. She is Singaporean.

Shanti Pereira Age

Pereira was born on September 20, 1996, hence she is currently 26 years of age.

Shanti Pereira Height and Weight

Pereira stands at a height of 5 ft 4+1⁄2inches and weighs 54kg.

Shanti Pereira Family and Siblings

Pereira was born to Bridget Jeet Pereira and Clarence Pereira. She shares the same parents with her sisters, Valerie, Shobi and elder brother Anand.

Shanti Pereira Education

Pereira attended the Republic Polytechnic and Singapore Sports School.

Shanti Pereira Career

In her youth, Pereira broke a lot of records. She holds the U-23 records for the 100 and 200 meters, and she was a member of the teams that set the records for the 4 x 100 and 4 x 400 meter relays.

She also holds the U-19 records for the 100 and 200 meters, the U-17 records for the 100 and 200 meters, and the U-15 records for the 100 and 200 meters, respectively.

At the 2013 World Youth Championships in Athletics in Donetsk, Ukraine, Pereira ran the 100 meters in 11.89 seconds to become the first female Singaporean to do so.

In the 100-meter final at the Southeast Asian Games in 2013, she finished fourth. When she ran 200 meters in 23.99 seconds at the Asian Junior Athletics Championships in 2014, she set a record for female Singaporeans.

With a time of 11.88 seconds, Pereira captured the bronze medal in the 100 meters at the 2015 Southeast Asian Games, giving Singapore its first medal in the competition in 42 years.

She also won the 200-meter gold medal with a timing of 23.60 seconds, shattering the previous national record she had set earlier in the day (23.82 seconds); this was Singapore’s first sprint gold medal in the SEA Games in 42 years.

Despite finishing fourth in the 4 x 400-meter relay, the Singapore quartet, of which she was a member, set a new national record by clocking in at 3:40.58.

In her last competition, the 4 x 100-meter relay, the team finished fourth but set a new national record with a time of 45.41 seconds. Pereira earned the bronze medal in the 100 and 200 meters events at the Southeast Asian Games in 2017 and repeated the feat in 2019.

Through universality places, Pereira was able to qualify for the 200 meters at the 2020 Summer Olympics. She placed sixth in her heat with a timing of 23.96s, which was a season-high.

In the 100-meter heats at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, Pereira ran 11.48s, shattering her previous mark of 11.58s from the previous year.

2023 marked a turning point for Pereira. She lowered her national record on March 3 by clocking 11.46 seconds in the 100-meter heats at the New Zealand Track and Field Championships.

Due to the significant tailwind (3.4 m/s), even though she ran 11.44 seconds to win bronze in the final, this time was not recognized as a record. She broke her 200-meter national record on March 25 after placing third in the Brisbane Track Class, clocking a time of 23.16 seconds.

She set a new national record for the 100-meter sprint on March 31 after clocking a time of 11.38 at the Australia Open. The following day, when she won the final, she dropped the record to 11.37.

She set a new national record and set a new Singaporean record for the 200-meter race on April 2 by finishing in 22.89 seconds, breaking the 23-second barrier for the first time.

Pereira also made history in 2023 by topping the Asian women’s 100-meter outdoor rankings for the first time as a Singaporean.

Pereira successfully defended her 200-meter crown in the Southeast Asian Games in Phnom Penh in 2023. Her time of 22.69 seconds broke both the Singapore and SEA Games records.

She also won the 100-meter race, making history as the first woman from Singapore to sweep both sprint events at the SEA Games.

In addition to breaking her national record for the 100 meters at the Asian Athletics Championships on July 14 in a time of 11.20s, Pereira also became the first Singaporean to win a gold medal there, ending the nation’s 16-year medal drought at the continental meet.

Two days later, Pereira won the 200m as well, clocking a new championship-record time of 22.70 seconds. On July 31, she overcame Gina Luckenkemper, the current European 100-meter and 4×100-meter relay champion, to win the 200-meter gold at the Mittsommernacht Athletics competition in Berlin with a time of 23.32 seconds.

Shanti Pereira Boyfriend

Pereira is dating Tan Zong Yang.

Shanti Pereira Children

We have no information about Pereira’s children.

Shanti Pereira Religion

Pereira’s religious affiliation is unknown to us.

Shanti Pereira Net Worth

Pereira has an estimated net worth to be from about $1 million to $5 million.