# Malaysia at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Malaysia competed at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics, in Nanjing, China from 16 to 28 August 2014.
On 22 August 2014, Cheam June Wei became the first Malaysian to win a Youth Olympic gold medal when he won the badminton mixed doubles gold with Hong Kong's Ng Tsz Yau as his partner. Also, National men archer Mohd Zarif Syahiir won silver in archery mixed team medal with Germany's Cynthia Freywald at the Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing. However both gold and silver was not credited to the individual nation's medal tally as the event was a mixed-National Olympic Committees event in which athletes from different nations team up to compete under the Olympic flag. National woman diver Loh Zhiayi won a silver and bronze medal in the 10m platform individual event and women's 3m springboard event at the Youth Olympic Games 2014.

## Medalists

Medals awarded to participants of mixed-NOC teams are represented in italics. These medals are not included towards the individual NOC medal tally.
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Gold | Cheam June Wei | Badminton | Mixed doubles | 22 August |
| Silver | Loh Zhiayi | Diving | Girls' 10 metre platform | 23 August |
| Silver | Muhamad Zarif Syahiir Zolkepeli | Archery | Mixed team | 24 August |
| Bronze | Loh Zhiayi | Diving | Girls' 3 metre springboard | 25 August |

## Archery

Malaysia qualified a male archer from its performance at the 2013 World Archery Youth Championships.

### Individual

| Athlete | Event | Ranking round | Ranking round | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Seed | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Muhamad Zarif Syahiir Zolkepeli | Boys' individual | 654 | 17 Q | Boris Balaz (SVK) W 6–2 (28–26, 28–26, 25–30, 29–25) | Lee Woo-seok (KOR) L 0–6 (25–29, 26–28, 23–29) | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | =9 |

### Team

| Athletes | Event | Ranking round | Ranking round | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Rank |
| Athletes | Event | Score | Seed | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Muhamad Zarif Syahiir Zolkepeli (MAS) Cynthia Freywald (GER) | Mixed team | 1284 | 15 Q | Luis Tapia (MEX) Rosangel Sainz (CUB) W 5–3 (38–37, 33–38, 38–33, 36–36) | Andreas Mayr (GER) Lucy Tatafu (TGA) W 5–4 (36–39, 37–33, 38–36, 36–38, T19–T17) | Bradley Denny (GBR) Miasa Koike (JPN) W 5–4 (36–38, 33–32, 36–35, 28–35, T19–T17) | Rick Martens (BEL) Regina Romero (GUA) W 6–2 (36–34, 33–34, 34–32, 36–33) | Luis Gabriel Moreno (PHI) Li Jiaman (CHN) L 0–6 (37–38, 35–38, 33–37) | |

## Athletics

Malaysia qualified three athletes.
Qualification Legend: Q=Final A (medal); qB=Final B (non-medal); qC=Final C (non-medal); qD=Final D (non-medal); qE=Final E (non-medal)

### Track event

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Mohd Rizzua Muhamad | 110 m hurdles | DSQ qC | DSQ qC | 13.90 | 12 |

### Field event

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Norshafiee Mohd Shah | High jump | 2.03 | 12 qB | 2.02 | 13 |

### Field event

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Rank | Distance | Rank |
| Kirthana Ramasamy | Triple jump | 12.49 | 6 Q | 12.64 | 5 |

## Badminton

Malaysia qualified two athletes based on 2 May 2014 BWF Junior World Rankings.
On 22 August 2014, Cheam June Wei won the mixed doubles gold medal with Hong Kong's Ng Tsz Yau as his partner. They defeated Kanta Tsuneyama of Japan and Lee Chia-hsin of Taiwan in the finals which lasted 30 minutes. The gold however, was not credited to Malaysia or Hong Kong in the overall medal tally as it was a mixed-NOCs event in which athletes from different nations team up to compete under the Olympic flag.

