Zubin Muncherji

Zubin Muncherji
Zubin running the 800 metres at the 2025 SEA Games
Personal information
Born23 June 1996[1]
Sport
CountrySingapore
SportAthletics
Event(s)
400 metres, 800 metres
Medal record
Men's Athletics
Representing  Singapore
Southeast Asian Games
2025 Thailand 4 x 400 metres relay

Zubin Percy Muncherji is a Singapore runner. In 2018, he set the 400 metres national record with a time of 47.02s at the Big Ten Championships in Indiana.[2] In June 2014, at the age of 17, Muncherji broke a 40-year-old Singapore national record when he ran 47.29 seconds in the 400m at the Asian Junior Championships in Taipei, Taiwan.[1][3]

At the 2025 SEA Games, Zubin, together with Calvin Quek, Reuben Rainer Lee, and Thiruben Thana Rajan, won the bronze in the 4 x 400.[4]

Collegiate creer

At Indiana University:

  • 2017-18 (Freshman): Helped the distance medley relay team finish second at Big Ten Championships with a time of 9:28.62; finished third in the 400m (49.09s); set a facility record at the Power 5 with the DMR squad (9:31.64)[5]

Southeast Asian Games

  • 2015 SEA Games (Singapore): Finished sixth in the 400m final.[6]
  • 2019 SEA Games (Philippines): Competed in the 400m, running 48.75 seconds but missed the final by placing fifth in his heat;[7] also competed in Singapore's 4x400m relay team, which finished fifth with a time of 3:12.35.[8]
  • 2023 SEA Games (Cambodia): Part of the 4 x 400m relay team (Ng Chin Hui, Zubin Muncherji, Thiruben Thana Rajan, Calvin Quek) that broke a 50-year national record with a time of 3:10.11 (pending ratification)[9]
  • 2025 SEA Games (Thailand): Won bronze medal in the 4x400m relay with teammates Reuben Lee, Thiruben Thana Rajan, and Calvin Quek, clocking 3:10.74[10]

References

  1. ^ a b "Zubin Percy MUNCHERJI | Profile | World Athletics". worldathletics.org.
  2. ^ "Athletics: Zubin Muncherji breaks national 400m record with 47.02 sec effort in Indiana". 14 May 2018 – via The Straits Times.
  3. ^ "Zubin rewrites national 400m record". TODAY. Retrieved 27 December 2025.
  4. ^ "SEA Games 2025: Singapore Athletics chief 'greedy for more' in 2027". 16 December 2025 – via The Straits Times.
  5. ^ "Zubin Muncherji - Track and Field - Indiana University Athletics". Indiana University Athletics. Archived from the original on 15 March 2019. Retrieved 27 December 2025.
  6. ^ "28th SEA Games Official Results". 28th SEA Games Singapore 2015. Archived from the original on 15 June 2015. Retrieved 27 December 2025.
  7. ^ "South East Asian Games | Results | World Athletics". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 27 December 2025.
  8. ^ "South East Asian Games | Results | World Athletics". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 27 December 2025.
  9. ^ "Cambodia 2023: Sprint queen Shanti makes history with sprint double". www.activesgcircle.gov.sg. Archived from the original on 23 May 2025. Retrieved 27 December 2025.
  10. ^ "SEA Games 2025: Singapore win men's 4x400m relay bronze on final day of athletics". www.activesgcircle.gov.sg. Archived from the original on 27 December 2025. Retrieved 27 December 2025.