Malaysia at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Malaysia at the
2020 Summer Paralympics
Malaysia at the; 2020 Summer Paralympics
	Flag of Malaysia
IPC code	MAS
NPC	Paralympic Council of Malaysia
Website	www.paralympic.org.my (in English)
in Tokyo
Competitors	22 in 9 sports
Flag bearers (opening)	Bonnie Bunyau Gustin; Siti Noor Iasah
Flag bearer (closing)	Cheah Liek Hou
Medals; Ranked 39th	Gold 3 Silver 2 Bronze 0 Total 5
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
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Malaysia competed in the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan from 24 August to 5 September 2021 which was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Dato' Sri Megat D Shahriman Bin Dato' Zaharudin, president of the Malaysian Paralympic Council, is the chef de mission of the delegation.^[3]

Medalists[]

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Bonnie Bunyau Gustin	Powerlifting	Men's 72 kg	28 August
Gold	Cheah Liek Hou	Badminton	Men's Singles SU5	4 September
Gold	Abdul Latif Romly	Athletics	Men's Long jump T20	4 September
Silver	Jong Yee Khie	Powerlifting	Men's 107 kg	30 August
Silver	Chew Wei Lun	Boccia	Mixed individual BC1	1 September

Background[]

Opening and closing ceremonies[]

Bonnie Bunyau Gustin and Siti Noor Iasah Mohamad Ariffin were flag bearers of Malaysia in the opening ceremony. In the Parade of Nations, both athletes and officials wore the Malay legendary warrior Hang Tuah inspired attire designed by the Department of fashion design and Art and Design Faculty of Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) in Shah Alam (Main Campus). The attire, in the colours of the national flag, featured the "Songket Bunga Tabur" pattern. The female athletes and official wore the baju kurung complete with a dokoh (tiered pendant) and selendang (shawl), while the male athletes and officials wore the traditional Baju Melayu complete with an outer coat, a sampin and the Tengkolok (headgear).^[4]^[5]

Shuttler Cheah Liek Hou was named as flagbearer for the closing ceremony.

Target and achievement[]

On 19 July 2021, Youth and Sports Minister Datuk Seri Reezal Merican Naina Merican announced that the Malaysian delegation to the 2020 Summer Paralympics had a target to win three gold medals, matching the medal haul of the previous edition in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.^[6] Malaysia managed to achieve this target with three gold medals and two silver medals, totalling to 5 medals, making it the most successful outcome in Paralympic history, surpassing their record of four medals in the 2016 games.

Competitors[]

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games:^[7]

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Archery	2	0	2
Athletics	4	1	5
Badminton	2	0	2
Boccia	1	0	1
Cycling	3	2	5
Powerlifting	2	0	2
Swimming	2	1	3
Table tennis	1	0	1
Wheelchair Tennis	1	0	1
Total	18	4	22

Archery[]

Malaysia have qualified 2 quota for archery.^[8]

Men

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
	Individual recurve	579	28	N/A	(RPC) L 2–6	Did not advance
	Individual compound open	673	26	Bye	(RPC) L 126–136	Did not advance

Athletics[]

All male athletes have qualified from the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships at Dubai. They have qualified by being top 3 in each event. Malaysia have also entered 1 female athlete.^[9]

Key

Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
Q = Qualified for the next round
q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
PB = Personal Best
SB = Season Best
DNS = Did not start

Men's track events

Athlete	Events	Heat		Final
Athlete	Events	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Mohamad Ridzuan Mohamad Puzi	100 m T36	12.06	1 Q SB	12.15	4

Men's field events

Athlete	Events	Final	Rank
Wong Kar Gee	Long jump T13	5.93 PB	6
Abdul Latif Romly	Long jump T20	7.45 SB
Muhammad Ziyad Zolkefli	Shot put F20	DNS

Women's track events

Athlete	Events	Heat		Final
Athlete	Events	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Siti Noor Iasah Mohamad Ariffin	400 m T20	59.89	4 q SB	1:01.05	8

Badminton[]

Malaysia has qualified two para badminton players for each of the following events into the Paralympic tournament based on the Para Badminton World Rankings.^[10]

Men

Athlete	Event	Group Stage				Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Cheah Liek Hou	Singles SU5	(EGY) W (21–3, 21–2)	(TPE) W (21–13, 21–8)	(JPN) W (21–19, 21–12)	1 Q	(TPE) W (15–21, 21–10, 21–16)	Dheva (INA) W (21–17, 21–15)
Didin Taresoh	Singles SH6	Nagar (IND) L (20–22, 10–21)	(BRA) L (13–21, 13^r–18)	N/A	3	Did not advance

Boccia[]

Chew Wei Lun get a ticket for Malaysia in Individual BC1 events.^[11]

