Leong Mun Yee | |
Nationality: | Malaysian |
Birth Date: | 4 December 1984 |
Birth Place: | Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia[1] |
Height: | 1.63 m |
Weight: | 55 kg |
Country: | Malaysia |
Sport: | Diving |
Event: | 1 m, 3 m, 3 m synchro, 10 m, 10 m synchro |
Partner: | Pandelela Rinong |
Retired: | 2022[2] |
Show-Medals: | yes |
Datuk Leong Mun Yee (born 4 December 1984) is a retired 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.
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. Leong announced her retirement on 5 January 2022.[4]
Leong opened a diving academy, "DLMY x DSA" at the National Aquatics Centre in Bukit Jalil on 8 April 2023. She hopes to produce Olympic champions in the future.[5]
She graduated from Universiti Putra Malaysia with a Bachelor of Communication in 2017 and a Master of Corporate Communication in 2022.[6]
In December 2022, Leong has joining the reality show from Astro Warna, The Masked Singer Malaysia in season 3 as Lolipop.[7]