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]
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| Full name | Khairul Anuar bin Mohamad | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Khairul | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Malaysian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 22 September 1991 Kemaman, Terengganu, Malaysia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 76 kg (168 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Malaysia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Archery | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Recurve | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Terengganu | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Lee Jae Hyung, Norizam Ishak | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Olympic finals | 2012 London - 1/8 Finals (Ind) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest world ranking | 3 (9 July 2013) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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2011 FITA Archery World Cup
editKhairul 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
editHe 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
editAt 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
editKhairul 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
editAt 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
editAt the 2020 Summer Olympics, he participated in the men's individual event and the mixed team event with Syaqiera Mashayikh.[9]
Honours
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Terengganu :
- Recipient of the Meritorious Service Medal (PJK) (2012)[10]
References
edit- ^ "Medal Count - Olympic Results & Medalists | IOC". London2012.com. Archived from the original on 2 April 2013. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
- ^ "Khairul Anuar Mohamad". Archery.org. FITA. Archived from the original on 9 May 2014.
- ^ Rai, Vijesh (10 August 2016). "(Olympics) Archer Khairul crashes out". NewStraitsTimesOnline. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
- ^ "World championships 2019: Recurve finals line-up, preview and predictions". World Archery. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
- ^ "Brady Ellison wins world championships with perfect shoot-off arrow". World Archery. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
- ^ "No surprise in store from Khairul after world championship podium". World Archery. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
- ^ "Bangladesh qualifies its first-ever archer to the Olympic Games". World Archery. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
- ^ "World Archery releases nominee shortlist for 2019 athlete of the year awards". World Archery. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
- ^ "Olympedia – Khairul Anuar Bin Mohamad". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
- ^ "Lapan Atlet Antara 185 Penerima Pingat Kebesaran Terengganu". www.mstar.com.my. 11 October 2012.
