Wan Mohd Khalmizam bin Wan Abdul Aziz (born 21 August 1986 in Tanah Merah,

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) is an athlete from

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, who competes in

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2008 Summer Olympics

At the

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Khalmizam finished his ranking round with a total of 674 points, five points behind leader

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. This gave him the fifth seed for the final competition bracket in which he faced Alexandru Bodnar in the first round. The

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n surprised Khalmizam with a 106 score while he only came to a total of 105 points and he was eliminated. Bodnar would lose in the following round against Juan Carlos Stevens.Athlete biography: Wan Khalmizam
beijing2008.cn, ret: 17 August 2008 Together with

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and Muhammad Marbawi he also took part in the team event. With the 674 score from the ranking round combined with the 660 of Cheng and the 659 of Marbawi Malaysia were in third position after the ranking round, which gave them a straight seed into the quarter-finals. With 218-213 they were however eliminated by the Italian team that eventually won the silver medal.

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Wan Mohd Khalmizam

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at worldarchery https://www.olympic.org/w-mohd-khalmizam-wan-ab-aziz 1986 births Living people Malaysian male archers Sportspeople from Kota Bharu Archers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic archers for Malaysia Malaysian people of Malay descent Archers at the 2006 Asian Games Archers at the 2010 Asian Games SEA Games silver medalists for Malaysia SEA Games medalists in archery Competitors at the 2005 SEA Games Asian Games competitors for Malaysia {{Malaysia-archery-bio-stub