### Singles

| Athlete | Event | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Cheam June Wei | Boys' singles | D Dhami (NEP) W 2–0 (21–13, 21–11) | M Narongrit (THA) W 2–0 (21–14, 21–15) | M A Kurt (TUR) W 2–0 (21–14, 21–6) | 1 Q | A Joshi (IND) L 1–2 (22–20, 18–21, 12–21) | Did not advance | Did not advance | =5 |
| Lee Ying Ying | Girls' singles | L Janine (AUT) W 2–0 (21–13, 21–6) | K Beton (SLO) W 2–0 (21–14, 21–10) | He BJ (CHN) L 0–2 (18–21, 14–21) | 2 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | =9 |

### Doubles

| Athlete | Event | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Cheam June Wei (MAS) Ng Tsz Yau (HKG) | Mixed doubles | W Gnedt (AUT) S Solis (MEX) W 2–0 (21–12, 21–9) | T Citron (FRA) D Macias (PER) W 2–0 (21–9, 21–8) | Lin GP (CHN) Kim G-e (KOR) W 2–0 (22–20, 21–19) | 1 Q | Lu C-h (TPE) Lee Y Y (MAS) W 2–0 (21–16, 21–19) | M Narongrit (THA) Qin JJ (CHN) W 2–0 (21–12, 21–9) | K Tsuneyama (JPN) Lee C-h (TPE) W 2–0 (21–14, 23–21) | |
| Lu Chia-hung (TPE) Lee Ying Ying (MAS) | Mixed doubles | Pham C C (VIE) A Demirbag (TUR) W 2–1 (19–21, 21–9, 21–17) | D Petrovic (SRB) Liang XY (SIN) W 2–1 (21–18, 7–21, 21–7) | L R Garrido (MEX) K Kuuba (EST) W 2–0 (21–17, 21–18) | 1 Q | Cheam J W (MAS) Ng T Y (HKG) L 0–2 (16–21, 19–21) | Did not advance | Did not advance | =5 |

## Diving

Malaysia qualified two quotas based on its performance at the Nanjing 2014 Diving Qualifying Event.
| Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Preliminary | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Loh Zhiayi | Girls' 3 m springboard | 429.40 | 3 Q | 446.70 | |
| Loh Zhiayi | 10 m platform | 449.35 | 2 Q | 450.65 | |
| Loh Zhiayi (MAS) Alexis Jandard (FRA) | Mixed team | — | — | 318.20 | 7 |

## Equestrian

Malaysia qualified a rider.
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 2 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Penalties | Rank | Penalties | Rank | Penalties | Rank |
| Praveen Nair Mathavan | Arkansas | Individual jumping | 8 | =16 | 4 | =5 | 12 | =10 |
| Australasia Jake Hunter (AUS) Lennard Chiang (HKG) Sarrd Kalantari (IRI) Praveen Nair Mathavan (MAS) Emily Fraser (NZL) | For The Star DJ Cristallo Arkansas Exilio | Team jumping | 12 | =4 | 8 | 5 | 20 | 5 |

## Golf

Malaysia qualified two athletes based on 8 June 2014 IGF World Amateur Golf Rankings.

### Individual

| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 3 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Rank | Score | Rank | Score | Rank | Score | Rank |
| Low Khai Jei | Boys | 71 | 15 | 74 | 18 | 73 | 16 | 218 | 18 |
| Kan Kah Yan | Girls | 79 | 26 | 74 | 12 | 76 | 18 | 229 | 22 |

### Team

| Athletes | Event | Round 1 (Foursome) | Round 1 (Foursome) | Round 2 (Fourball) | Round 2 (Fourball) | Round 3 (Individual Stroke) | Round 3 (Individual Stroke) | Round 3 (Individual Stroke) | Round 3 (Individual Stroke) | Total | Total |
| Athletes | Event | Score | Rank | Score | Rank | Boy | Girl | Total | Rank | Score | Rank |
| Low Khai Jei Kan Kah Yan | Mixed | 69 | =17 | 76 | 23 | 71 | 77 | 148 | 19 | 293 | 22 |

## Gymnastics
### Artistic

Malaysia qualified one athlete based on its performance at the 2014 Asian Artistic Gymnastics Championships.

