Mohamad Aniq Kasdan

Mohamad Aniq bin Kasdan (born 16 June 2002) is a Malaysian weightlifter. He won the silver medal in the Clean & Jerk men's 55 kg event at the 2021 World Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. He was the first Malaysian weightlifter to win a medal in the World Weightlifting Championships.

Career In 2021, Aniq won a gold medal at the Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. He also won a bronze medal at the 2021 Southeast Asian Games in Hanoi. In 2022, Aniq participated in the Commonwealth Games weightlifting 55 kg category. He set a new Games record of 142 kg in Clean & Jerk, won Malaysia's first medal and first gold medal in the Games.

In August 2024, Aniq competed in the men's 61 kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France. He finished in fourth place with 297 kg in total. He failed his last two Clean and Jerk attempts to lift 174 kg in pursuit for silver medal and missed out on podium by 1 kg.

Competing for his second time in Glasgow for the 2026 Commonwealth Games, Aniq participated in the weightlifting 60 kg category, lifting a whopping 152 kg in the Clean & Jerk category, as well as 121 kg in the snatch, to win a gold medal for his Clean & Jerk lift, alongside being a new game record in his category.

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