Athlete	Event	Pool matches					Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Chew Wei Lun	Mixed individual BC1	(BRA) W 5–2	Huadpradit (THA) W 3*–3	(KOR) W 9–3	(CZE) W 11–0	1 Q	Zhang (CHN) W 4–2	(POR) W 9–5	Smith (GBR) L 2–4

Cycling[]

Malaysia sent three male and two female cyclists after allocations from the combined nations ranking.^[12]^[13]^[14]

Road[]

Men's road event

Event	Time	Rank
Time trial C1	26:46.56	5
Road race C1–3	-1 LAP	33
Time trial C5	1:01:35.78	12
Time trial C5	DNF

Women's road event

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
( – pilot)	Time trial B	DNF
( – pilot)	Road race B	DNS

Track[]

Men's track event

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Rank
	Individual pursuit C1	3:58.413	7	Did not advance
	1000m Time trial C4–5	N/A		1:11.288	19
	1000m Time trial C4–5	N/A		1:06.472	10
	Mixed team sprint	50.532	5	Did not advance

Women's track event

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Rank
( – pilot)	1000m Time trial B	N/A		1:15.005	9

Powerlifting[]

Bonnie Bunyau Gustin get a ticket for Malaysia in Mens 65kg event.^[15]^[16]

Athlete	Events	Final
Athlete	Events	Results	Rank
Bonnie Bunyau Gustin	Men's -72kg	228 PR
Jong Yee Khie	Men's -107kg	237

Swimming[]

and Brenda Anellia Larry has successfully entered the paralympic slot after breaking the MQS.^[17]^[18]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
	50 metre freestyle S5	33.46	5 Q	32.82	5
	100 metre freestyle S5	1:16.33	7 Q	1:15.12	7
	200 metre freestyle S5	DSQ		Did not advance
	100 metre breaststroke SB4	DSQ		Did not advance
	50 metre butterfly S5	40.32	13	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Brenda Anellia Larry	50 metre backstroke S4	59.33	11	Did not advance
Brenda Anellia Larry	50 metre butterfly S5	1:00.62	13	Did not advance

Table tennis[]

Men's

Athlete	Event	Group stage				Round 1	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final/BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Chee Chaoming		Kalem (ITA) L 0–3	(GBR) L 0–3	Ma Lin (AUS) L 0–3	4	Did not advance

Wheelchair tennis[]

Malaysia qualified one players entries for wheelchair tennis. Abu Samah Borhan qualified by the world rankings.

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Abu Samah Borhan	Men's singles	(CRC) W 4–6, 6–3, 6–2	Egberink (NED) L 0–6, 1–6	Did not advance

References[]

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^ "'S-Hertogenbosch 2019 World Archery Para Championships". World Archery. 15 June 2019.
^ "Tokyo 2020 Slot Allocation Overview" (PDF). World Para Athletics. 23 June 2021.
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[2] "Bonnie and Siti Noor Iasah to be flag bearers in Tokyo". The Star. 18 August 2021. Retrieved 18 August 2021.

[3] "22 athletes to carry Malaysia's challenge at Tokyo Paralympic Games". Bernama. 9 August 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2021.

[4] "Japan welcomes Paralympians in spectacular fashion". Bernama. 24 August 2021. Retrieved 25 August 2021.

[5] "Team Malaysia's outfits gain praises at Tokyo 2020 Paralympics opening ceremony". The Sun. 24 August 2021. Retrieved 25 August 2021.

[6] "Olympics: Malaysia aims for first ever gold medal in Tokyo". Bernama. 19 July 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2021.

[7] "Tokyo 2020 Summer Paralympic Games | IPC".

[8] "'S-Hertogenbosch 2019 World Archery Para Championships". World Archery. 15 June 2019.

[9] "Tokyo 2020 Slot Allocation Overview" (PDF). World Para Athletics. 23 June 2021.

[10] "Paralympics Badminton Ranking" (PDF). Para Badminton World Federation. 26 June 2019.

[11] "Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games Qualification Guide" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 17 November 2020. Retrieved 12 June 2020.

[12] "2020 Paralympic Games Qualification System - UCI Nations Ranking Allocation" (PDF). uci.org. 19 July 2019.

[13] "2020 Summer Paralympics Qualification Guide" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 17 November 2020.

[14] "Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games Qualification System UCI Combined Nations Ranking Allocation" (PDF). uci.org. 1 June 2021.

[15] "Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games Qualification Guide" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 26 August 2020. Retrieved 3 June 2020.

[16] "NSC: 10 para athletes through to 2020 Tokyo Paralympics". Malay Mail. 26 August 2020. Retrieved 27 August 2020.

[17] "Calculation of Swimming Slots for Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 24 April 2020.

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