The Bukit Jalil Sports School (BJSS) ( ms, Sekolah Sukan Bukit Jalil, SSBJ) is the first

sports school A sports school (russian: Детско-Юношеская Спортивная Школа, ДЮСШ) is a type of educational institution for children that originated in the Soviet Union. Sports schools were the basis of the powerful system of ph ...

Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and federal territories of Malaysia, thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two r ...

. The school is located at the

National Sports Complex The KL Sports City (formerly known as ''Bukit Jalil National Sports Complex''; Kompleks Sukan Negara in Malay) in Malaysia is the largest sports complex in the country. It is located in Bukit Jalil, 20 km south of Kuala Lumpur. Described a ...

compound 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 ...

, Kuala Lumpur. Sekolah Sukan Bukit Jalil was opened in 1996 and the pioneers were only Form One and Form Four students. Ex-sprinter and former Sportswoman of the Years Marina Chin became head teacher in 2007.Marina Chin to head Bukit Jalil Sports School
The Star (Malaysia), 27 July 2007

Notable alumni

Diving

* Bryan Nickson Lomas, diver *

Cheong Jun Hoong Cheong Jun Hoong () (born 16 April 1990) is a Malaysian diver. She won a silver medal in the synchronised 10m platform event with Pandelela Rinong at the 2016 Summer Olympics. At the 2017 World Aquatics Championships, she became Malaysia's ...

, diver *

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 ...

, diver *

Nur Dhabitah Sabri Nur Dhabitah binti Sabri (born 12 July 1999) is a Malaysian diver. She is the youngest Malaysian diver to champion two senior international competitions. Early and personal life Dhabitah was born in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to Sabri Hashim a ...

, diver

Football

Mohd Asraruddin Putra Omar Asraruddin Putra Omar (26 March 1988) is a Malaysian footballer who is a former defender for Selangor F.C., last played Penang F.C. for the 2017 season. He also a member of Malaysia national, Malaysia U-23 and former Malaysia U-20 squad. He ...

, footballer *

Mohd Shakir Shaari Mohd Shakir bin Shaari (born 29 September 1986) is a Malaysian professional football player and manager. He last plays as a defensive midfielder for Johor Darul Ta'zim II in Malaysia Premier League. He has an ability of long-range shots wit ...

, footballer

Johor Darul Takzim Johor (; ), also spelled as Johore, is a state of Malaysia in the south of the Malay Peninsula. Johor has land borders with the Malaysian states of Pahang to the north and Malacca and Negeri Sembilan to the northwest. Johor shares maritime bor ...

Nazmi Faiz Muhamad Nazmi Faiz bin Mansor (born 16 August 1994) is a Malaysian professional footballer who plays for Malaysia Super League club Johor Darul Ta'zim and the Malaysia national team. Nazmi plays mainly as a central midfielder but can also pla ...

, footballer

Wan Zack Haikal Wan Noor Wan Zack Haikal bin Wan Noor (born 28 January 1991) is a Malaysian professional footballer who plays as a striker or midfielder, for Perak FC in the Malaysia Super League. He is also a member of the Malaysia national team. Club career Kuala L ...

, footballer

Selangor Selangor (; ), also known by its Arabic language, Arabic honorific Darul Ehsan, or "Abode of Sincerity", is one of the 13 Malaysian states. It is on the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia and is bordered by Perak to the north, Pahang to the east ...

Khairul Fahmi Che Mat Khairul Fahmi bin Che Mat, P.B. (born 7 January 1989 in Kota Bharu, Kelantan) is a Malaysian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Malaysia Super League club Sabah and the Malaysia national team. He is also a former member of ...

, goalkeeper

Melaka United Melaka United Football Club () was a defunct Malaysian professional football club based in Malacca that competes in the Malaysia Super League. They were owned by Kenteam Sdn Bhd which is one of nitrile glove producer in Malaysia. Previously, th ...

Badminton

Aaron Chia Aaron Chia Teng Fong (Chinese: 谢定峰, born 24 February 1997) is a Malaysian badminton player. He joined the national team since 2015. He represented Malaysia in the 2018 Thomas Cup. Chia and his partner Soh Wooi Yik were the All England O ...

, badminton player *

Goh Liu Ying Goh Liu Ying (born 30 May 1989) is a Malaysian badminton player. She has been consistently ranked among the top 10 mixed doubles player in the world with her partner, Chan Peng Soon. Together, they were ranked as high as world No. 3. They won ...

, badminton player *

Junaidi Arif Wan Muhammad Arif Shaharuddin bin Wan Junaidi (born 6 June 2002) is a Malaysian badminton player. He won the 2021 Austrian Open and Ukraine International tournaments in the men's doubles event partnered with Muhammad Haikal. Career Partne ...

, badminton player *

Lee Zii Jia Lee Zii Jia (, born 29 March 1998) is a Malaysian badminton player. He was the men's singles gold medalist at the 2019 Southeast Asian Games and won his first BWF Super 1000 title at the 2021 All England Open. Lee is the reigning men's singles ...

, badminton player *

Leong Jun Hao Leong Jun Hao (; born 13 July 1999) is a Malaysian badminton player. He was the boys' singles champion at the 2017 Asia Junior Championships. This achievement was followed by a silver medal at World Junior Championships. Personal life Leong ...

