Dipna Lim Prasad

Dipna Lim Prasad
Dipna Lim Prasad in Singapore 2015
nation	Singapore
birthday	7th June 1991 (age 29)
place of birth	Singapore
size	175 cm
Weight	54 kg
Career
discipline	400-meter run , 400-meter hurdles
Trainer	Luis Cunha
status	active
last change: September 23, 2018

Dipna Lim Prasad (born June 7, 1991 in Singapore ) is a Singaporean sprinter and hurdler .

Athletic career

Dipna Lim Prasad gained her first experience in international competitions at the Junior Asian Championships 2010 in Hanoi , where she was eliminated in the first round in the 100-meter run in 12.46 s. The following year, she retired from the Summer Universiade in Shenzhen in the 200-meter run and in the 100-meter hurdles . Over the hurdles she could not qualify for the final at the Asian Championships in Kobe , as well as at the World Championships in Daegu, South Korea and the Southeast Asian Games in Palembang . In 2012 she took part in the 60 meter hurdles at the Asian Indoor Championships in Hangzhou , but did not reach the final there with 9.25 seconds. Then she was eliminated from the World Indoor Championships in Istanbul with a new national record of 9.00 s in the first round. During the outdoor season she qualified for the Olympic Games in London , where she was eliminated with 14.86 s in the preliminary round.

In 2013 she won the bronze medal in the 400-meter hurdles at the Southeast Asian Games in Naypyidaw and was fourth in the Singapore 4-by-400-meter relay. The following year she took part with the relay at the Asian Games in Incheon and finished eighth there in 3: 49.97 minutes. In 2015, he won a silver medal in the 400 meter hurdles and two fourth places with the relay at the Southeast Asian Games in Singapore . Two years later, she won the silver medal in the 400-meter run at the Games in Kuala Lumpur with 54.18 seconds , as well as in the hurdles sprint, and again finished two fourths in the relay. In 2018 she again took part in the Asian Games in Jakarta , where she finished seventh in the 400-meter hurdles in 59.68 s.

Dipna Lim Prasad studied Management and Sports Science at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. She is married to the Singaporean sprinter Poh Seng Song .

Personal best

• 100 m: 12.16 s (+1.9 m / s), February 19, 2011 in Singapore
• 200 m: 24.46 s (+0.4 m / s), March 29, 2015 in Kuala Lumpur
• 400 m: 54.18 s, August 24, 2017 in Kuala Lumpur ( Singaporean record )
• 100 m hurdles: 14.23 s (+0.7 m / s), May 28, 2011 in Kaohsiung
  • 60 m hurdles (hall): 9.00 s, February 18, 2012 in Hangzhou
• 400 m hurdles: 58.93 s, August 26, 2018 in Jakarta ( Singaporean record )

Web links

• DIPNA Lim Prasad in the database of World Athletics (English)
• Dipna Lim Prasad in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )