Total medals won by Malaysia in each sport at Summer Paralympics
Malaysia won its first medal at the Paralympics in weightlifting.
Malaysia made its breakthrough at the Paralympics at Seoul in 1988. They were competing at the games for the second time after making its debut in 1972. At the Seoul games in 1998, the Malaysian contingent had 14 athletes as opposed to 4 in 1972. Mariappan Perumal became the country’s first Paralympic medallist.
He was 30 years old when winning the bronze medal in men’s 57 kg weightlifting. It was the only medal Malaysia collected at Seoul. Perumal’s win was significant as it encouraged para-athletes across the nation to compete at the games.
In the 1992 Barcelona Paralympics, there were three medallists. All three medallists created history for the nation. Perumal became the first Malaysian athlete to win multiple medals at the games. Cheok Kon Fatt became the first silver medallist from the nation as he finished second in men’s 52 kg weightlifting.
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Mohamad Khasseri Othman won the bronze medal in men’s high jump B2 event with a best attempt of 1.60m. It was Malaysia’s first medal in athletics at the Paralympics. The country did not win any medals in the next three editions.
In the 2008 Beijing Paralympics, Siow Lee Chan became the first Malaysian woman medallist. She also secured the country’s first medal in powerlifting. At the 2012 London games, Hasihin Sanawi recorded the nation’s first medal in para-archery. Sanawi won silver in men’s individual recurve W1/W2.
The 2016 Rio Paralympics saw Malaysia winning its first ever gold at the games. Four medals were won at Rio with all of them coming in Athletics. Malaysia ended the games with three golds and one bronze. The 2020 Tokyo games saw the nation winning medals in Badminton and Boccia.
Cheah Liek Hou won gold in men’s singles SU5 badminton while Chew Wei Lun took silver in Boccia under Mixed individual BC1.
Paralympic medals won by Malaysia in each sport
| S.No | Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1. | Athletics | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 2. | Powerlifting | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 3. | Badminton | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4. | Weightlifting | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 5. | Archery | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6. | Boccia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 8 | 6 | 7 | 21 |
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