[PHOTOS] Meet The 26 Malaysian Athletes Who Have Qualified For Paris Olympics 2024

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The Malaysian women's archery team, comprising of 19-year-old Ariana Nur Dania, Nurul Azreena Fazil, 20, and Syaqiera Mashayikh, 24, qualified for the Olympics after winning against Columbia at the World Olympic Qualifier in Turkey in June this year.

Besides the team event, Ariana will also be competing in the Women's Individual event, qualifying for the position after securing victory at the Asian Continental Qualifier against Uzbekistan's Ziyodakhon Abdusattorova in November 2023.

This 19-year-old speed demon holds the Malaysian 100m outdoor record with a time of 10.09 seconds, achieved when he competed at the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships in Cali, Colombia.

The Paris Olympics will mark his second Olympic appearance after his debut at the 2020 Tokyo Games.

The 24-year-old, who is Malaysia's sole representative in the women's singles, will be making her first-ever appearance at the Olympics this July. The athlete previously made Malaysian history by clinching Malaysia's first gold medal at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games in Bueno Aires, Argentina.

Also making their debut at the Olympics this year, badminton duo Pearly and Thinaah will be the sole representatives for Malaysia in the women's doubles event. 

The pair had impressed the nation with their dynamic attacking play and went on to win gold medals in the Commonwealth Games and the French Open title in 2022.

Aaron and Wooi Yik, who won the world title in 2022 and bronze at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and 2023 Hangzhou Asian Games, are Malaysia's top hope for winning the country's first-ever Olympics gold in Paris.

Currently ranked world No.9 in the Badminton World Federation (BWF) ranking list, Chen Tang Jie and Toh Ee Wei are set to make their debut at the Olympics in the mixed doubles event.

He earned the affectionate nickname, The Terminator Shah, after being praised for his determination to complete his keirin semifinal race at the 2023 Asian Track Cycling despite taking a rough tumble on the tracks.

Standing at 1.68m tall, Azizulhasni has been lauded for his sprinting prowess, earning him the nickname, The Pocket Rocketman. With his fifth appearance at the upcoming Paris Olympics, the athlete has set the record for the most Olympic appearances by any Malaysian male athlete.

The 20-year-old cyclist has been compared to Azizulhasni and given the nickname "The Pocket Rocketwoman". She secured two gold medals at the 2024 Asian Track Cycling Championships in New Delhi, winning in both the keirin and the 500m time trial events.

A three-time national champion in Malaysia's Women's Road Race competition, Aisyah is the country's first female cyclist to to compete in the 2024 Paris Olympics in the road race category.

Hailing from Kuching, Sarawak, the 18-year-old secured a coveted spot in the men's 10-metre platform individual event at the World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka. He impressed judges with a total score of 420.70 after finishing 10th in the semi-finals.

Back for her third Olympic appearance, the 24-year-old is determined to improve on her score in the women's 3m springboard individual event from Tokyo 2020, where she placed fourth, narrowly missing out on the podium.

Gavin will be contesting in his third Olympics. He qualified by ranking 53rd in the Olympic Golf Ranking men's category.

The 24-year-old Sarawakian qualified for the Olympics after being ranked 50th in the Olympic Golf Ranking for the Women's category.

Having made his Olympic debut at the age of 19, the 30-year-old Kedah-born sailor has earned his fourth consecutive appearance at the Olympic Games. He is the second Malaysian sailor to compete in four Olympics, the first being Dr Kevin Lim.

In 2022, the 27-year-old Johorean etched her name in the Malaysian sports record, securing the gold medal in the women's ILCA 6 event at the Asian Games, becoming the first Malaysian to achieve this feat.

The 21-year-old is the current holder of the national record which he set at the Australian Open in April this year, recording a time of 3 minutes and 48.36 seconds.

The 18-year-old Johorean will be making her Olympic debut, hoping to break her personal best record of 1:11.02s for the 100m breaststroke in Paris.

In October 2023, he became the third Malaysian athlete to secure a place in the Paris Olympics, after finishing fourth in the Men's 10m Air Pistol event at the 15th Asian Shooting Championships in Changwon, South Korea.

The 21-year-old weightlifter is currently ranked 10th in the world and recently smashed his own national record of 291kg when he competed at the International Weightlifting Championships in Qatar in December 2023, lifting a total weight of 296kg.

He also won Malaysia's first gold medal at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games.