Pandelela Rinong

Pandelela Rinong
Pandelela at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
Personal information
Full namePandelela Rinong anak Pamg
NationalityMalaysian
Born (1993-03-02) 2 March 1993 (age 31)
Bau, Sarawak, Malaysia[1]
Height1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)[2]
Websitepandelela.my
Sport
CountryMalaysia
Event(s)3 m, 10 m, 10 m synchro
ClubMajlis Sukan Negara

Dato Pandelela Rinong Pamg, PSBS AMN JBK OLY (born 2 March 1993) is a Malaysian diver. She has won two Olympic medals and seven World Championships medals.

Pandelela represented Malaysia at the 2008 Summer Olympics where she finished 27th in 10m platform. She won the gold medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games. She was chosen to be the flagbearer of Malaysia at the 2012 Summer Olympics. She went on to win the bronze medal in the 10m platform, becoming the first Malaysian female athlete to win an Olympic medal, as well as the first in any sport other than badminton. At the 2016 Summer Olympics, she won the silver medal in the 10m synchronized platform with Cheong Jun Hoong.[3]

  1. ^ N. Rama Lohan (31 May 2015). "Pandelela Rinong: Diving into everyday life". star 2.com. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
  2. ^ "Pandelela Rinong anak Pamg". Kuala Lumpur 2017. Archived from the original on 28 July 2018. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
  3. ^ Vijesh Rai (10 August 2016). "(Olympic) Divers Cheong Jun Hoong and Pandelela Rinong win silver, first medal for Malaysia in Rio 2016". New Straits Times. Retrieved 10 August 2016.