Abdul Latif Romly

In this Malay name, there is no surname or family name. The name Romly is patronymic, and the person should be referred to by their given name: Abdul Latif.
Yang Berbahagia Datuk
Abdul Latif Romly
PMW KMN
Personal information
Nickname Latif
Nationality Malaysian
Born 31 March 1997
Perlis, Malaysia
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 69 kg (152 lb)
Spouse
Datin Nurul Nabila Farhana binti Musaidi
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(m. 2022)​
Sport
Country Malaysia
Sport Para-athletics
Disability class T20
Event long jump
Coached by Mohd Syahrul Amri Suhaimi
Medal record
Paralympic athletics
Representing Malaysia
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Long jump T20
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo Long jump T20
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Doha Long jump T20
Gold medal – first place 2017 London Long jump T20
Gold medal – first place 2023 Paris Long jump T20
Silver medal – second place 2019 Dubai Long jump T20
Asian Para Games
Gold medal – first place 2014 Incheon Long jump T20
Gold medal – first place 2018 Jakarta Long jump T20
Gold medal – first place 2022 Hangzhou Long jump T20
ASEAN Para Games
Gold medal – first place 2014 Naypyidaw Long jump T20
Gold medal – first place 2015 Singapore Long jump F20
Gold medal – first place 2017 Kuala Lumpur Long jump T20
Gold medal – first place 2022 Surakarta Long jump T20

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. He also won the gold medal in the men's long jump T20 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics held in Tokyo, Japan.

Athletics career

In 2015, Latif set a record-breaking 7.43 m leap to defend his T20 (intellectual disabilities) long jump gold medal at the 2015 Para Asean Games in Singapore. In 2016 Rio Summer Paralympics Games, Latif broke his own world record three times in the same day. He also earned Malaysia's third gold medal of these Paralympics Games. He was chosen as the Malaysian flag bearer at the opening ceremony.

In 2021, Latif became the first Malaysian to defend his Paralympics title in the Men's long jump (F20) event with a leap of 7.45 m.

Honours

Honours of Malaysia