Muhd Azeem Fahmi

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| fullname = Muhammad Azeem bin Mohd Fahmi

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2004|04|29|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Teluk Intan, Perak, Malaysia

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| sport = Athletics

| event = Sprinting

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| collegeteam = Auburn Tigers

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Muhammad Amir Izwan Tan Abdullah
Ken Harnden

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|100 m: 10.09 {{AthAbbr|NR|Malaysian}},

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|200 m: 20.83 {{AthAbbr|NU20R|Malaysian}} (Cali 2022)

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|60 m: 6.62 {{AthAbbr|i}} {{AthAbbr|NR|Malaysian}} (Clemson 2023)

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Muhammad Azeem bin Mohd Fahmi{{Cite news |date=2022-08-03 |title=Muhammad Azeem grateful for 100m feat, aims to keep momentum in 200m |work=Bernama |url=https://www.bernama.com/en/sports/news.php?id=2107008 |access-date=2022-08-03}} (born 29 April 2004) is a Malaysian sprinter. He is the Malaysian 100 metres outdoor record holder with a time of 10.09 seconds.{{Cite web |title=Muhd Azeem FAHMI {{!}} Profile {{!}} World Athletics |url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/malaysia/muhd-azeem-fahmi-14843159 |access-date=2022-08-02 |website=worldathletics.org}}{{Cite news |last=D'Cruz |first=Frankie |date=2022-08-02 |title=Teen sprint marvel Azeem clocks 10.09s to smash Malaysian 100m record |work=Free Malaysia Today |url=https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/highlight/2022/08/02/teen-sprint-marvel-azeem-clocks-10-09s-to-smash-malaysian-100m-record/ |access-date=2022-08-03}}{{Cite news |date=2022-08-02 |title=Muhammad Azeem breaks new national 100m record in Colombia |work=Bernama |url=https://www.bernama.com/en/sports/news.php?id=2106376 |access-date=2022-08-03}} He holds the Malaysian national under-20 record in the 200 metres with a time of 20.83 seconds.

Early life and education

Muhd Azeem Fahmi was born in Teluk Intan, Perak to Fahmi Tajuid and Norazah Ibrahim.{{Cite web |last=HASHIM |first=AZIZAN |date=2022-08-03 |title=Azeem ‘pegang’ 7 pesanan ibu bapa |url=https://www.utusan.com.my/sukan/2022/08/azeem-pegang-7-pesanan-ibu-bapa/ |access-date=2023-01-28 |website=Utusan Malaysia |language=ms-MY}} Azeem achieved 6 A's in his SPM examinations.

In January 2023, Azeem moved to the United States to further his studies in exercise physiology and kinesiology at Auburn University, Alabama. Since his move he has been training under Zimbabwean coach Ken Harnden.{{Cite news |last=Singh |first=Aftar |date=2023-01-18 |title=Sprinter Azeem starts training in Alabama |work=New Straits Times |url=https://www.nst.com.my/sports/others/2023/01/871470/sprinter-azeem-starts-training-alabama |access-date=2023-01-28}}

Career

=2019=

Azeem won gold at the 2019 ASEAN School Games in the 200m final with a time of 21.63 seconds. In 100m final, he managed to get a silver medal with a time 10.72 seconds.{{Cite web |last=Singh |first=Aftar |title=Azeem eyes faster times after stunning older sprinters |url=https://www.thestar.com.my/sport/athletics/2019/07/25/azeem-eyes-faster-times-after-stunning-older-sprinters |access-date=2022-08-03 |website=The Star |language=en}}

===2022===

In August 2022, he broke the national 100m record held by Khairul Hafiz Jantan at the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships with a time of 10.09 seconds during the heats. He also went on to break his own national under-20 200m record with a time of 20.83 seconds.{{Cite news |last=Singh |first=Aftar |date=2022-07-04 |title=Going under 10s |work=New Straits Times |url=https://www.nst.com.my/sports/others/2022/07/810739/going-under-10s |access-date=2022-08-03}}{{Cite web |last=Lee |first=Seng Foo |date=2020-08-03 |title=Azeem Fahmi breaks another national record in Cali |url=https://english.stadiumastro.com/sports-others/azeem-fahmi-breaks-another-national-record-cali-219484 |access-date=2022-08-03 |website=english.stadiumastro.com}}

=2023=

Azeem broke the men's 60m indoor sprint national record previously held by Watson Nyambek with a time of 6.63 seconds in the semi-finals of the 2023 Texas Tech Open meet and dip it down further with 6.62 seconds in Tiger Paw Invitational meet final on 11 February 2023.{{Cite web |date=2023-01-28 |title=Azeem breaks national indoor 60m sprint record |work=Free Malaysia Today |url=https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/sports/2023/01/28/azeem-breaks-national-indoor-60m-sprint-record/ |access-date=2023-01-28}}

On 30th September, Azeem won the bronze medal for Malaysia in the 100m final with a time of 10.11 seconds at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China. Azeem ended Malaysian's 41-year wait for a track and field medal again after Rabuan Pit in 100m at the Asian Games.{{Cite news |last=Avineshwaran |first=T |date=2023-09-30 |title=Hazim Strikes Bronze in 100m final |work=The Star |url=https://www.thestar.com.my/sport/athletics/2023/09/30/azeem-strikes-bronze-in-100m-final-at-asiad |access-date=2023-09-30}}

References

External links

{{World Athletics}}

Category:2004 births

Category:Living people

Category:Sportspeople from Perak

Category:SEA Games medalists in athletics

Category:SEA Games silver medalists for Malaysia

Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for Malaysia

Category:Malaysian male sprinters

Category:Asian Games bronze medalists for Malaysia

Category:Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field)

Category:Medalists at the 2022 Asian Games

Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics

Category:Olympic athletes for Malaysia

Category:21st-century Malaysian sportsmen