Azizulhasni Awang
Azizulhasni in 2020 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Muhammad Azizulhasni bin Awang |
| Nickname | The Pocket Rocketman |
| Born | 5 January 1988 Kuala Dungun, Terengganu, Malaysia |
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) |
| Team information | |
| Discipline | Track |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Sprinter |
| Amateur team | |
| Dungun Cycling Team | |
| Professional team | |
| 2009 | Bike Technologies Australia |
Medal record | |
Dato' Muhammad Azizulhasni Awang DPMT KMN AMN (born 5 January 1988) is a Malaysian professional track cyclist based in Melbourne, Australia. Nicknamed "The Pocket Rocketman" due to his small stature, he is the first and only Malaysian cyclist to win a medal at the Summer Olympics. He is also the first Malaysian to have competed in the Olympics five times.
Azizulhasni was Team Malaysia's national flag bearer at the 2008 Summer Olympics Parade of Nations. He won his first World Championship medal in 2009, a silver medal in the individual sprint. His debut Olympic medal came at the 2016 Summer Olympics, where he won a bronze in the individual keirin. In the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, he won a silver medal in the same category.
In 2017, he won his first World Championship title in the keirin, and became the first Malaysian to ever wear the coveted rainbow jersey.
Competing at the 2024 Paris Olympics in the Men's keirin qualifier, he was disqualified for cycling ahead of the derny motorbike used as a pacer before it left the track. National track head coach John Beasley called it a monumental mistake, and said: "The rule is clear and we were more than one length in front and it didn't give me any room to argue about it."