MOHAMAD PUZI Mohamad Ridzuan

Date of Birth: 27 Sep 1987

Age: 33

Gender: Male

Sport Class: T36

Place of residence : KUALA LUMPUR

Residence Country:

Malaysia

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Men's 100m - T36	4

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Men's 100m - T36 Round 1 - Heat 2	Finished
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Men's 100m - T36 Final	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
Paralympic Games
1	100m - T36	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	12.07
4	Long Jump - T36	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	5.36
World Championships
1	100m - T36	2015	Doha, QAT	12.08
2	100m - T36	2017	London, GBR	12.15
3	100m - T36	2019	Dubai, UAE	11.97
4	200m - T36	2017	London, GBR	25.21
4	200m - T36	2015	Doha, QAT	25.04
9	400m - T36	2019	Dubai, UAE	1:01.55
11	Long Jump - T36	2015	Doha, QAT	2.82
DNS	200m - T36	2013	Lyon, FRA	DNS
Asian Para Games
1	100m - T36	2018	Jakarta, INA	11.87
1	400m - T36	2018	Jakarta, INA	59.36
1	Long Jump - T36	2018	Jakarta, INA	5.49

Mr Dash (Strike for Excellence Facebook page, 31 Oct 2016)

Cars. (Athlete, 06 Nov 2019)

Occupation:

Languages spoken:

R Jaganathan [national], MAS

He took up the sport in 2005 during a school meet in Perlis, Malaysia. (Athlete, 06 Nov 2019, 21 Oct 2015)

Athletics was a compulsory activity at his school. In 2004 he was spotted by coach Affizam Amdan during a talent search organised by the Malaysian Youth and Sports Ministry in Perils, Malaysia. (says.com, 15 Aug 2017; Athlete, 21 Oct 2015)

Winning a gold medal in the T36 100m at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, and breaking the T36 100m world record at the 2018 Asian Para Games in Indonesia. (Athlete, 06 Nov 2019)

Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt. (Athlete, 06 Nov 2019)

His family. (Athlete, 06 Nov 2019)

Philosophy:

"Fight for gold." (Athlete, 21 Oct 2015)

In 2018 he was named Best Asian Male Para Athlete by the Asian Paralympic Committee [APC]. He was the first Malaysian athlete to received the award. (bernama.com, 04 Jan 2019)

He was voted Paralympic Athlete of the Year at the 2015 Malaysian National Sports Awards. He also received the 2015 Kesatria Terbilang Award from the United Malays National Organisation [UMNO], and a special excellence award from the Perlis Social Welfare Department in recognition of the gold medal he won at the 2015 World Championships in Doha, Qatar. (astroawani.com, 25 May 2016; Institut Sukan Negara Malaysia Facebook page, 09 Dec 2016; malaysiandigest.com, 16 Dec 2015)

He was Malaysia's flag bearer at the opening ceremony of the 2015 ASEAN Para Games in Singapore. (themalaymailonline.com, 27 Nov 2015)

General Interest

Classification
T36, F36 (IPC, 01 Mar 2021)

Origin of Impairment
Congenital (Athlete, 06 Nov 2019)

Impairment Details
He was born with cerebral palsy, which was diagnosed at age one. (astroawani.com, 11 Sep 2016)

Milestones

In 2016 he became the first Malaysian to win gold at a Paralympic Games when he won the men's T36 100m, around an hour before fellow Malaysian Muhammad Ziyad Zolkefli won gold in the men's F20 shot put. (paralympic.org, 10 Sep 2016, SportsDeskOnline, 01 Mar 2021)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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