Mohamad Ridzuan Mohamad Puzi

Mohammad Ridzuan bin Mohamad Puzi (born 27 September 1987) is a Paralympic athlete from Malaysia who competes in T36 classification sprint (running) and long jump events. Mohammad Ridzuan represented Malaysia at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, where he won the gold medal in the 100 metres event.

Personal life Mohamad Ridzuan had been diagnosed with cerebral palsy at the age of one. In his early years, he took part in athletics during school meets. His talent was spotted by coach Affizam Amdan in 2004. Since then, coach Affizam has been guiding, grooming and training him.

Athletics career He debut as a professional para-athlete during 2011 ASEAN Para Games at Surakarta, Central Java, Indonesia. He managed to get gold medal in his debut competition. His success continues year by year with more achievements recorded.

2014 Asian Para Games He bagged three medals in this multi-sport events. One gold medal was from long jump event, and two others was silver for 100 metres and 200 metres.

2016 Rio Summer Paralympics In 10 September, he won the first gold medal for Malaysia in the 2016 Paralympic Games in the 100m event.

2017 World Para Athletics Championship He competed in two events; 100 meters and 200 metres. Earlier in 200m events, he managed to qualified to the final event and finished fourth. Meanwhile, in the 100m events, he did not manage to retain his gold medal in the previous edition after he only managed a silver medal. He lost to Yang Yifei of China by 0.27 seconds.

2018 Asian Para Games He competed in three events; 100 meters, 200 metres and long jump. He achieved gold medal hat-trick in this multisport event, added by some record-breaking. He broke the 100 metres world record of Evgenii Shvetsov, and Asian record made of Yang Yifei in long jump event.

Honours Honours of Malaysia