Rayzam Shah Wan Sofian

Rayzam Shah Wan Sofian

nation

Malaysia

birthday

11th January 1988 (age 32)

place of birth

Keningau , Malaysia

size

180 cm

Weight

79 kg

Career

discipline

110 meter hurdles

Best performance

13.67 s

status

active

Medal table

last change: June 14, 2020

Rayzam Shah Wan Sofian (born January 11, 1988 in Keningau ) is a Malaysian hurdler who specializes in the 110-meter distance .

Athletic career

Rayzam Shah Wan Sofian gained his first international experience in 2006 when he won the silver medal in 13.84 seconds at the Junior Asian Championships in Macau . He qualified for the Junior World Championships in Beijing and was eliminated there with 13.95 s in the semi-finals. In the following year he failed at the Asian Championships in Amman with 10.74 s in the 100-meter run in the first round and also in the hurdles sprint he was eliminated with 14.53 s in the lead. He then won the Southeast Asian Games in Nakhon Ratchasima in 13.91 s. In 2008 he was originally fourth in the 60-meter hurdles at the Asian Indoor Championships in Doha in 8.01 s , but was awarded the bronze medal after the disqualification of Pakistani Muhammad Sajjad Ahmad for a doping offense behind the Chinese Ji Wei and Abdul Rashid from Pakistan. He also qualified for the World Indoor Championships in Valencia , where he was eliminated with 8.26 s in the preliminary round. In 2009 he started at the World Championships in Berlin , where he retired with 14.06 seconds.

In 2011 he finished seventh at the Asian Championships in Kobe in 14.03 s and then won the silver medal behind the Thai Jamras Rittidet at the Southeast Asian Games in Palembang in 13.86 s . Two years later he failed at the Asian Championships in Pune with 14.28 s in the preliminary round, but thanks to a wildcard he was allowed to start at the World Championships in Moscow , where he was also eliminated in the first round with 14.45 s. He then won the bronze medal behind the Iraqi Ameer Shakir Aneed and Abdulaziz al-Mandeel from Kuwait at the Islamic Solidarity Games in Palembang in 13.97 seconds and reached the Malaysian 4 x 100 meter relay in 40.43 seconds fourth place. He then won the silver medal behind the Thai Rittidet at the Southeast Asian Games in Naypyidaw in 14.00 s. At the 2015 Asian Athletics Championships in Wuhan , he retired with 14.11 s in the run-up and then won the silver medal behind Rittidet again at the Southeast Asian Games in Singapore in 13.97 s.

In 2016 he retired from the Asian Indoor Championships in Doha with 8.04 s over 60 m hurdles in the first round. The following year he failed at the Asian Championships in Bhubaneswar with 14.03 s in the preliminary round, but then won the Southeast Asian Games in Kuala Lumpur in 13.83 s. In 2018 he took part in the Commonwealth Games in the Australian Gold Coast , but retired there with 14.03 s in the first round. He then started at the Asian Games in Jakarta , but also retired there with 14.15 s in the lead. In 2019 he won another silver medal in 13.97 s at the Southeast Asian Games in Capas , this time behind Clinton Kingsley Bautista from the Philippines .

100 meters: 10.68 s, June 21, 2013 in Kuala Lumpur
110 m hurdles: 13.67 s (+1.7 m / s), May 27, 2017 in Weinheim ( Malaysian record )