Lara Scerri

Age: 18 years

Sport: Athletics

Discipline: 100m, 200m, 400m

Club: Athleta Pembroke

Started: 1999 aged 12 years

Job/Student status: University

student – BSC Biology and Chemistry

Personal Bests

• 100m: 12.48s

• 200m: 25.43s

• 400m: 57.39s

Held National Records

• Youth records: 4x100m – 51.0s (2002), 100m – 12.4s, 200m – 25.96s, 400m – 58.10s (2005)

• Junior records: 4x100m – 49.24s (2002), 400m – 57.39s (2005)

• Open records: 4x100m – 47.77s, 47.59s, 47.21s (2005)

Achievements:

• Gold – 4x100m – FISEC Games, Salmanca, 2003

• Bronze – 100m, 200m and 300m – FISEC Games, Salmanca, 2003

• Silver – 300m and 4x100m – FISEC Games, Malta, 2004

• Bronze – 100m and 200m – FISEC Games, Malta, 2004

• Gold – 300m – FISEC Games, Madrid, 2005

• Silver – 200m – FISEC Games, Madrid, 2005

• Bronze – 100m – FISEC Games, Madrid, 2005

• Silver – 4x100m and 4x400m – GSSE, Andorra, 2005

• Third place U/17 Ghazliet Sportivi Nazzjonali 2005

• MAAA Best Performance Award Junior and Senior 2005

• Silver MOC Sports Award 2005

• On MOC Aspirant Scheme 2006

Other

• Crystal Palace Games, England, 2002

• FISEC Games, Malta, 2003

• European Olympic Youth Festival, Lignano, 2005

• European Cup, Istanbul, 2005

Lara Scerri is a member of the MOC Elite Athlete Scheme which is sponsored by the Malta International Airport as part of the company’s Supporting Malta’s Sport sponsorship policy.