MAJLIS Olimpik Malaysia (MOM) mengucapkan takziah kepada ahli keluarga Allahyarham Adnan Mohd Saidin, legenda sepak takraw negara yang meninggal dunia pada pagi 15 Mei, 2023.
Allahyarham Adnan membantu Kontinjen Malaysia mengutip emas sepak takraw di empat edisi Sukan Asia Tenggara di Jakarta 1979, Manila 1981, Singapura 1983 dan Bangkok 1985 .
Di kemuncak kerjayanya, Adnan yang berasal dari Alor Star, Kedah, bukan sahaja mampu melakukan satu teknik rejaman saja, malah berupaya membuat pelbagai gaya libasan seperti gunting, pacak, `back stroke’ dan pari hingga digelar ‘Raja Libas’.
Adnan juga adalah antara pemain yang mengadakan pertunjukan di Sukan Asia, New Delhi 1982, yang membolehkan sepak takraw dijadikan satu acara pingat di Sukan Asia, Beijing, pada 1990.
Semoga Allah SWT merahmati roh Allahyarham Adnan dan menempatkan rohnya dalam kalangan para solehin.
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.