Abdul_Latif_Romly

Abdul Latif Romly

Abdul Latif Romly

Malaysian Paralympic athlete

In this Malay name, there is no surname or family name. The name Romly is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by their given name, Abdul Latif.

Datuk Abdul Latif bin Romly PMW KMN (born 31 March 1997) is a Malaysian Paralympic athlete who broke T20 long jump world record 3 times on the same day and won Malaysia's third gold medal on September 11 at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. He also won the gold medal in the men's long jump T20 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics held in Tokyo, Japan.

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Athletics career

In 2015, Latif set a record-breaking 7.43 m leap to defend his T20 (intellectual disabilities) long jump gold medal at the 2015 Para Asean Games in Singapore.[2] In 2016 Rio Summer Paralympics Games, Latif broke his own world record three times in the same day. He also earned Malaysia's third gold medal of these Paralympics Games. He was chosen as the Malaysian flag bearer at the opening ceremony.

In 2021, Latif became the first Malaysian to defend his Paralympics title in the Men's long jump (F20) event with a leap of 7.45 m.[3]

Honours

Honours of Malaysia

References

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    Ming Wai, Tan (8 December 2015). "Abdul Latif leaps to new record at Para Asean Games". TheStarOnline. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
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    Lim, Teik Huat (2021-09-04). "Long jumper Latif bags Malaysia's third and final gold". The Star. Archived from the original on 2021-09-04. Retrieved 2021-09-04.
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    "Semakan Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat". Archived from the original on 2018-09-29. Retrieved 2018-08-25.
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    "Hasni dahului 263 penerima darjah kebesaran Hari Wilayah Persekutuan 2022" (in Malay). Berita Harian. 8 February 2022.


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