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Khairul Anuar Mohamad

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Khairul Anuar Mohamad
Personal information
Full nameKhairul Anuar bin Mohamad
NicknameKhairul
NationalityMalaysian
Born (1991-09-22) 22 September 1991 (age 33)
Kemaman, Terengganu, Malaysia
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight76 kg (168 lb)
Sport
Country Malaysia
SportArchery
EventRecurve
ClubTerengganu
Coached byLee Jae Hyung, Norizam Ishak
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals2012 London - 1/8 Finals (Ind)
Highest world ranking3 (9 July 2013)
Medal record
Representing  Malaysia
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2019 's-Hertogenbosch Individual
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2014 Incheon Men's team
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2011 Tehran Individual
Gold medal – first place 2011 Tehran Men's team
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Dhaka Men's team
Southeast Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2011 Jakarta Men's team
Gold medal – first place 2013 Naypyidaw Individual
Gold medal – first place 2013 Naypyidaw Men's team
Gold medal – first place 2015 Singapore Men's team
Gold medal – first place 2017 Kuala Lumpur Men's team
Silver medal – second place 2011 Jakarta Individual
Silver medal – second place 2015 Singapore Mixed team
Silver medal – second place 2017 Kuala Lumpur Individual
Silver medal – second place 2019 Philippines Men's team
Silver medal – second place 2021 Hanoi Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Philippines Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Hanoi Men's team
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Hanoi Individual

Khairul Anuar bin Mohamad (born 22 September 1991) is a Malaysian professional archer.[1] He began to compete for the national team in 2011.[2]

2011 FITA Archery World Cup

Khairul participated in the 2011 FITA Archery World Cup Stage 4 in Shanghai, China in what was only his third international tournament. He became the first Malaysian to ever win a medal at an individual World Cup event when he was defeated in the finals of the men's individual recurve event by American Joe Fanchin.

2011 Asian Archery Championships

He was part of the Malaysian contingent at the 2011 Asian Archery Championships in Tehran, Iran which came away two gold medals and two silver medals. Khairul contributed towards both gold medals. He defeated Hideki Kikuchi of Japan 6-2 in the final of the men's individual event and was part of the Malaysian team which defeated China 187-184 in the final of the men's team event.

2012 Summer Olympics

At the 2012 Summer Olympics he competed for his country in the Men's individual event and the Men's team event. Khairul made it to the quarter-final stage of the individual event, where he was stopped by eventual silver-medallist Takaharu Furukawa of Japan, while the Malaysian team lost in the first round.

2016 Summer Olympics

Khairul earned his spot in men’s individual event after winning the Continental Quota Tournament (CQT) in Bangkok. He lost to Germany's Florian Floto, Khairul won the first two sets 27-26 and 27-23 before Floto took the next three sets 29-27, 28-25 and 30-29 (4-6). He also took part in team events where they lost to France (2-6).[3]

2019 World Championships

At the 2019 World Championships, Khairul reached the final, where he lost to World number one Brady Ellison.[4] The final required a tie-break after the fifth set for the winner to be decided, with the first three sets having been tied, and then the archers winning one set each.[5] It was the first archery World Championship medal won by a Malaysian archer.[6] This silver medal also secured a place for a Malaysian archer at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[7] Following his performance at the World Championships, Khairul was shortlisted for World Archery's Male Athlete of the year for recurve archers.[8]

2020 Summer Olympics

At the 2020 Summer Olympics, he participated in the men's individual event and the mixed team event with Syaqiera Mashayikh.[9]

References

  1. ^ "Medal Count - Olympic Results & Medalists | IOC". London2012.com. Archived from the original on 2 April 2013. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
  2. ^ "Khairul Anuar Mohamad". Archery.org. FITA. Archived from the original on 9 May 2014.
  3. ^ Rai, Vijesh (10 August 2016). "(Olympics) Archer Khairul crashes out". NewStraitsTimesOnline. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
  4. ^ "World championships 2019: Recurve finals line-up, preview and predictions". World Archery. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
  5. ^ "Brady Ellison wins world championships with perfect shoot-off arrow". World Archery. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
  6. ^ "No surprise in store from Khairul after world championship podium". World Archery. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
  7. ^ "Bangladesh qualifies its first-ever archer to the Olympic Games". World Archery. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
  8. ^ "World Archery releases nominee shortlist for 2019 athlete of the year awards". World Archery. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
  9. ^ "Olympedia – Khairul Anuar Bin Mohamad". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 9 April 2022.