Russel Alexander Nasir Taib

Russel Alexander Nasir Taib
nation	Malaysia
birthday	5th April 1998 (age 22)
Career
discipline	sprint
status	active
Medal table
Southeast Asian Games 0 × 1 × 1 × U18 Asian Championships 0 × 0 × 1 ×
Southeast Asian Games silver Capas 2019 4 × 100 m bronze Capas 2019 200 m Youth Asian Championships bronze Doha 2015 400 m
last change: June 10, 2020

Russel Alexander Nasir Taib (born April 5, 1998 ) is a Malaysian athlete who specializes in sprinting .

Athletic career

Russel Alexander Nasir Taib gained his first international experience in 2015 when he won the bronze medal in the 400-meter run in 49.07 seconds at the first Asian Youth Championships in Doha . He then failed at the Commonwealth Youth Games in Apia in the 100-meter run with 11.25 s in the first round, but made it to the semi-finals over 200 meters and was eliminated there with 22.76 s. In 2019 he reached the semi-finals at the Asian Championships in Doha in the 200-meter run , where he was eliminated with 21.75 seconds. He then started with the Malaysian 4 x 100 meter relay at the Summer Universiade in Naples and was eliminated there with 40.28 m in the lead. At the beginning of December he won the bronze medal over 200 meters behind the Thais Chayut Khongprasit and Siripol Punpa at the Southeast Asian Games Capas in 21.11 s and won the silver medal behind Thailand in 39.78 s with the relay.

Personal best

• 100 meters: 10.42 s (+1.9 m / s), November 16, 2019 in Brisbane
• 200 meters: 20.77 s (+2.0 m / s), March 23, 2019 in Brisbane ( Malaysian record )
• 400 meters: 47.57 s, March 14, 2015 in Sydney

Web links

• Russell Alexander Nasir Taib in the database of World Athletics (English)