Azizulhasni Awang

Dato' Muhammad Azizulhasni bin Awang DPMT KMN AMN (born 5 January 1988) is a Malaysian professional track cyclist.[3] Nicknamed "The Pocket Rocketman" due to his small stature, he is the first and the only Malaysian cyclist to win a medal at the Summer Olympics.[4]

In this Malay name, there is no family name. The name Awang is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Muhammad Azizulhasni. The Arabic-derived word "bin" or "binti"/"binte", if used, means 'son of' or 'daughter of', respectively.
Dato'
Azizulhasni Awang
Azizulhasni in 2020
Personal information
Full nameMuhammad Azizulhasni bin Awang
NicknameThe Pocket Rocketman
Born (1988-01-05) 5 January 1988
Kuala Dungun, Terengganu, Malaysia[1]
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[2]
Team information
DisciplineTrack
RoleRider
Rider typeSprinter
Amateur team
Dungun Cycling Team
Professional team
2009Bike Technologies Australia
Medal record
Representing  Malaysia
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 0 1 1
World Championships 1 2 4
Asian Games 2 1 1
Asian Championships 12 7 6
SEA Games 3 2 0
Commonwealth Games 0 0 2
Total 18 13 14
Men's track cycling
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place2020 TokyoKeirin
Bronze medal – third place2016 Rio de JaneiroKeirin
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2017 Hong KongKeirin
Silver medal – second place2009 PruszkówSprint
Silver medal – second place2010 BallerupKeirin
Bronze medal – third place2015 YvelinesKeirin
Bronze medal – third place2016 LondonKeirin
Bronze medal – third place2020 BerlinKeirin
Bronze medal – third place2020 BerlinSprint
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place2010 GuangzhouKeirin
Gold medal – first place2018 Jakarta-PalembangSprint
Silver medal – second place2018 Jakarta-PalembangTeam sprint
Bronze medal – third place2018 Jakarta-PalembangKeirin
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place2007 BangkokKeirin
Gold medal – first place2008 NaraSprint
Gold medal – first place2008 NaraKeirin
Gold medal – first place2009 TenggarongSprint
Gold medal – first place2009 TenggarongTeam sprint
Gold medal – first place2014 AstanaSprint
Gold medal – first place2015 Nakhon RatchasimaKeirin
Gold medal – first place2017 New DelhiSprint
Gold medal – first place2019 JakartaSprint
Gold medal – first place2020 JincheonSprint
Gold medal – first place2023 NilaiSprint
Gold medal – first place2023 NilaiKeirin
Silver medal – second place2008 NaraTeam sprint
Silver medal – second place2012 Kuala LumpurSprint
Silver medal – second place2012 Kuala LumpurKeirin
Silver medal – second place2014 AstanaKeirin
Silver medal – second place2015 Nakhon RatchasimaSprint
Silver medal – second place2018 NilaiSprint
Silver medal – second place2020 JincheonKeirin
Bronze medal – third place2011 Nakhon RatchasimaSprint
Bronze medal – third place2011 Nakhon RatchasimaKeirin
Bronze medal – third place2016 IzuSprint
Bronze medal – third place2016 IzuKeirin
Bronze medal – third place2018 NilaiKeirin
Bronze medal – third place2019 JakartaTeam sprint
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place2010 New DelhiTeam sprint
Bronze medal – third place2014 GlasgowKeirin
Southeast Asian Games
Gold medal – first place2017 Kuala LumpurSprint
Gold medal – first place2017 Kuala LumpurKeirin
Gold medal – first place2007 Nakhon RatchasimaTeam sprint
Silver medal – second place2007 Nakhon Ratchasima1 km time trial
Silver medal – second place2007 Nakhon RatchasimaSprint

Azizulhasni was Team Malaysia's national flag bearer at the 2008 Summer Olympics Parade of Nations. He won his first World Championship medal in 2009, a silver in the individual sprint.[5] His debut Olympic medal came at the 2016 Summer Olympics, a bronze in the individual keirin.[6] In the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, he won a silver medal in the same category of individual keirin.[7]

In 2017, he won his first World Championship title in the keirin,[8] and became the first Malaysian to ever wear the coveted rainbow jersey.[9]

Early life and education

Azizulhasni was born in Dungun, Terengganu, Malaysia to his biological parent Awang Embong and Rokiah Husin. He is the eighth of nine children in his family and was adopted by Mustafa Ngah and Selamiah Yong.[10][11] Azizul took up cycling at 10 years old before he was discovered by his first coach Rozimi Omar who had advised him to stop skateboarding and focus on cycling.[12][13] He was thankful to his late father for giving him a bicycle as a reward after he obtained 4A 1B in his UPSR.[14] Azizul received his primary education at Sekolah Kebangsaan Batu 48 and continued his secondary studies at the Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Sultan Omar in Dungun. After his PMR examination, he received three offers from MRSM, Science School and the Bukit Jalil Sports School. Ultimately chose to transfer to national sport school in Bukit Jalil as his interest in cycling and also due to his ambition to be a physician or an athlete at that time.

