Malaysia at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

The National Sports Council in Malaysia identified 61 Paralympic qualifying events in 13 sports for the 2016 Summer Paralympics and provided them with funding assistance to athletes to compete in them as part of their qualifying campaigns. They also provided local training for athletes.[1]

The following Malaysian competitors won medals at the Games.

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Gold Mohamad Ridzuan Mohamad Puzi Athletics Men's 100m T36/F36 10 September  Gold Muhammad Ziyad Zolkefli Athletics Men's shot put T20/F20 10 September  Gold Abdul Latif Romly Athletics Men's Long Jump T20/F20 11 September  Bronze Siti Noor Radiah Ismail Athletics Women's Long jump T20/F20 15 September

Medals by sport Sport Total Athletics 3 0 1 4 Total 3 0 1 4 Medals by date Day Date Total 3 10 Sept 2 0 0 2 4 11 Sept 1 0 0 1 8 15 Sept 0 0 1 1 Total 3 0 1 4

Archery was one of the sports where competitors benefited from the funding of the National Sports Council in Malaysia to try to qualify for the 2016 Games.[1]

Men's

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Hasihin Sanawi	Individual recurve open	567	25	Sawicki (POL) L 0-6	Did not advance
Yuhaizam Yahaya	Individual compound open	622	30	Nori (IRI) L 126-136	Did not advance

Men's track events

Athlete	Events	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Mohamad Faizal Aideal Suhaimi	100 m T13	11.30	6	Did not advance
	100 m T12	Did not startNote 1
Mohamad Ridzuan Mohamad Puzi	100 m T36	N/A		12.07 PR
Nasharuddin Mohd	400 m T20	51.75	5	Did not advance
Krishna Kumar Hari Das	400 m T38	59.07 SB	4	Did not advance

^Note 1 Mohamad Faizal Aideal Suhaimi was originally qualified for T12 event but later recategorised to T13 event.[2]

Men's field events

Athlete	Events	Final	Rank
Abdul Latif Romly	Long jump T20	7.60 WR
Mohamad Ridzuan Mohamad Puzi	Long jump T36	5.36	4
Amir Firdauss Jamaluddin	Long jump T38	4.87	9
Muhammad Ziyad Zolkefli	Shot put F20	16.84 WR

Women's track events

Women's field events

Athlete	Events	Final	Rank
Siti Noor Iasah Mohamad Ariffin	Long jump T20	4.91	4
Siti Noor Radiah Ismail		5.20 RR

Legend: DSQ =Disqualified Fn =False Start IPC 17.8 =Disqualified by rule IPC 17.8 PB =Personal Best PR =Paralympic Record RR =Regional Record SB =Seasonal Best WR =World Record

With one pathway for qualification being one highest ranked NPCs on the UCI Para-Cycling male and female Nations Ranking Lists on 31 December 2014, Malaysia qualified for the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio, assuming they continued to meet all other eligibility requirements.[3][4]

Men's track cycling event

Legend: DNS =Did not start PR =Paralympic Record WR =World Record

Men's road event

One pathway for qualifying for Rio involved having a boat have top seven finish at the 2015 Combined World Championships in a medal event where the country had not already qualified through via the 2014 IFDS Sailing World Championships. Malaysia qualified for the 2016 Games under this criteria in the SKUD 18 event with a sixteenth-place finish overall and the seventh country who had not qualified via the 2014 Championships. The boat was crewed by Nurul Amilin Balawi and Junell Mustafah.[5][6][7]

Legend: DNF =Did not finish

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Athlete	Events	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jamery Siga	Men's 50m Butterfly - S5	42.87	5	Did not advance
	Men's 50m Freestyle - S5	38.79	6	Did not advance
	Men's 100m Freestyle - S5	1:23.44	5	Did not advance

Table Tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Men's individual

Athlete	Event	Group stage			Round 1	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final/BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Mohamad Azwar Bakar	Individual C10	Mateo Boheas (FRA) L 1-3	Ge Yang (CHN) L 0-3	3	Did not advance

Wheelchair tennis

Main article: Wheelchair tennis at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Malaysia qualified one competitor in the men's single event, Abu Samah Borhan. This slot came about via a Bipartite Commission Invitation place.[8]

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Abu Samah Borhan	Men's singles	Alfie Hewett (GBR) L 0–6, 1-6	Did not advance

See also

• Malaysia at the 2016 Summer Olympics

References

1. "NSC to help paralympians qualify for Rio". UAE Interact. 8 January 2015. Archived from the original on 23 December 2015. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
2. http://www.nst.com.my/news/2016/09/172121/rio-paralympics-change-category-recurring-injury-troubles-national-athletes
3. "CYCLING QUALIFICATION" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 December 2015. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
4. "Ranking — PARA — Cycling 2014". UCI. 31 December 2014. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
5. "Sailing Qualification" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 December 2015. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
6. "SKUD 18". Royal Yacht Club Victoria. 2015. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
7. "Ten countries guarantee their place in the Rio 2016 Paralympic sailing competition". Rio 2016 Official Website. 26 August 2014. Archived from the original on 29 August 2014. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
8. "ITF announces singles entries for Rio 2016 Paralympics". ITF Tennis. ITF Tennis. June 24, 2016. Retrieved August 24, 2016.