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Ooi Tze Liang

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Ooi Tze Liang
Personal information
Born (1993-11-19) 19 November 1993 (age 30)
Penang, Malaysia
Height170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight68 kg (150 lb)
Sport
Country Malaysia
SportDiving
Ooi Tze Liang
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese黄兹樑
Hanyu PinyinHuáng Zī Liáng

Ooi Tze Liang (Chinese: 黄兹樑; pinyin: Huáng Zī Liáng, born 19 November 1993 in Penang) is a Malaysian diver. Ooi has represented Malaysia in various diving events such as 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games, 2013 Southeast Asian Games and 2015 Southeast Asian Games.

Early and personal life

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Tze Liang (who also goes by David) was born in Penang and started diving at the age of eight.[1] He is currently studying at University of Malaya.[2] He enjoys playing Lego and watching YouTube videos.[1]

Career

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At the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games, Ooi became the first Malaysian male to win a Commonwealth gold medal in diving when he won the men's 3 metre springboard event.[3] He also took the silver medal in the men's 10 metre platform event. He finished second to Tom Daley of England.

After winning the gold medal for men's 3 meter springboard event at the 6th Asian Diving Cup, Ooi became the third diver (after Pandelela Rinong and Wendy Ng) to qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics.[4]

He competed at the 2022 Commonwealth Games where he came 7th in the Men's 3 metre springboard event.[5]

Awards and recognition

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Ooi was awarded Olympic Council of Malaysia (OCM)-Sports Toto Award for outstanding performance at the 2015 Singapore Sea Games.[6] .

References

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  1. ^ a b Najihah Rashid (10 May 2022). "5 things to know about Ooi Tze Liang, Malaysia's star diver". Prestige. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
  2. ^ Ahmad Nazrin Syahmi Mohamad Arif (10 May 2022). "Tze Liang to focus on 2022 Commonwealth Games, ASIAN Games". BERNAMA. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
  3. ^ Bernama (1 August 2014). "Commonwealth Games: Tze Liang contributes unexpected gold medal from men's diving". Astro Awani. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
  4. ^ FABIAN PETER (4 September 2015). "Ooi Tze Liang qualified for Olympics". New Straits Times. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
  5. ^ "Men's 3m Springboard - Final". results.birmingham2022.com. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
  6. ^ Amar Shah Mohsen (8 October 2015). "SEA Games gold medalists awarded for achievements". The Sun (Malaysia). Retrieved 8 October 2015.
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