#### Boys

| Athlete | Event | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | F Rank | PH Rank | R Rank | V Rank | PB Rank | HB Rank | Total | Rank |
| Jeremiah Loo Phay Xing | Qualification | 13.150 18 | 13.500 9 Q | 11.500 30 | 12.800 DNF | 13.575 6 Q | 12.500 20 | 77.025 | 16 Q |
| Jeremiah Loo Phay Xing | Individual all-around | 12.950 17 | 12.300 15 | 11.625 17 | 13.000 17 | 12.650 15 | 12.000 15 | 74.525 | 18 |
| Jeremiah Loo Phay Xing | Pommel horse | — | 12.866 8 | — | — | — | — | 12.866 | 8 |
| Jeremiah Loo Phay Xing | Parallel bars | — | — | — | — | 13.366 7 | — | 13.366 | 7 |

### Rhythmic

Malaysia qualified one athlete based on its performance at the 2014 Asian Rhythmic Championships.

#### Individual

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Hoop Rank | Ball Rank | Clubs Rank | Ribbon Rank | Total | Rank | Hoop Rank | Ball Rank | Clubs Rank | Ribbon Rank | Total | Rank |
| Olivia Tai Qing Tong | Individual all-around | 13.500 7 | 11.850 13 | 12.800 9 | 12.075 13 | 50.225 | 10 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Sailing

Malaysia qualified two boats based on its performance at the Byte CII Asian Continental Qualifier.
| Athlete | Event | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Net Points | Final Rank |
| Athlete | Event | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | M | Net Points | Final Rank |
| Asri Azman | Boys' Byte CII | 31 DSQ | 1 | 31 DNE | 7 | 2 | 8 | 10 | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | 1 | 60 | 8 |
| Nur Shazrin Mohamad Latif | Girls' Byte CII | 13 | 13 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 5 | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | 8 | 60 | 6 |

## Shooting

Malaysia was given a wild card to compete.

### Individual

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Abdul Hadi Abd Malek | Boys' 10 m air pistol | 558 | 12 | did not advance | did not advance |

### Team

| Athletes | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Rank |
| Athletes | Event | Points | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Abdul Hadi Abd Malek (MAS) Alejandra Cervantes Rodriguez (MEX) | Mixed teams' 10 m air pistol | 735 | 17 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Swimming

Malaysia qualified four swimmers.

### Boys

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Lim Ching Hwang | 50 m freestyle | 24.26 | 28 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Lim Ching Hwang | 100 m freestyle | 51.64 | 19 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Lim Ching Hwang | 200 m freestyle | 1:51.49 | 10 | — | — | did not advance | did not advance |
| Lim Ching Hwang | 50 m breaststroke | 30.63 | 34 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Welson Sim | 200 m freestyle | 1:51.99 | 13 | — | — | did not advance | did not advance |
| Welson Sim | 400 m freestyle | 3:55.72 | 11 | — | — | did not advance | did not advance |
| Welson Sim | 800 m freestyle | — | — | — | — | 8:15.84 | 15 |

### Girls

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Angela Chieng | 400 m freestyle | 4:26.11 | 21 | — | — | did not advance | did not advance |
| Angela Chieng | 800 m freestyle | — | — | — | — | 9:00.61 | 17 |
| Yap Siew Hui | 50 m butterfly | 28.50 | 22 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Yap Siew Hui | 100 m butterfly | 1:02.96 | 19 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Taekwondo

Malaysia qualified one athlete based on its performance at the Taekwondo Qualification Tournament.

### Girls

| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Mohana Mariappen | −63 kg | Bye | Yopasa Gomez (COL) L 1 – 15(PTG) | did not advance | did not advance | 5 |