With the giant ring of the Olympic Cauldron topped by a monumental balloon taking over the skies over Paris as the Olympic Flame shines without fuel, the Malaysian Contingent opens their campaign officially today with eight athletes from three sports seeing action today! Malaysia Boleh!
KHIEW HOE YEAN
Date of Birth: 2 September 2002
Age: 22 years old
Height: 180cm
Weight: 76kg
Trivia: He is afraid of cockroaches and had bought a car before even earning his driving licence.
Education: He is pursuing a Computer Science degree at the UCSI.
Motivation: As the current holder of the Men’s 400m Freestyle record set at the Australian Open in April with a time of 3 minutes and 48.36 seconds, Hoe Yean enters Paris having enjoyed a training stint with 2023 FINA 400m freestyle world champion Samuel Short in Australia before undergoing a final camp at Belfast. He is aiming for a personal best.
CHEN TANG JIE
Date of Birth: 5 January 1998
Age: 26 years old
Height: 180kcm
Weight: 74kg
Motivation: Determined to climb the podium and emulate the 2016 pair Chan Peng Soon OLY-Goh Liu Ying OLY.
TOH EE WEI
Date of Birth: 18 September 2000
Age: 24 years old
Height: 165kcm
Weight: 58kg
Trivia: Her Tik Tok account is Little Gangster
Motivation: History beckons if she climbs the podium with Tang Jie.
THINAAH MURALITHARAN
Date of Birth: 3 January, 1998
Age: 26 years old
Height: 164cm
Weight: 55kg
Trivia: Her father is a retired electrical engineer, while mother a doctor at a health clinic
Education: Once she retires, Thinaah may make teaching a career as she is doing a degree in Teaching English as a Second Language at the Open University Malaysia (OUM), getting herself on the Dean’s List on two occasions.
Motivation: Aiming for a great Olympic debut.
PEARLY TAN KOONG LE
Date of Birth: 14 March 2000
Age: 24 years old
Height: 165cm
Weight: 54kg
Trivia: She loves to play the Mobile Legend
Education: Bukit Jalil Sports School
Motivation: She is eyeing the chance to create history with Thinaah as the first women’s pair to climb the podium.
SOH WOOI YIK OLY
Date of Birth: 17 February 1998
Age: 26 years old
Height: 185cm
Weight: 74kg
Trivia: Two family members – father Soh Goon Chup as coach and uncle from his mother’s side Soo Beng Kiang – were members of the victorious Thomas Cup squad in 1992.
Motivation: Fully motivated to better the pair’s bronze in Tokyo 2020.
AARON CHIA TENG FONG OLY
Date of Birth: 24 February 1997
Age: 27 years old
Height: 168cm
Weight: 75kg
Motivation: Leaner and expected to be meaner, Aaron’s reputation as former world champion pair with Wooi Yik.
JOHNATHAN WONG GUANJIE OLY
Date of Birth: 23 August, 1992
Age: 32 years old
Height: 172cm
Weight: 68kg
Trivia: Graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Aerospace Engineering from Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), he is a techie freak.
Motivation: Having made the finals of the Men’s 10m Air Pistol in the 19th Asian Games Hangzhou 2022 and the Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast in 2018, Johnathan is setting his sights on bettering his national mark of 585.
