ROMLY Abdul Latif

31 Mar 1997
24
Male
T20
KANGAR
 
Malaysia

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
ATH Athletics Men's Long Jump - T20 1 Gold Medal

Records

Record Event Mark Date Location
PR Men's Long Jump - T20 7.60 m 11 September, 2016 Rio de Janeiro (BRA)
WR Men's Long Jump - T20 7.64 m 9 October, 2018 Jakarta (INA)

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Olympic Stadium - Long Jump
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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RankEventYearLocationResult
Paralympic Games
1Long Jump - T202016Rio de Janeiro, BRA7.60
World Championships
1Long Jump - T202017London, GBR7.37
1Long Jump - T202015Doha, QAT7.35
2Long Jump - T202019Dubai, UAE7.24
Asian Para Games
1Long Jump - T202018Jakarta, INA7.64
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Fishing. (Athlete, 06 Nov 2019)
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Malay
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R Jaganathan [national]; Mohd Syahrul Amri Suhaimi [national], MAS
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His older brother Mohd Hafidz has played football as a goalkeeper in the Malaysia Super League. (vulcanpost.com, 13 Sep 2016)
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He competed in the able-bodied 100m sprint at the 2020 Perak All-Comers in Malaysia. (adriansprints.com, 23 Feb 2020; stadiumastro.com, 07 Feb 2020)
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2014 for Malaysia, Asian Para Games in Incheon, Korea (Athlete, 06 Nov 2019)
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In early 2019 he sustained an injury to his left knee and missed a number of national events in Malaysia. He returned to competition in May at the 2019 Thailand Open Track and Field Championships. (stadiumastro.com, 03 May 2019; Astro Awani YouTube channel, 28 Feb 2019)
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He took up the sport in 2008 during a school meet in Perlis, Malaysia. (Athlete, 06 Nov 2019)
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At age six he would run with his older sister to her school and watch her while she did high jump training. When he started school he began practising athletics as it was a compulsory activity. (vulcanpost.com, 13 Sep 2016; Athlete, 21 Oct 2015)
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To win a gold medal at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (hmetro.com.my, 06 Mar 2020)
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Winning a gold medal and setting a world record in the T20 long jump at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (Athlete, 06 Nov 2019)
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Malaysian badminton player Lee Chong Wei. (Athlete, 06 Nov 2019)
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His family. (Athlete, 06 Nov 2019)
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"Fight for gold." (Athlete, 21 Oct 2015)
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He was named the 2016 Sportsman of the Year at the Malaysian Sports Awards. He was the first Para athlete to have received the award. (thestar.com.my, 26 Apr 2017)

He was Malaysia's flag bearer at the opening ceremony of the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (myinfo.rio2016.com, 06 Sep 2016)

He received the 2015 Special Education Award from the Malaysian Schools Sports Council. (bharian.com.my, 29 Mar 2016)
Legend
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Gold Medal
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Gold Medal Event
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Silver Medal Event
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Bronze Medal Event
PR:
Paralympic Record
WR:
World Record
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