In this Malay name, there is no surname or family name. The name Awang is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by their given name, Muhammad Azizulhasni. The word "bin" or "binti"/"binte" means 'son of' or 'daughter of', respectively.
Dato'Muhammad Azizulhasni bin AwangDPMTKMNAMN (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 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]
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]
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.[13][14] Azizul took up cycling at 10 years old, and was later discovered by his first coach Rozimi Omar who had advised him to stop skateboarding and focus on cycling.[15][16]
He was thankful to his late father for giving him a bicycle as a reward after he obtained 4A 1B in his UPSR.[17] 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.[citation needed]
Azizul moved to Australia in 2007, settling in Melbourne.[3] He had also majored in sports science (Bachelor of Sport Movement) at Victoria University (VU).[18] In 2015, he became the first non-Australian athlete to receive a Blue Award from Victoria University.[19][20]
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.[22]
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.[23][24]
^Fatimi Ndaiah Zainudeen; Norzasrudin Mohamed Nor. "Jaguh dari Dungun". Kosmo! (in Malay). Archived from the original on 8 April 2009. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
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