Wednesday 16 March 2016

Pandelela Rinong (Diver)






About

Pandalela was qualified as the first Malaysian athlete for the upcoming 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics in Brazil due to her outstanding performance to finish on the podium in an individual event in the World Aquatics Championships as she manage to grab a bronze medal in the women’s 10m platform individual discipline that was held in Kazan, Russia. Yet, even with her growing popularity as the poster child of Malaysian sports, Pandelela Rinong has managed to keep her feet firmly planted on the ground. Her success in sports of diving will inspire many future Malaysian generation out there.

Early Life

Born in March 2, 1993 in Kampung Jugan, Gau, Sarawak is the Malaysia female divers. Her brother also involving in diving also. She was trained at Bukit Jalil Sports School and was a state diver by age seven. Her talent been observed and later she was recruited by a coaches a year later to pursue diving more seriously.

Later on, Pandelela manage to join a spot of national team when her technique for diving is very skillful that caught the eye of sports scouts after winning a host competition for her home state of Sarawak. It was a huge honor for a 14 year old girl to enter the national team. However, it was a bittersweat moment for Pandelela as she need to be away from her family. Pandelela determination was strong a she put many hours of practice in the pool to perfect her technique. Most kid in that age probaly will never had that kind of spirit like Pandelela have.

Achievement


FINA Diving World Cup in Beijing February 2008 is Pandelela first international event where she finished in the sixth place in the 10-meter platform event. Due to that she manage to earn her a place in the 2008 summer Olympic. Pandelela diving career keep getting better when she had partnered with a ten-year veteran Leong Mun Yee at the world championship in Rome 2009. They manage to bring bronze medal in the 10-meter platform (synchronized) event. A year later, in August at the Youth Olympic in Singapore she had won two silver medals in the 3-meter springboard and 10-meter platforms events.



Two months later, at the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, Pandelela won the gold medal in the 10-meter platform competition, edging out leading Australian diver Melissa Wu. Her achievement was the first time a Malaysian athlete won a gold medal in diving. Meanwhile, in World Aquatic Championship in Shanghai 2012, she finished fourth place in 10-meter platform event. Pandelela even beat the number one squash player Datuk Nicole Ann David when she received Country’s sportswoman award in April.



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