If you meet Pandelela Rinong outside of the diving arena, you would not have guessed that she is Malaysia’s most successful female Olympian.
At the 2012 London Olympics, she dived her way to the 10m platform bronze medal, becoming the first ever Malaysian female Olympic medallist. It was also the first ever Malaysian medal outside of badminton. She went one better in the recent 2016 Rio Olympics with a silver medal with Cheong Jun Hoong in the 10m platform synchronised event.
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