The Malaysia team at Olympics 2024 will consist of 26 athletes competing in 10 different sports, in hope of achieving our first ever gold medal at the Olympic Games.
Here’s an introduction to our Olympic athletes: Some veterans such as cyclist Dato’ Azizulhasni Awang, badminton pair Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik; And many making their debut to bring pride to our nation.
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Athletics
Azeem Fahmi – Men’s 100m Sprint
Gavin will be contesting in his 3rd Olympics after the previous two games. He qualified by ranking 53rd in the Olympic Golf Ranking men’s category. He will represent Malaysia as one of the seven Asian countries to play in the sport of golf.Golf
Gavin Kyle Green – Men’s Golf
Gavin will be contesting in his 3rd Olympics after the previous two games. He qualified by ranking 53rd in the Olympic Golf Ranking men’s category. He will represent Malaysia as one of the seven Asian countries to play in the sport of golf.Ashley Lau Jen Wen – Women’s Golf
The 24-year-old is from Bintulu, and she is the first Sarawakian golfer to qualify for the Olympic Games. She qualified for the games by ranking 50th in the Olympic Golf Ranking women’s category, which is governed by the International Golf Federation.Weightlifting
Mohamad Aniq Kasdan – Men’s 61kg
The 22-year-old Johorean weightlifter will be making his debut in the Olympics this year. His most recent victories came in the 2021 SEA Games (Bronze), 2021 Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships (Gold), 2022 Commonwealth Games (Gold), and 2023 International Weightlifting Federation Grand Prix (Bronze).Cycling
Dato’ Azizulhasni Awang – Sprint and Keirin Cycling
A stranger to none, Dato’ Azizulhasni Awang is Malaysia’s most decorated cyclist, nicknamed The Pocket Rocketman. In his last two Olympic Games, he won a bronze medal in the 2016 games, and a silver medal in the 2020 games – both in the Keirin event. This will be his fifth appearance at the Olympics.Muhammad Shah Firdaus Sahrom – Sprint and Keirin Cycling
The 28-year-old Johorean will be making his second Olympics appearance. In his debut in Tokyo, he managed to advance to the quarter-finals for the keirin event, while stopped at the third round repechage of the sprint event.Nurul Izzah Izzati Mohd Asri – Sprint and Keirin Cycling
The Kedah-born athlete is also nicknamed the Pocket Rocket Woman. The 21-year-old recently won 2 gold medals in the sprint and keirin events at the ASEAN Track President’s Cup 2 Series.Nur Aisyah Mohamad Zubir – Road Cycling
The 26-year-old from Terengganu will be the first ever Malaysian female road cyclist to compete in the Olympics. She recently won a bronze medal at the 2023 SEA Games.Archery
Ariana Nur Dania – Women’s Individual and Women’s Team
This will be Ariana’s debut in the Olympics. The 19-year-old qualified for the Women’s Individual event by winning the Bangkok 2023 Asian Archery Championship’s gold medal in November 2023.She will also be competing in the Women’s Team event with Syaqiera and Nurul Azreena.
Syaqiera Mashayikh and Nurul Azreena Mohamad Fazil – Women’s Team
This will be Syaqiera’s second Olympic appearance. The Johor-born 24-year-old ranked 43rd in the preliminary round in the recurve event, however was eliminated in her first knockout match in the Tokyo Olympics. She also managed to finish 19th overall in the mixed team event with Khairul Anuar.Shooting
Jonathan Wong – 10m Air Pistol
Jonathan is the 3rd Malaysian athlete to secure a place in the 2024 Olympics in Paris. He qualified on merit with a fourth place finish in the Men’s 10m Air Pistol event. This will be his second appearance in the Olympics following his 2016 debut in Rio de Janeiro.Sailing
Nur Shazrin Mohamad Latif – ILCA6
This will be the Johorean’s 3rd appearance at the Olympics, having finished 33rd in the One Person Dinghy (Laser Radial) event in 2016, and then 26th in the Laser Radial Women event in the Tokyo Olympics.She recently won a gold medal at the 2022 Asian Games for the Women’s ILCA6.
Khairulnizam Mohd Afendy – ILCA7
An Olympic veteran, the Kedah-born sailor will become the second Malaysian sailor to compete in four Olympics after Dr Kevin Lim (From 1996 to 2008).He ranked 47th in the London 2012 Olympics in the One Person Dinghy (Laser) event, further improving in the same event in 2016 to 35th. In the most recent edition of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, he ranked 28th in the Laser Men event.
Swimming
Khiew Hoe Yean – Men’s 400m Freestyle
The 21-year-old will be making his debut in the Olympics this year. A rising star, he won his first gold swimming medal for Malaysia in the 2021 SEA Games 200m Freestyle event. His second gold came in the same event later in the 2023 SEA Games.He is the current national record holder in the 400m Freestyle event.
