Muhammad Haiqal bin Hanafi (born 29 April 1999) is a Malaysian sprinter.

Early life and education

Muhd Haiqal Hanafi was born on 29 April 1999 in

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, Negeri Sembilan. He attended the Sekolah Sukan Tunku Mahkota Ismail in Bandar Penawar.

Career

2015 : ASEAN School Games Team Gold Haiqal and his national teammates won gold medal at the 2015 ASEAN School Games in the 4x100 final with a time of 39.86 seconds. 2016 : Two golds in SEA Youth Athletics Championships Haiqal gained his first international experience at the 2016 Asian Junior Championships in Ho Chi Minh City, where he reached the semi-finals in the 200 metres and won the silver medal with the Malaysian 4 x 100 metres relay team in 39.91 s behind the team from Taiwan. After that, he brought two gold medals for Malaysia team in 100m and 200m at the Southeast Asian Youth Athletics Championships. 2017 : Disqualified in both finals he again took part in the Asian Junior Championships in Gifu, this time being eliminated in the first round of the 100 meters and finishing eighth in the 200 meters in 21.71s. He was also disqualified with the relay team in the final. At the end of August, he took part in the Asian Games in Jakarta with the relay team, where he competed in the heats and the relay team was disqualified in the final. 2019 : SEA Games individual Gold Haiqal have surprised the nation after winning a gold medal in the 100m event at the

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with a time 10.35s which is his personal best in 100m category. In the same competition, Haiqal teamed up with

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, Russell Alexander Nasir Taib and Nixson Anak Kennedy to bagged a

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in 4x100 relay. 2022 : Return to the path At the

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he won a silver medal in the relay with his national teammates, including Muhd Azeem Fahmi, who holds the Malaysian record in the 100m outdoor event with a time of 10.09s to break the past national record in the 4x100 relay with time 39.09s. Haiqal won the Malaysian Open 100m sprint with 10.58s but failed to meet the qualifying time of 10.52s for the

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. 2023 : Bronze Medal in Hanoi Haiqal made a comeback in

and finished first in 100m heat one. However, he only managed to finish third in the final competition and earned Malaysia a bronze medal.

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Living people SEA Games medalists in athletics SEA Games silver medalists for Malaysia Sportspeople from Negeri Sembilan 1999 births SEA Games gold medalists for Malaysia Malaysian male sprinters {{Malaysia-athletics-bio-stub