, badminton player *

Man Wei Chong Man Wei Chong (; born 5 September 1999) is a Malaysian badminton player who specializes in doubles event. He was one of the compatriots of the Malaysian squad that won the silver medals at the 2016 and 2017 BWF World Junior Championships. Care ...

, badminton player *

Muhammad Haikal Muhammad Haikal Nazri (born 26 December 2002) is a Malaysian badminton player. He won three titles in 2021: Austrian Open, Hellas International and Ukraine International tournaments in the men's doubles event partnered with Junaidi Arif. C ...

, badminton player *

Soh Wooi Yik Soh Wooi Yik (, born 17 February 1998) is a Malaysian badminton player. He was part of the Malaysian 2015 and 2016 BWF World Junior Championships team, and has helped Malaysia clinch a silver medal in mixed team after being defeated by China in ...

, badminton player *

Tee Kai Wun Tee Kai Wun (; born on 17 April 2000) is a Malaysian badminton player. He helped Malaysia win a silver medal in the 2017 BWF World Junior Championships mixed team event. Career 2017–2019 In 2017, he won a silver medal at the 2017 BWF Worl ...

, badminton player *Loh Le Quan, badminton player

Tennis

Syed Mohd Agil Syed Naguib Syed Mohd Agil Syed Naguib (born 10 February 1994) is a Malaysian tennis player. Syed Naguib has a career high ATP singles ranking of 1568 achieved on 10 November 2014. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 1527 achieved on 21 Nove ...

, tennis player

Gymnastics

* Loo Phay Xing, gymnast *

Farah Ann Abdul Hadi Farah Ann binti Abdul Hadi (born 3 May 1994) is a Malaysian former artistic gymnast. Early life Farah was born in Subang Jaya, Selangor, to a Malaysian father, Abdul Hadi Ahmad and a Canadian mother, Kimberly Ann Gagnon on 3 May 1994. She is t ...

, gymnast

Cycling

Azizulhasni Awang Dato' Muhammad Azizulhasni bin Awang (born 5 January 1988) is a Malaysian professional track cyclist. Nicknamed "The Pocket Rocketman" due to his small stature, he is the first and the only Malaysian cyclist to win a medal at the Summer Ol ...

, track cyclist * Muhammad Shah Firdaus Sahrom, track cyclist

Swimming

Welson Sim Welson Sim Wee Sheng (born 29 March 1997) is a Malaysian professional swimmer. He was the first Malaysian male swimmer to qualify for the men's 400 metre freestyle event at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Early and personal life Sim was born in ...

, swimmer * Phee Jinq En, swimmer

Track and Field

Lee Hup Wei Lee Hup Wei (Chinese: 李合偉; born 5 May 1987 in Kajang) is a Malaysian high jumper and Royal Malaysia Navy officer. At the 2019 World Championships held in Doha, Qatar, Lee became the first ever Malaysian track and field athlete to reac ...

, high jumper * Muhammad Hakimi Ismail, triple jumper * Nauraj Singh Randhawa, high jumper * Muhammad Irfan Shamshuddin, discus thrower *

Abdul Latif Romly Datuk Abdul Latif bin Romly (born 31 March 1997) is a Malaysian Paralympic athlete who broke T20 long jump world record 3 times on the same day and won Malaysia's third gold medal on September 11 at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. ...

, long jumper *

Khairul Hafiz Jantan Khairul Hafiz bin Jantan (born 22 July 1998) is a Malaysian sprinter, competing in events ranging from 100 metres to 400 metres. He was the former Malaysian 100 metres outdoor record holder with a time of 10.18 seconds His personal best of 20 ...

, sprinter

Weightlifting

Azroy Hazalwafie Muhammad Azroy Hazalwafie Izhar Ahmad (born 4 April 1994), is a Malaysian Olympic weightlifting, weightlifter who won the gold medal in the Weightlifting at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Men's 56 kg, men's 56 kg weight class at the 2018 Commo ...

, weightlifter * Aznil Bidin, weightlifter *

Mohamad Fazrul Azrie Mohdad Mohamad Fazrul Azrie Mohdad (born 27 August 1995), also simply known as Mohamad Fazrul Azrie, is a Malaysian male weightlifter and a national record holder for Malaysia in weightlifting. He claimed his first Commonwealth Games medal at his mai ...

, weightlifter * Mohamad Aniq Kasdan, weightlifter

Notable personnel

* Head Coach:

Reduan Abdullah Reduan Abdullah is a retired Malaysian football player, and a current coach for UiTM FC in Malaysia Super League. As a player, Reduan played as a midfielder, and closely associated with Selangor FA team in the Malaysia Cup competition in the ...

References

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External links

BJSS website
Sport schools in Malaysia Boarding schools in Malaysia Sport in Kuala Lumpur Football clubs in Malaysia Educational institutions established in 1996 1996 establishments in Malaysia Football academies in Malaysia Secondary schools in Malaysia Publicly funded schools in Malaysia Badminton in Malaysia

Notable alumni

Diving

Football

Badminton

Tennis

Gymnastics

Cycling

Swimming

Track and Field

Weightlifting

Notable personnel

See also

References

External links