Ooi Tze Liang (, born 19 November 1993 in Penang) is a

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n diver. Ooi has represented Malaysia in various diving events such as

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2013 Southeast Asian Games The 2013 Southeast Asian Games ( my, ၂၀၁၃ ခုနှစ် အရှေ့တောင် အာရှ အားကစား ပြိုင်ပွဲ), officially known as the 27th Southeast Asian Games, or the 27th SEA Games, and com ...

and

2015 Southeast Asian Games The 2015 Southeast Asian Games ( ms, Sukan Asia Tenggara 2015; ; ta, 2015 தென்கிழக்கு ஆசிய விளையாட்டுப் போட்டிகள்), officially known as the 28th Southeast Asian Games, o ...

Early and personal life

Tze Liang (who also goes by David) was born in Penang and started diving at the age of eight. He is currently studying at

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. He enjoys playing Lego and watching

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videos.

Career

At the

, Ooi became the first Malaysian male to win a Commonwealth gold medal in

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when he won the men's 3 metre springboard event. He also took the silver medal in the men's 10 metre platform event. He finished second to

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of England. After winning the gold medal for men's 3 meter springboard event at the 6th Asian Diving Cup, Ooi became the third diver (after

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and Wendy Ng) to qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics. He competed at the

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where he came 7th in the Men's 3 metre springboard event.

Awards and recognition

Ooi was awarded Olympic Council of Malaysia (OCM)- Sports Toto Award for outstanding performance at the 2015 Singapore Sea Games. .

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* * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ooi, Tze Liang 1993 births Living people Malaysian sportspeople of Chinese descent Malaysian male divers Sportspeople from Penang Olympic divers for Malaysia Divers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Malaysia Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Malaysia Divers at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Divers at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Divers at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Divers at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Asian Games medalists in diving Divers at the 2010 Asian Games Divers at the 2014 Asian Games Divers at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics Commonwealth Games medallists in diving Asian Games silver medalists for Malaysia Asian Games bronze medalists for Malaysia Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games SEA Games gold medalists for Malaysia SEA Games silver medalists for Malaysia SEA Games medalists in diving Divers at the 2018 Asian 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 Competitors at the 2019 SEA Games Competitors at the 2021 SEA Games 21st-century Malaysian people Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games