Mohamad Ridzuan Mohamad Puzi

Mohamad Ridzuan Mohamad Puzi KMN (born 27 September 1987) is a Paralympic athlete from Malaysia who competes in T36 classification sprint (running) and long jump events.[1] Mohamad Ridzuan represented Malaysia at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, where he won the gold medal in the 100 metres event.

In this Malay name, the name Mohamad Puzi is a patronymic, not a family name, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Muhammad Ridzuan.

Muhammad Ridzuan Mohamad Puzi

Personal information
Nationality	Malaysian
Born	(1987-09-27) 27 September 1987 Padang Besar, Perlis
Residence	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Sport
Country	Malaysia
Sport	Track and field
Disability class	(T36)
Event(s)	Sprint
Coached by	R. Jeganathan (national) Affizam Amdan (personal)
Medal record Paralympic athletics Representing  Malaysia Paralympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro 100m - T36 IPC World Championships 2015 Doha 100m - T36 2017 London 100m - T36 Asian Para Games 2014 Incheon Long Jump - T36/37/38 2018 Jakarta 100m - T36 2018 Jakarta 400m - T36 2018 Jakarta Long jump - T36 2014 Incheon 100m - T36 2014 Incheon 200m - T36

Personal life

Mohamad Ridzuan had been diagnosed with cerebral palsy at the age of one. In his early years, he took part in athletics during school meets. His talent was spotted by coach Affizam Amdan in 2004. Since then, coach Affizam has been guiding, grooming and training him.

Athletics career

He debut as a professional para-athlete during 2011 ASEAN Para Games at Surakarta, Central Java, Indonesia. He managed to get gold medal in his debut competition. His success continues year by year with more achievements recorded.

2014 Asian Para Games

He bagged three medals in this multi-sport events. One gold medal was from long jump event, and two others was silver for 100 metres and 200 metres.[1]

2015 IPC Athletics World Championships

At the event held in the evening 29 October, at the Suheim Bin Hamad Stadium, Mohamad Ridzuan make a time record of 12.08 seconds to win gold medal in his favourite event, 100 metres.[2]

2016 Rio Summer Paralympic

In 10 September, he won the first gold medal for Malaysia in the 2016 Paralympic Games in the 100m event.[3]

2017 World Para Athletics Championship

He competed in two events; 100 meters and 200 metres. Earlier in 200m events, he managed to qualified to the final event and finished fourth. Meanwhile, in 100m event, he did not managed to retain his gold medal in previous edition after he only managed a silver medal. He lost to Yang Yifei of China by 0.27 seconds.[4]

2018 Asian Para Games

He competed in three events; 100 meters, 200 metres and long jump. He achieved gold medal hat-trick in this multisport event, added by some record breaking. He breaks the world record made by Evgenii Shvetsov in the 100 metres, and Asian record made by Yang Yifei in long jump event.[5]

Honours

Honours of Malaysia

•  Malaysia :
  • Officer of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (K.M.N.) (2017)[6][7]

References

1. "Mohamad Puzi, Muhammad Ridzuan". paralympic.org. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
2. "Results - Men's 100m T36 Final". IPC. 29 October 2015. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
3. "Malaysia creates history with two golds at Rio Paralympics and a world record". themalaymailonline.com. 11 September 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
4. "Mohamad Ridzuan wins silver medal in 100m T36 event at World meet". Astro Awani. 23 July 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
5. "Ridzuan achieves golden hat-trick at Asian Para Games". New Straits Times. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
6. "Chong Wei all fired up". Rajes Paul. The Star. 10 September 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
7. "Semakan Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat".