Leong Mun Yee
Leong at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
Personal information
NationalityMalaysian
Born (1984-12-04) 4 December 1984 (age 39)
Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia[1]
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight55 kg (121 lb)
Sport
CountryMalaysia
SportDiving
Event(s)1 m, 3 m, 3 m synchro, 10 m, 10 m synchro
PartnerPandelela Rinong
Retired2022[2]
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
World Championships 0 1 2
FINA Diving World Series 0 1 0
Commonwealth Games 0 1 2
Summer Universiade 0 0 2
Southeast Asian Games 17 5 5
Asian Games 0 2 5
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2019 Gwangju 10 m synchro
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Rome 10 m synchro
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Barcelona 10 m synchro
World Series
Silver medal – second place 2011 Beijing 10 m synchro
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2010 Guangzhou 3 m synchro
Silver medal – second place 2010 Guangzhou 10 m synchro
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Busan 3 m synchro
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Doha 3 m springboard
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Doha 3 m synchro
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Incheon 10 m synchro
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Jakarta-Palembang 10 m synchro
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 2010 New Delhi 10 m synchro
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Gold Coast 3 m synchro
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Gold Coast 10 m synchro
Southeast Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2001 Kuala Lumpur 3 m springboard
Gold medal – first place 2001 Kuala Lumpur 3 m synchro
Gold medal – first place 2001 Kuala Lumpur 10 m platform
Gold medal – first place 2001 Kuala Lumpur 10 m synchro
Gold medal – first place 2003 Hanoi 10 m platform
Gold medal – first place 2005 Manila 10 m platform
Gold medal – first place 2005 Manila 10 m synchro
Gold medal – first place 2007 Nakhon Ratchasima 1 m springboard
Gold medal – first place 2007 Nakhon Ratchasima 3 m synchro
Gold medal – first place 2009 Vientiane 10 m synchro
Gold medal – first place 2009 Vientiane 3 m synchro
Gold medal – first place 2011 Palembang 3 m synchro
Gold medal – first place 2011 Palembang 10 m synchro
Gold medal – first place 2013 Naypyidaw 10 m synchro
Gold medal – first place 2015 Singapore 10 m synchro
Gold medal – first place 2017 Kuala Lumpur 10m synchro
Gold medal – first place 2017 Kuala Lumpur 10m mixed synchro
Silver medal – second place 1999 Brunei 3 m springboard
Silver medal – second place 2003 Hanoi 10 m synchro
Silver medal – second place 2003 Hanoi 3 m synchro
Silver medal – second place 2005 Manila 1 m springboard
Silver medal – second place 2007 Nakhon Ratchasima 3 m springboard
Bronze medal – third place 1999 Brunei 10 m platform
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Hanoi 3 m springboard
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Manila 3 m springboard
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Manila 3 m synchro
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Vientiane 3 m springboard
Universiade
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Shenzhen Team
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Shenzhen 10 m synchro

Datuk Leong Mun Yee PMW (Chinese: 梁敏喻; pinyin: Liáng Mǐnyù, born 4 December 1984) is a retired Malaysian diver. She competed at the 2000, 2004, 2008 and 2012 Olympics with the best result of seventh place in the 10 m synchronised platform event in 2012. Her appearance at the 2008 Summer Olympics made her the first Malaysian diver to compete at three Olympics.[3] The bronze medal that she and Pandelela Rinong won at the 2009 World Championships was the first World Championship medal for Malaysia.[3]

Career

Diving career

She was originally a swimmer but switched to diving at the age of 10 as part of Malaysia's programme to prepare a diving team for the 1998 Commonwealth Games.[3] Leong announced her retirement on 5 January 2022.[4]

Post-retirement career

Leong opened a diving academy, "DLMY x DSA" at the National Aquatics Centre in Bukit Jalil on 8 April 2023. She hopes to produce Olympic champions in the future.[5]

Personal life

She graduated from Universiti Putra Malaysia with a Bachelor of Communication in 2017 and a Master of Corporate Communication in 2022.[6]

Filmography

2022

In December 2022, she participated in a reality show from Astro Warna, The Masked Singer Malaysia in season 3 as Lolipop.[7]

Honour

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Leong Mun Yee". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
  2. ^ "Mun Yee hopes young divers will rise quickly". Malay Mail. 6 January 2022.
  3. ^ a b c "Leong Mun Yee biography – 2014 Commonwealth Games". 8 August 2014. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
  4. ^ Kng, Zheng Guan (5 January 2022). "Mun Yee retires". New Straits Times. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  5. ^ "Former national diver Mun Yee's dream-come-true academy ready to groom Olympic champs". The Borneo Post. Bernama. 8 April 2023. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  6. ^ "Bekas penerjun negara Datuk Leong Mun Yee terima Master". UPM Facebook. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
  7. ^ "Tembakan Sharnaaz mengena bekas penerjun negara, Datuk Leong Mun Yee figura di sebalik Lolipop". Astro Gempak. 30 December 2022. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
  8. ^ "Johor's Hasni Mohammad leads list of 2022 Federal Territory Day award recipients". The Star. 8 February 2022. Retrieved 8 February 2022.

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