Amirul Hamizan Ibrahim

Amirul Hamizan Ibrahim

Medal record
Men's weightlifting
Representing  Malaysia
Commonwealth Games
	2002 Manchester	56 kg (Snatch)
	2002 Manchester	56 kg (Clean & Jerk)
	2002 Manchester	56 kg (Total)
	2010 Delhi	56 kg

In this Malay name, there is no surname or family name. The name Ibrahim is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by their given name, Amirul Hamizan.

Amirul Hamizan bin Ibrahim (born 3 December 1981) is a Malaysian weightlifter.

He won three gold medals in the 56-kilogram category at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester.

At the 2008 Asian Championships he ranked 4th in the 56 kg category, with a total of 262 kg.^[1]

He competed in Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 56 kg division finishing eighth, with a new personal best of 265 kg.^[2] He beat his previous best by 3 kg.

He is 5 ft 3 inches tall.

Controversy

In June 2005, Amirul Hamizan Ibrahim tested positive for banned substance namely steroids in an out-of-competition test conducted by the National Sports Council of Malaysia and faced a ban of two years.^[3]

Honours

Honours of Malaysia

•  Malaysia : Medallist of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (P.P.N.) (2003)^[4]
•  Malaysia : Member of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (A.M.N.) (2004)^[5]

Notes and references

1. "AMIRUL Hamizan Ibrahim". International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original on 27 May 2011.
2. "IBRAHIM Amirul Hamizan". International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original on 27 May 2011.
3. Malaysian weightlifter fails drug test. www.english.peopledaily.com.cn. Retrieved December 2008.
4. "Semakan Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat".
5. "Semakan Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat".

External links

• NBC profile
• Athlete Biography IBRAHIM Amirul Hamizan at beijing2008