Amirul_Hamizan_Ibrahim

Amirul Hamizan Ibrahim

Amirul Hamizan Ibrahim

Malaysian weightlifter (born 1981)

Amirul Hamizan bin Ibrahim (born 3 December 1981) is a Malaysian weightlifter.

Quick Facts Medal record, Men's weightlifting ...
In this Malay name, there is no surname or family name. The name Ibrahim is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by their given name, Amirul Hamizan.

His biggest achievement is winning three gold medals in the 56-kilogram category at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester.

At the 2008 Asian Championships he ranked 4th in the 56 kg category, with a total of 262 kg.[1]

He competed in Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 56 kg division finishing eighth, with a new personal best of 265 kg.[2] He beat his previous best by 3 kg.

He is 5 ft 3 inches tall.

Controversy

In June 2005, Amirul Hamizan Ibrahim has tested positive for banned substance namely steroids in an out-of-competition test conducted by the National Sports Council of Malaysia and faced a ban of two years.[3]

Honours

Honours of Malaysia

Notes and references

  1. [1]
    "AMIRUL Hamizan Ibrahim". International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original on 27 May 2011.
  2. [2]
    "IBRAHIM Amirul Hamizan". International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original on 27 May 2011.
  3. [3]
    Malaysian weightlifter fails drug test. www.english.peopledaily.com.cn. Retrieved December 2008.
  4. [4]
    "Semakan Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat".
  5. [5]
    "Semakan Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat".


Stub icon

This biographical article relating to weightlifting in Malaysia is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Amirul_Hamizan_Ibrahim, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.