Malaysia Gold Medal Olympics
Newly minted youth and sports minister datuk seri reezal merican naina merican says the ministry is committed to making sure malaysia can end the gold medal wait at the tokyo olympic games in august.
Malaysia gold medal olympics. He said this in a press conference after clocking in for his first day of work on wednesday. As badminton was only a demonstration sport in 1972 there were no official medals then. The first malaysian olympians to win olympic medals could have been punch gunalan and ng boon bee who lost their final match in badminton men s doubles. The celebration doesn t stop there as not only did he win and beat the reigning.
Julian yee the only malaysian to compete at the winter olympics pyeongchang 2018 then added gold no 4 in figure skating. Malaysia thus had to wait for the first medal until 1992. Rio 2016 badminton doubles mixed malaysia. Malaysian swimmer welson sim has made malaysia proud by beating olympic champion mack horton of australia for the gold medal in men s 400m freestyle at mare nostrum tour in monte carlo monaco.
Peng soon chan and liu ying goh of malaysia compete during the mixed doubles gold medal match against tontowi ahmad and liliyana natsir of indonesia on day 12 of the rio 2016 olympic games at riocentro pavilion 4 on august 17 2016 in rio de janeiro brazil. Malaysian athletes have won a total of 11 olympic medals 8 in badminton 2 in diving and 1 in cycling. The most successful malaysian olympian by medals won is lee chong wei with 3.