Malaysia at the Youth Olympics

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Malaysia at the
Youth Olympics
Flag of Malaysia.svg
IOC code MAS
NOC Olympic Council of Malaysia
Website www.olympic.org.my  (in English)
Medals
Ranked 62nd
Gold
2
Silver
3
Bronze
1
Total
6
Summer appearances
Winter appearances

Malaysia first participated at the Youth Olympic Games in 2010, and has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Youth Olympic Games. Malaysia made their debut at the Winter Youth Olympic Games in 2016. [1]

Contents

Medal tables

List of medalists

Summer Games

MedalNameGamesSportEvent
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Pandelela Rinong Flag of Singapore.svg 2010 Singapore Diving pictogram.svg Diving Girls' 10 metre platform
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Pandelela Rinong Flag of Singapore.svg 2010 Singapore Diving pictogram.svg Diving Girls' 3 metre springboard
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Loh Zhiayi Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg 2014 Nanjing Diving pictogram.svg Diving Girls' 10 metre platform
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Loh Zhiayi Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg 2014 Nanjing Diving pictogram.svg Diving Girls' 3 metre springboard
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Goh Jin Wei [2] Flag of Argentina.svg 2018 Buenos Aires Badminton pictogram.svg Badminton Girls' singles
Gold medal icon.svg Gold [3] Flag of Argentina.svg 2018 Buenos Aires Hockey pictogram.svg Field hockey Boys' Tournament

Summer Games medalists as part of Mixed-NOCs Team

Note: Medals awarded at mixed NOCs events are not counted for the respective country in the overall medal table.

MedalNameGamesSportEvent
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Cheam June Wei Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg 2014 Nanjing Badminton pictogram.svg Badminton Mixed doubles
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Muhamad Zarif Syahiir Zolkepeli Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg 2014 Nanjing Archery pictogram.svg Archery Mixed team
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Rayna Hoh Khai Ling Flag of Argentina.svg 2018 Buenos Aires Gymnastics pictogram.svg Gymnastics Mixed multi-discipline team

Flag bearers

Flag bearers by Summer Games

GamesFlag bearerSport
Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore 2010 Pandelela Rinong Diving pictogram.svg Diving
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Nanjing 2014 Lim Ching Hwang Swimming pictogram.svg Swimming
Flag of Argentina.svg Buenos Aires 2018 Goh Jin Wei Badminton pictogram.svg Badminton

Flag bearers by Winter Games

GamesFlag bearerSport
Flag of Norway.svg Lillehammer 2016 Chew Kai Xiang Figure skating pictogram.svg Figure skating
Flag of Switzerland.svg Lausanne 2020 Dione Tan [4] Short track speed skating pictogram.svg Short track speed skating

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References

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