Muhammad Ziyad Zolkefli
Personal information
Birth nameMuhammad Ziyad bin Zolkefli
NicknameZiyad
NationalityMalaysian
Born (1990-03-15) 15 March 1990
Gombak, Selangor
Height184 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Sport
CountryMalaysia
SportTrack and field
Disability class(F20)
EventShot put
ClubParalympic Club Kuala Lumpur
Coached byMohd Faizol Harun (club)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Malaysia
Southeast Asian Games
Silver medal – second place2019 PhilippinesShot put
Bronze medal – third place2017 Kuala LumpurShot put
Bronze medal – third place2021 HanoiShot put
Bronze medal – third place2023 Phnom PenhShot put
Paralympic athletics
Representing  Malaysia
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place2016 Rio de Janeiro Shot put – F20
Bronze medal – third place2012 London Shot put – F20
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Lyon Shot put – F20
Gold medal – first place 2017 London Shot put – F20
Silver medal – second place 2019 Dubai Shot put – F20
Silver medal – second place 2023 Paris Shot put – F20
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Doha Shot put – F20
Asian Para Games
Gold medal – first place 2014 Incheon Shot put – F20
Gold medal – first place 2018 Jakarta Shot put – F20
Gold medal – first place 2022 Hangzhou Shot put – F20
ASEAN Para Games
Gold medal – first place 2014 Naypyidaw Shot put – F20[1]
Gold medal – first place 2015 Singapore Shot put – F20
Gold medal – first place 2017 Kuala Lumpur Shot put – F20
Gold medal – first place 2022 Surakarta Shot put – F20

Muhammad Ziyad bin Zolkefli KMN (born 15 March 1990) is a Paralympic athlete from Malaysia who competes in T20 classification shot put events.[2] He is the current world record holder in his event. Zolkefli represented Malaysia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, where he won the bronze medal in the shot put. As well as Paralympic success, Muhammad Ziyad has won both the World Championship and Asian Para Games titles in his sport, in 2013 and 2014, respectively.[3]

Early life

Born in Selangor, Ziyad had an intellectual impairment that was identified in pre-school. He attended Sekolah Menengah Teknik Tanah Merah, Kelantan, and was the eldest of four siblings. Before he joined the National Sports Council, Ziyad was selling kueh teow in Jalan Tunku Abdul Rahman.[4]

Athletics career

In 2012, Ziyad came to prominence when he won the bronze medal with a throw of 15.21 m in the men's F20 shot put event at the Paralympic Games in London.[5] He then registered a personal best of 15.23 m to win the gold medal at his first International Paralympic Committee (IPC) World Athletics Championships in France.[6] After his success at the 2013 World Championships, in which he won his country's only medal of the tournament, Ziyad was recognized as the National Paralympian Sportsman of the Year at the Anugerah Sukan Negara.

Rio de Janeiro Summer Paralympic 2016

At the 2016 Paralympic Games, he again represented Malaysia and won the gold medal in the shot put event, setting a new world record.

2017 World Para Athletics Championship

At the event held in the evening at the London Stadium, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, Muhammad Ziyad threw a distance of 17.29 m to rewrite his previous world record of 16.84 m set at the previous year's Rio Paralympic Games in Brazil.[7]

Tokyo Summer Paralympics 2020

At the 2020 Paralympic Games, he represented Malaysia again and won the gold medal in the shot put event, setting a new world record twice, and breaking the national record with a 17.94 m throw during his 3rd throw in the final.[8] However, he was later disqualified for not showing up on the court on time,[9] and a Ukrainian official had also shown his dissent over the gold medal being initially awarded to Muhammad Ziyad.[10][11] Ukraine's Maksym Koval was awarded the gold medal in the relevant discipline.[12]

Honours

Honours of Malaysia

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Muhammad Ziyad satisfied with performance at Asean Para games". Astro Awani. 20 January 2014. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
  2. ↑ "Zolkefli, Muhammad Ziyad". paralympic.org. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  3. ↑ "Zolkefli, Muhammad Ziyad". IPC. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  4. ↑ Bernama (11 September 2016). "Muhamad Ziyad — from kuey teow man to Rio gold medallist". TheMalayMailOnline. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  5. ↑ Pillai, Ashreena (6 October 2014). "Paralympian Ziyad doesn't believe in luck". TheStarOnline. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  6. ↑ Singh, Aftar (9 October 2014). "Ziyad's the flag bearer for Para Games". TheStarOnline. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  7. ↑ "Muhamad Ziyad smashes world record in men's shot put". thesundaymail.com. 15 July 2017. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
  8. ↑ "ZOLKEFLI Muhammad Ziyad - Tokyo 2020 Paralympics". Tokyo2020.org. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
  9. ↑ "Tokyo 2020: Anger after Paralympian is stripped of gold medal for being late". BBC Sport. 2 September 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
  10. ↑ Adam, Ashman (31 August 2021). "Tokyo Paralympics: Outcry over decision to revoke Ziyad's gold medal after win disqualified on technical grounds | Malay Mail". www.malaymail.com. Retrieved 2021-09-01.
  11. ↑ "M'sians express dissatisfaction over Ziyad's disqualification". Bernama. 9 January 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
  12. ↑ "Muhammad Ziyad Zolkefli Stripped of Gold Medal in Men's Shot Put Final, Maksym Koval Named Winner; Twitterati Call it 'Robbery' | 🏆 LatestLY". LatestLY. 2021-08-31. Retrieved 2021-09-01.
  13. ↑ "Chong Wei all fired up". Rajes Paul. The Star. 10 September 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  14. ↑ "Semakan Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat".
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