Brunei at the 2022 Asian Games | |
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IOC code | BRU |
NOC | Brunei Darussalam National Olympic Council |
Website | www |
in Hangzhou 19 September 2023 – 8 October 2023 | |
Competitors | 11 in 3 [1] sports |
Flag bearers | Mohammad Adi Salihin Basma Lachkar [2] |
Officials | 10 |
Medals |
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Asian Games appearances (overview) | |
Brunei competed at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China, which was held from 23 September 2023 to 8 October 2023. [3] The delegation had 21 members, 11 of which were athletes and the rest were officials. [4]
In this edition Brunei won their first ever Asian Games silver medal courtesy of wushu practitioner Basma Lachkar. [5] [6] [7]
The following is a list of the number of competitors representing Brunei that will participate at the Asian Games: [1]
Sport | Men | Women | Total |
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Karate () | 1 | 3 | 4 |
weightlifting () | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Wushu () | 4 | 2 | 6 |
Total | 5 | 6 | 11 |
The following Bruneian competitors won medals at the Games.
No. | Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
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1 | Silver | Basma Lachkar | Wushu | Women's taijiquan | 28 September |
Brunei is represented by a single weightlifter at the 2022 Asian Games – Jurelena binti Juna. Juna is backed by her coach Muhammad Hadi Dinie bin Abdul Rahman. [8]
Athlete | Event | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank | ||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | Result | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Result | Rank | ||||
Jurelena Juna | 64 kg | 75 | 78 | 81 | 81 | 10 | 95 | 100 | 100 | 10 | 181 | 10 | |
Athlete | Event | Event 1 | Event 2 | Total | Rank | ||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||||
Mohammad Roslan | Men's nanquan and nangun | 9.713 | 5 | 9.716 | 4 | 19.429 | 4 |
Majdurano Majallah | 9.463 | 14 | 9.680 | 11 | 19.143 | 14 | |
Hosea Wong | Men's taijiquan and taijijian | 9.730 | 9 | 9.380 | 13 | 19.110 | 13 |
Walid Lachkar | Men's daoshu and gunshu | 9.376 | 10 | 9.390 | 10 | 18.766 | 10 |
Basma Lachkar | Women's taijiquan and taijijian | 9.746 | 2 | 9.756 | 2 | 19.502 | |
Lim Yee Sean | 9.436 | 11 | 9.060 | 10 | 18.496 | 10 |
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