Saly Ou Moeut ( km, សាលី អ៊ូមើត}; born 7 February 1992) is a Cambodian male jet skier. He represented

Cambodia at the 2018 Asian Games Cambodia competed in the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia from 18 August to 2 September 2018. This event marks the 12th Asian Games appearance for Cambodia since making their debut in 1954. Cambodia will make its debut in the ...

, which was also his first

Asian Games The Asian Games, also known as Asiad, is a continental multi-sport event held every four years among athletes from all over Asia. The Games were regulated by the Asian Games Federation (AGF) from the first Games in New Delhi, India, until t ...

event. During the

2018 Asian Games The 2018 Asian Games ( id, Pesta Olahraga Asia 2018 or ''Asian Games 2018''), officially known as the 18th Asian Games and also known as Jakarta-Palembang 2018 or Indonesia 2018, was a Asia, continental multi-sport event that was held from 18 A ...

, he became the first Cambodian male athlete to win an Asian Games gold medal and also became only the third overall Cambodian to win gold for Cambodia at the Asian Games history after striking gold in the men's ski modified event on 25 August. This was also the second gold medal for Cambodia during the 2018 Asiad following Jessa Khan who claimed gold in ju-jitsu on 24 August. Saly Ou Moeut also went onto claim a bronze in the men's runabout 1100 stock event, which eventually became the first bronze medal for Cambodia at the 2018 Asian Games.

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1992 births Living people Cambodian jet skiers Jet skiers at the 2018 Asian Games Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for Cambodia Asian Games bronze medalists for Cambodia Asian Games medalists in jet skiing Sportspeople from Phnom Penh SEA Games gold medalists for Cambodia SEA Games bronze medalists for Cambodia {{Cambodia-sport-bio-stub