Leong Mun Yee

Leong Mun Yee

Leong at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
Personal information
Born	(1984-12-04) 4 December 1984 Ipoh, Malaysia[1]
Height	163 cm (5 ft 4 in)
Weight	54 kg (119 lb)
Sport
Country	Malaysia
Event(s)	10 m, 10 m synchro, 3 m, 3 m synchro, 1 m
Partner	Pandelela Rinong
Coached by	Yang Zhuliang[2]
Medal record World Championships 2009 Rome 10 m synchro platform 2013 Barcelona 10 m synchro platform World Series 2011 Beijing 10 m synchro platform Asian Games 2010 Guangzhou 3 m synchro springboard 2010 Guangzhou 10 m synchro platform 2002 Busan 3 m synchro springboard 2006 Doha 3 m springboard 2006 Doha 3 m synchro springboard 2014 Incheon 10 m synchro platform Commonwealth Games 2010 New Delhi 10 m synchro platform Southeast Asian Games 2001 Kuala Lumpur 3 m springboard 2001 Kuala Lumpur 3 m synchro springboard 2001 Kuala Lumpur 10 m platform 2001 Kuala Lumpur 10 m synchro springboard 2003 Hanoi 10 m platform 2005 Hanoi 10 m platform 2005 Hanoi 10 m synchro platform 2007 Nakhon Ratchasima 1 m springboard 2007 Nakhon Ratchasima 3 m synchro springboard 2009 Vientiane 10 m synchro platform 2009 Vientiane 3 m synchro springboard 2011 Palembang 3 m synchro springboard 2011 Palembang 10 m synchro platform 2013 Naypyidaw 10 m synchro platform 1999 Brunei 3 m springboard 2003 Hanoi 10 m synchro platform 2003 Hanoi 3 m synchro springboard 2005 Hanoi 1 m springboard 2007 Nakhon Ratchasima 3 m springboard 1999 Brunei 10 m platform 2003 Hanoi 3 m springboard 2005 Hanoi 3 m springboard 2005 Hanoi 3 m synchro springboard 2009 Vientiane 3 m springboard Universiade 2011 Shenzhen 10 m synchro platform

Leong Mun Yee (Chinese: 梁敏喻; pinyin: Liáng Mǐnyù, born 4 December 1984) is a Malaysian diver. She competed at the 2000, 2004, 2008 and 2012 Olympics with the best result of seventh place in the 10 m synchronised platform event in 2012. Her appearance at the 2008 Summer Olympics made her the first Malaysian diver to compete at three Olympics.^[3] The bronze medal that she and Pandelela Rinong won at the 2009 World Championships was the first World Championship medal for Malaysia.^[3]

She was originally a swimmer but switched to diving at the age of 10 as part of Malaysia's programme to prepare a diving team for the 1998 Commonwealth Games.^[3]

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