Datuk Datuk (or its variant Dato or Datu) is a Malay title commonly used in Brunei, Indonesia, and Malaysia, as well as a traditional title by Minangkabau people in West Sumatra, Indonesia. The title of the wife of Datuk is Datin. Origin The oldest ...

Leong Mun Yee (, born 4 December 1984) is a retired Malaysian diver. She competed at the 2000, 2004, 2008 and 2012 Olympics with the best result of seventh place in the 10 m synchronised platform event in 2012. Her appearance at the 2008 Summer Olympics made her the first Malaysian diver to compete at three Olympics. The bronze medal that she and

Pandelela Rinong Dato Pandelela Rinong Pamg, (born 2 March 1993) is a Malaysian diver. She has won two Olympic medals and seven World Championships medals. Pandelela represented Malaysia at the 2008 Summer Olympics where she finished 27th in 10m platform. S ...

won at the 2009 World Championships was the first World Championship medal for Malaysia.

Career

Diving career

She was originally a swimmer but switched to diving at the age of 10 as part of Malaysia's programme to prepare a diving team for the

1998 Commonwealth Games The 1998 Commonwealth Games ''(Malay: Sukan Komanwel 1998)'', officially known as the XVI Commonwealth Games ''(Malay: Sukan Komanwel ke-16)'', was a multi-sport event held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This edition is marked by several unprecedent ...

. Leong announced her retirement on 5 January 2022.

Post-retirement career

Leong opened a diving academy, "DLMY x DSA" at the National Aquatics Centre in

Bukit Jalil Bukit Jalil is an affluent suburb in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It is bounded by the National Sports Complex on the east, the Shah Alam Expressway on the north, city boundaries to the west, and the Puchong–Sungai Besi Highway as well as city bound ...

on 8 April 2023. She hopes to produce Olympic champions in the future.

Personal life

She graduated from

Universiti Putra Malaysia University of Putra Malaysia ( Malay: ''Universiti Putra Malaysia''), abbreviated as UPM, is a Malaysian public research university located in Serdang, Selangor. Formerly it was named Universiti Pertanian Malaysia (Agricultural University of ...

with a Bachelor of Communication in 2017 and a Master of Corporate Communication in 2022.

Honour

* : **

MY-FED Darjah Mahkota Wilayah - Knight Commander - PMW

Knight Commander of the

Order of the Territorial Crown Order, ORDER or Orders may refer to: * Categorization, the process in which ideas and objects are recognized, differentiated, and understood * Heterarchy, a system of organization wherein the elements have the potential to be ranked a number of d ...

(PMW) – Datuk (2022)

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* * * 1984 births Living people Sportspeople from Ipoh Malaysian sportspeople of Chinese descent University of Putra Malaysia alumni Divers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Divers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Divers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Divers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Divers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Divers at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Olympic divers for Malaysia Malaysian female divers Asian Games medalists in diving Divers at the 2002 Asian Games Divers at the 2006 Asian Games Divers at the 2010 Asian Games Divers at the 2014 Asian Games Divers at the 2018 Asian Games Divers at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Asian Games silver medalists for Malaysia Asian Games bronze medalists for Malaysia Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Malaysia World Aquatics Championships medalists in diving Commonwealth Games medallists in diving Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games Universiade medalists in diving SEA Games gold medalists for Malaysia SEA Games silver medalists for Malaysia SEA Games bronze medalists for Malaysia SEA Games medalists in diving Competitors at the 1999 SEA Games Competitors at the 2001 SEA Games Competitors at the 2003 SEA Games Competitors at the 2005 SEA Games Competitors at the 2007 SEA Games Competitors at the 2009 SEA Games Competitors at the 2011 SEA Games Competitors at the 2013 SEA Games Competitors at the 2015 SEA Games Competitors at the 2017 SEA Games Universiade bronze medalists for Malaysia Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games {{Malaysia-acrobatics-diving-bio-stub