PETALING JAYA: Two-time Paralympic champion Abdul Latif Romly and former nationwide diver Leong Mun Yee have been conferred with Datuk titles.
The two athletes have been bestowed with the Panglima Mahkota Wilayah medal, which carry the title Datuk, at the side of this yr’s Federal Territories Day.
They be part of former shuttler Lee Chong Wei, bicycle owner Azizulhasni Awang and diver Pandelela Leong in getting Datuk titles for his or her sporting achievements.
The 24-year-old Abdul Latif is without doubt one of the nation’s prime para athletes and has excelled on the world stage lately.
Abdul Latif broke the world file 3 times en path to successful the boys’s T20 (studying incapacity) lengthy bounce title on the Rio de Janeiro Paralympics in 2016.
The Perlis-born athlete retained his males’s T20 lengthy bounce title on the Tokyo Paralympics 2020.
Mun Yee is at present the one Malaysian athlete to compete in 5 Olympics (Sydney 2000, Athens 2004, Beijing 2008, London 2012, Tokyo 2020).
Mun Yee made her final aggressive dive on the Tokyo Games 2020 and is at present aiding coach Li Rui to deal with the nationwide diving crew.
