Wan Azlan Abdullah

Wan Azlan Abdullah
Personal information
Full name Wan Azlan Wan Ali Abdullah
National team  Malaysia
Born (1975-06-05) 5 June 1975
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 77 kg (170 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Freestyle, medley
Club Pine Crest Swim Club (U.S.)
College team University of Georgia (U.S.)
Coach David López-Zubero (U.S.)

Wan Azlan Wan Ali Abdullah (also Wan Azlan Abdullah, born 5 June 1975) is a retired Malaysian swimmer, who specialised in freestyle and in individual medley events.[1] He is a two-time Olympian (1996 and 2000), and a gold medalist at the Southeast Asian Games (1997). While studying in the United States, Abdullah trained for the Pine Crest Swim Club in Fort Lauderdale, Florida under his full-time coach David López-Zubero, a bronze medalist for Spain at the 1980 Summer Olympics.[2] During his college career, Abdullah swam for the University of Georgia's Georgia Bulldogs swimming and diving team under head coach Jack Bauerle.[3]

Abdullah made his first Malaysian team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. There, he failed to reach the top 16 final in any of his individual events, finishing thirty-sixth in the 200 m individual medley (2:12.11), and twenty-seventh in the 400 m individual medley (4:38.95, a slowest prelims time).[4][5] He also placed twentieth, along with his Malaysian teammates Alex Lim, Elvin Chia, and Anthony Ang, in the 4×100 m medley relay (3:56.24).[6]

The following year, at the 1997 Southeast Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia, Abdullah won two gold medals each in the 200 m individual medley (2:07.80), and in the 400 m individual medley (4:32.75).[7][8]

Abdullah swam only in the men's 400 m individual medley at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. He achieved a FINA B-cut of 4:34.50 from the Asian Swimming Championships in Busan, South Korea.[9] He challenged seven other swimmers in heat two, including 1996 Olympic silver medalist Jani Sievinen of Finland, and 16-year-old George Bovell of Trinidad and Tobago. Abdullah posted a time of 4:36.90 to save a seventh spot over Croatia's Sandro Tomaš by a 1.4-second advantage. Abdullah failed to reach the top 8 final, as he placed forty-first overall in the prelims.[10][11][12]

References

  1. ↑ "Wan Azlan Abdullah". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
  2. ↑ Megan, M.K (5 February 1993). "Wan Azlan caught in a dilemma". New Straits Times. Retrieved 8 June 2013.
  3. ↑ Murphy, Bill (15 September 2000). "After years of practice, swimmers' dreams come true". The Red and Black. Retrieved 12 June 2013.
  4. ↑ "Atlanta 1996: Aquatics (Swimming) – Men's 200m Individual Medley Heat 1" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 48. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
  5. ↑ "Atlanta 1996: Aquatics (Swimming) – Men's 400m Individual Medley Heat 1" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 50. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
  6. ↑ "Atlanta 1996: Aquatics (Swimming) – Men's 4×100m Medley Relay Heat 1" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 52. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
  7. ↑ "Ian misses out on final but breaks 13-year-old national record". The Star (Malaysia). 9 October 2010. Retrieved 8 June 2013.
  8. ↑ "OCM/NSC should monitor US-based swimmers". Utusan Malaysia. 23 September 2000. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
  9. ↑ "Swimming – Men's 400m Individual Medley Startlist (Heat 2)" (PDF). Sydney 2000. Omega Timing. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  10. ↑ "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 400m Individual Medley Heat 2" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 316. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
  11. ↑ "Dolan breaks own world mark in 400 IM". Canoe.ca. 17 September 2000. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  12. ↑ "Allen Ong rewrites 200m freestyle national record". Utusan Malaysia. 17 September 2000. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
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