Azizulhasni Awang

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In this Malay name, there is no family name. The name Awang is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Muhammad Azizulhasni. The Arabic-derived word "bin" or "binti"/"binte", if used, means 'son of' or 'daughter of', respectively.
Dato'
Azizulhasni Awang
DPMT KMN AMN
UCI Track World Championships 2020 043 (cropped).jpg
Azizulhasni in 2020
Personal information
Full nameMuhammad Azizulhasni bin Awang
NicknameThe Pocket Rocketman
Born (1988-01-05) 5 January 1988 (age 33)
Kuala Dungun, Terengganu, Malaysia[1]
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[2]
Team information
DisciplineTrack
RoleRider
Rider typeSprinter
Amateur team
Dungun Cycling Team
Professional team
2009Bike Technologies Australia
Medal record

Dato' Muhammad Azizulhasni bin Awang DPMT KMN AMN (born 5 January 1988) is a Malaysian professional track cyclist.[3] Nicknamed "The Pocket Rocketman" due to his small stature, he is the first and the only Malaysian cyclist to win a medal at the Summer Olympics.[4]

Azizulhasni was Team Malaysia's national flag bearer at the 2008 Summer Olympics Parade of Nations. He won his first World Championship medal in 2009, a silver in the individual sprint.[5] His debut Olympic medal came at the 2016 Summer Olympics, a bronze in the individual keirin.[6] In the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, he won a silver medal in the same category of individual keirin.[7]

In 2017, he won his first World Championship title in the keirin,[8] and became the first Malaysian to ever wear the coveted rainbow jersey.[9]

Background[]

Azizulhasni was born in Dungun, Terengganu, Malaysia. He is the eighth of nine children in his family.[10] He received his primary education at Sekolah Kebangsaan Batu 48 and continued his secondary studies at the Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Sultan Omar in Dungun, before transferring to National Sport School in Bukit Jalil.

Azizul took up cycling at 10 years old before he was discovered by the late Rozimi Omar.[11] He was thankful to his late father for giving him a bicycle as a reward after he obtained 4A 1B in his UPSR.[12] Azizul received three offers from MRSM, Science School, and the Bukit Jalil Sports School after his PMR examination. At that time he had the ambition to be a physician or an athlete and ultimately chose the Sports School due to his interest in cycling.

Career[]

Azizulhasni's greatest achievement is winning the gold medal in 2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships[13] and silver medal in the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo in keirin. Among his other achievements is winning the silver medal at the 2009 World Championships in the sprint category and the silver medal at the 2010 World Championships in the keirin category. He was named Malaysian Sportsman of the Year in 2009 and 2010.[14]

In February 2011, Azizul was involved in a crash during the final of the keirin event in the World Cup leg in Manchester where he suffered serious injury when a 20 cm wooden splinter pierced through his leg. He was ruled out of the World Championships that year.[15]

At the 2017 Southeast Asian Games Azizul was the 111th gold medal winner, achieving Malaysia's gold medal goal after emerging champion in the men's sprint category at the National Velodrome in Nilai. Azizul was also the flag-bearer for Malaysia at the 2017 Southeast Asian Games alongside diver Cheong Jun Hoong and silat exponent Mohd Al-Jufferi Jamari.[16][17]

Personal life[]

Azizul is majoring in sports science (Bachelor of Sport Movement) at Victoria University in Melbourne, Australia.[18] In 2015, he became the first non-Australian athlete to receive a Blue Award from Victoria University.[14][19]

Azizul married Athiah Ilyana Abd Samat on 30 January 2010. The couple lives in Melbourne with their two daughters.[20]

Achievements[]

Track Cycling World Ranking
World Championships
Asian Games
Commonwealth Games
Olympic Games

Awards and achievements[]

  • Sportswriters Association of Malaysia (SAM)-100Plus Best Athlete Award: 2009, 2017[21]

Honours[]

Honours of Malaysia[]

References[]

  1. ^ Mohd Azizulhasni Awang Archived 2 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine. sports-reference.com
  2. ^ "Athlete Biography – AWANG Mohd Azizulhasni". Beijing Olympics official website. Archived from the original on 9 August 2008.
  3. ^ Azizulhasni Awang at Cycling Archives
  4. ^ "'Pocket rocket' wins Malaysia's first track medal". New Straits Times. 17 August 2016. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
  5. ^ "Azizulhasni menang perak Kejohanan Dunia" (in Malay). Archived from the original on 10 November 2017. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
  6. ^ "Rio 2016 Keirin men Results". Olympics. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  7. ^ "Cycling Track - Men's Keirin". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  8. ^ "Thrilling racing on day two of UCI Track World Championships presented by Tissot". Union Cycliste Internationale. 13 April 2017. Archived from the original on 21 July 2018. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  9. ^ Lim Teik Huat (14 April 2017). "Azizul finally wins coveted rainbow jersey after a 10-year wait". The Star. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  10. ^ Azizul Hasni Awang at the Wayback Machine (archived 11 July 2018)
  11. ^ Wan Noriza Meor Idris (1 March 2015). "Rough ride to stardom". Malay Mail. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  12. ^ Fatimi Ndaiah Zainudeen; Norzasrudin Mohamed Nor. "Jaguh dari Dungun". Kosmo! (in Malay). Archived from the original on 8 April 2009. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  13. ^ "Awang Azizulhasni revels in Malaysia's first world track gold". Eurosport. 13 April 2017. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
  14. ^ Jump up to: a b Azizulhasni Awang[permanent dead link]. nbcolympics.com
  15. ^ "Azizulhasni Awang to have 20cm splinter surgically removed after crash". The Guardian. 20 February 2011. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  16. ^ Lim Teik Huat (7 August 2017). "KJ: Three world champs to be flag-bearers at SEA Games opening ceremony". TheStarOnline. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
  17. ^ Azharie, Farah (29 August 2017). "Azizulhasni: Making it 111 gold medals for Malaysia at the Sea Games 2017". NSTOnline. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
  18. ^ "VU scholar brings home bronze in Rio". vu.edu.au. 18 August 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
  19. ^ "VU Sports Awards". vu.edu.au.
  20. ^ "Azizulhasni's bronze medal, the fruit of family sacrifice". The Malay Mail. 17 August 2016.
  21. ^ Lim, Teik Huat (2 March 2018). "Azizulhasni bags his last SAM-100Plus award on the trot". The Star. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
  22. ^ Rajes Paul (10 September 2017). "Chong Wei all fired up". The Star. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  23. ^ Jump up to: a b "Semakan Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat".
  24. ^ "Azizulhasni, lima doktor dikurnia gelaran Datuk" (in Malay). Harian Metro. 18 July 2021. Retrieved 18 July 2021.

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