Dipna enrolled into the Singapore Sports School in 2004 as part of the pioneer batch.[7] She graduated in 2007 after completing her secondary school education. She holds a diploma in Sports and Exercise Science from Auckland University of Technology from which she graduated in 2009. Later, in 2010, Dipna furthered her education in Nanyang Technological University where she graduated in 2014 with a degree in Sport Science and Management.
Records
Dipna is the 400 metres hurdles national record holder.[8] At the 2013 Southeast Asian Games in Myanmar, she became the first Singaporean to run under 60 seconds for the 400 metre hurdles.[9]
From 2008–2014, Dipna held the 100 metre hurdles women's national record[10][11] and Junior Record[12] for Singapore from 2008–2014. In 2013, Dipna broke Prema Govindan's 29-year-old national 200 metres national record.[13] Dipna has not run a 200-metre since, and her record has since been broken by Shanti Pereira. Pereira also broke Dipna's 400 metres record in 2024.[14]
^ abAziz, Sazali Abdul (June 9, 2015). "Dipna's race against time". The New Paper. Archived from the original on June 22, 2018. Retrieved June 18, 2021.