Azizul is majoring in sports science (Bachelor of Sport Movement) at Victoria University in Melbourne, Australia.[15] In 2015, he became the first non-Australian athlete to receive a Blue Award from Victoria University.[16][17]

Career

Azizulhasni's greatest achievement is winning the gold medal in 2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships[18] and silver medal in the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo in keirin. Among his other achievements is winning the silver medal at the 2009 World Championships in the sprint category and the silver medal at the 2010 World Championships in the keirin category. He was named Malaysian Sportsman of the Year in 2009 and 2010.[16]

In February 2011, Azizul was involved in a crash during the final of the keirin event in the World Cup leg in Manchester where he suffered serious injury when a 20 cm wooden splinter pierced through his leg. He was ruled out of the World Championships that year.[19]

At the 2017 Southeast Asian Games Azizul was the 111th gold medal winner, achieving Malaysia's gold medal goal after emerging champion in the men's sprint category at the National Velodrome in Nilai. Azizul was also the flag-bearer for Malaysia at the 2017 Southeast Asian Games alongside diver Cheong Jun Hoong and silat exponent Mohd Al-Jufferi Jamari.[20][21]

Personal life

Dato' Azizul married To' Puan Athiah Ilyana Abd Samat on 30 January 2010.[10] The couple lives in Melbourne with their two daughters.[22]

Achievements
Track Cycling World Ranking
World Championships
Asian Games
Commonwealth Games
Olympic Games

Awards and achievements
  • Sportswriters Association of Malaysia (SAM)-100Plus Best Athlete Award: 2009, 2017[23]

Honours

Honours of Malaysia

References
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  2. "Athlete Biography – AWANG Mohd Azizulhasni". Beijing Olympics official website. Archived from the original on 9 August 2008.
  3. Azizulhasni Awang at Cycling Archives
  4. "'Pocket rocket' wins Malaysia's first track medal". New Straits Times. 17 August 2016. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
  5. "Azizulhasni menang perak Kejohanan Dunia" (in Malay). Archived from the original on 10 November 2017. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
  6. "Rio 2016 Keirin men Results". Olympics. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  7. "Cycling Track - Men's Keirin". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Archived from the original on 6 October 2021. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  8. "Thrilling racing on day two of UCI Track World Championships presented by Tissot". Union Cycliste Internationale. 13 April 2017. Archived from the original on 21 July 2018. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  9. Lim Teik Huat (14 April 2017). "Azizul finally wins coveted rainbow jersey after a 10-year wait". The Star. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  10. "Thank you to my lovely wife, Athiah Ilyana". Azizulhasni Awang. 14 April 2017. Retrieved 9 October 2021 – via Facebook.
  11. "Azizul Hasni Awang". Portal Maklumat Rakyat. Ministry of Information. 11 July 2018. Archived from the original on 11 July 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
  12. Wan Noriza Meor Idris (1 March 2015). "Rough ride to stardom". Malay Mail. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  13. Arnaz M. Khairul (3 November 2015). "The national hero we never knew: A tribute to Rozimi Omar". New Straits Times. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  14. Fatimi Ndaiah Zainudeen; Norzasrudin Mohamed Nor. "Jaguh dari Dungun". Kosmo! (in Malay). Archived from the original on 8 April 2009. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  15. "VU scholar brings home bronze in Rio". vu.edu.au. 18 August 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
  16. Azizulhasni Awang. nbcolympics.com
  17. "VU Sports Awards". vu.edu.au.
  18. "Awang Azizulhasni revels in Malaysia's first world track gold". Eurosport. 13 April 2017. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
  19. "Azizulhasni Awang to have 20cm splinter surgically removed after crash". The Guardian. 20 February 2011. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  20. Lim Teik Huat (7 August 2017). "KJ: Three world champs to be flag-bearers at SEA Games opening ceremony". TheStarOnline. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
  21. Azharie, Farah (29 August 2017). "Azizulhasni: Making it 111 gold medals for Malaysia at the Sea Games 2017". NSTOnline. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
  22. "Azizulhasni's bronze medal, the fruit of family sacrifice". The Malay Mail. 17 August 2016.
  23. Lim, Teik Huat (2 March 2018). "Azizulhasni bags his last SAM-100Plus award on the trot". The Star. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
  24. Rajes Paul (10 September 2017). "Chong Wei all fired up". The Star. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  25. "Semakan Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat".
  26. "Azizulhasni, lima doktor dikurnia gelaran Datuk" (in Malay). Harian Metro. 18 July 2021. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
  27. Lim Teik Huat (19 July 2021). "Right mojo for Jojo". The Star. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
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