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| Full name | Nurul Izzah Izzati binti Mohd Asri | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (2003-09-11)11 September 2003 (age 22)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Track | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rider type | Sprinter | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Nurul Izzah Izzati binti Mohd Asri (born 11 September 2003) is aMalaysian professionalTrack cyclist.[1]
Nurul Izzah Izzati Mohd Asri began cycling seriously at the age of 12, joining the Kedah Sports Council state team. A year later, at just 13, she won a bronze medal in theMTB XCO event at the Malaysia SUKMA Games, competing against athletes aged 15 to 21. In 2016, after theMalaysian National Sports Council (MSN) introduced the Junior Cycling Malaysia Track and Road program, the Kedah state team participated in almost all series. During this period, Izzah began to show promising results, particularly in the 500m event. By 2018, her talent was shining through. She won gold in MTB XCO, silver in the500m event where she narrowly lost to her current national teammateAnis Amira Rosidi by just 1.0999 seconds—and bronze in the keirin at the Malaysia SUKMA Games.In 2022,Izzah joined the elite national track cycling team under the supervision of renowned coach John Beasley.
At the age of 19, Nurul Izzah Izzati Mohd Asri, secured the title of Asian 500m Champion and won the bronze medal in thekeirin event at the2022 Asian Track Cycling Championships, inNew Delhi. In the same year, she competed at the2022 Asian Games held inHangzhou, where she secured a bronze medal in theteam sprint event alongsideNurul Aliana Syafika Azizan andAnis Amira Rosidi. In 2023, She won two silver medals in the category 500m and team Sprint event at the2023 Asian Track Cycling Championships.[2][3]
She won four medals at the2024 Asian Track Cycling Championships, including gold in the 500-meter event and keirin. At the 2024 Track Cycling National Cup round inMilton,Canada, she finished eighth in the keirin and advanced to the second round of the speed championships. This allows her to qualify for the2024 Paris Olympics. Local journalists later gave her the nickname "Pocket Rocketwoman" in reference to her compatriotAzizulhasni Awang.[4][5]
She made a debut in Olympic and participated in both Sprint and Keirin cycling events during the2024 Summer Olympics inParis. She is the second Malaysian woman to compete inTrack cycling at the Olympics, afterFatehah Mustapa, who participated in the 2012 and 2016 Olympics. She didn't make it into quarterfinals of keirin event after finished third in the repechage round. She missed out the spot in 1/16 after finished second in 1/32 finals round.[6]
