The President, Executive Board and Management of the OCM express their heartfelt condolences to the family members of Mr. Sabapathy Sinnayah OLY, who passed away peacefully on Wednesday, 14th December 2022, at the age of 75.
Mr. Sabapathy Sinnayah OLY was one of the national sprinters in the 1970s. Besides being selected to represent Malaysia in numerous International Athletics Championships, he was also selected as a member of the Malaysian Contingent to participate in a few Multi-Sport Games under the jurisdiction of OCM.
He was first selected as a member of the Men’s 4 x 400m Relay Team to participate in the 6th Asian Games Bangkok 1970. His best individual achievement in the Multi-Sport Games was winning the silver medal of Men’s 200m event at the 7th SEAP Games Singapore 1973. He was also a member of the Relay Teams who had contributed medals for the Malaysian Contingent in the three (3) consecutive SEAP Games as follows:
1. 6th SEAP Games Kuala Lumpur 1971 – 4 x 100m (Bronze)
2. 7th SEAP Games Singapore 1973 – 4 x 100m (Bronze) & 4 x 400m (Gold)
3. 8th SEAP Games Bangkok 1975 – 4 x 200m (Bronze) & 4 x 400m (Bronze)
He had achieved his dream of being an Olympian when he qualified to compete in the Athletics Men’s 4 x 400m event in the XX Olympic Games Munich 1972. The Relay Team consisting of Mr. Krishnan Tambusamy OLY, Mr. Mohd Hassan Osman OLY, Mr. Peyadesa Plb Singa OLY and Mr. Sabapathy Sinnayah OLY, clocked 3:13.51 to rank 6 in the Heat 3, Round 1 of the event.
In 2008, at the age of 61, Mr. Sabapathy Sinnayah OLY took the initiative to enrol into the first edition of the Advanced Sport Management Course (ASMC) conducted by the OCM in collaboration with the Olympic Solidarity. He had shown great dedication and commitment to graduate from the Course successfully with a “Diploma in Management of Olympic Sport Organisation”.
“The contribution of Mr. Sabapathy Sinnayah for the sport of Athletics is phenomenal. We would like to record our recognition for his dedication and sacrifices in the development of Athletics since 1970s” quoted Tan Sri Dato’ Sri (Dr.) Mohamad Norza Zakaria, President of OCM.
The demise of Mr. Sabapathy Sinnayah OLY is a great loss to the Athletics fraternity in Malaysia. May his soul Rest in Peace.
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- Sabapathy Sinnayah OLY (30 November 1947 – 14 December 2022)
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- The cover page of the souvenir programme book of the Malaysian Contingent to the XX Olympic Games Munich 1972.
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- Page 8 of the souvenir programme book of the Malaysian Contingent to the XX Olympic Games Munich 1972. Note: Photograph of Sabapathy Sinnayah OLY in the centre of second row.
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- Sabapathy Sinnayah OLY (in red shirt) with Dato’ Sieh Kok Chi (the then Honorary Secretary of OCM), Ms. Moira Tan Siew See (Honorary Assistant Secretary of OCM and Programme Director) and his fellow course-mates of the first edition of Advanced Sport Management Course (ASMC) conducted by the OCM in 2008.
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- Sabapathy Sinnayah OLY (standing, fifth from right) with Ms. Moira Tan Siew See (seated, third from left) and his fellow course-mates of the first edition of Advanced Sport Management Course (ASMC) conducted by the OCM in 2008.
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- Sabapathy Sinnayah OLY holding the Olympic Torch for the XXIV Olympic Games Beijing 2008.
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- The Diploma in Management of Olympic Sport Organisations presented to Sabapathy Sinnayah OLY by the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
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- The Diploma in Management of Olympic Sport Organisations presented to Sabapathy Sinnayah OLY by the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
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- Sabapathy Sinnayah OLY (right) with Y.B. Khairy Jamaluddin (the then Minister of Youth and Sports Malaysia) during the 2017 Olympic Day Celebration held 23 June 2017, at the KL Sentral.
Dato’ Sieh Kok Chi was born on the 8th of November 1938. After his retirement in 1991, as an Engineer in the Department of Irrigation and Drainage Malaysia, Dato’ Sieh chose to continue his involvement, full time, in the field of sports, where his life-long passion was, especially in the Olympic Council of Malaysia (OCM).
Born on 21st March 1949, Y.A.M Tunku Tan Sri Imran is the second son of the late Tuanku Jaafar, an elected monarch of the Negeri Sembilan. Tunku Imran was educated in the UK at the King’s School, Canterbury and studied law at Nottingham University before being called to the Bar at Gray’s Inn, London in 1971 and qualifying as a Barrister at Law.