![]() Azizulhasni in 2020 | |
Personal information | |
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Full name | Muhammad Azizulhasni bin Awang |
Nickname | The Pocket Rocketman |
Born | Kuala Dungun, Terengganu, Malaysia[1] | 5 January 1988
Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[2] |
Team information | |
Discipline | Track |
Role | Rider |
Rider type | Sprinter |
Amateur team | |
Dungun Cycling Team | |
Professional team | |
2009 | Bike Technologies Australia |
Medal record |
Dato' Muhammad Azizulhasni bin Awang DPMT KMN AMN (born 5 January 1988) is a Malaysian professional track cyclist based in Melbourne, Australia.[3][4] Nicknamed "The Pocket Rocketman" due to his small stature, he was the first and the only Malaysian cyclist to win a medal at the Summer Olympics.[5] He also became the first Malaysian to have competed in the Olympics five times.[6]
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 medal in the individual sprint.[7] His debut Olympic medal came at the 2016 Summer Olympics, where he won a bronze in the individual keirin.[8] In the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, he won a silver medal in the same category of individual keirin.[9]
In 2017, he won his first World Championship title in the keirin,[10] and became the first Malaysian to ever wear the coveted rainbow jersey.[11]
Competing at the 2024 Paris Olympics in the Men's keirin qualifier, he was disqualified for cycling ahead of the derny motorbike used as a pacer before it left the track. National track head coach John Beasley called it a monumental mistake, and said: "The rule is clear and we were more than one length in front and it didn't give me any room to argue about it.[12]
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