PETALING JAYA: Two-time Paralympic champion Abdul Latif Romly and former national diver Leong Mun Yee earned massive recognition for the Malaysian sporting community when they were both conferred with Datukships.
PETALING JAYA: Former national diver Leong Mun Yee may have to stick around a little bit longer if new assistant diving coach Li Junbai is unable to make the trip as planned because of the current Omicron variant situation.
National diver Nur Dhabitah Sabri should be among those considered to fill Leong Mun Yee’s spot in the women’s synchronised 10 metre (m) platform event at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris
In the beginning
Born and bred in Ipoh, Mun Yee attended the Marian Convent Primary Girls School there before moving to the Bukit Jalil Sports School in Kuala Lumpur when she was 11.
Albeit famously known as a diver, Mun Yee started as a swimmer and it wasn’t till her parents brought her to diving try-outs at the age of 10 that she got the passion for diving.
Three years later at the ripe age of 13, she made her debut at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur.
The rest you could say is
herstory.
Super athlete with a degree in communications