Pandelela Rinong

Dato Pandelela Rinong anak Pamg is a Malaysian diver, born on 2 March 1993 in Kampung Kupuo Jugan, a Bidayuh village in Bau, Sarawak. She was selected as a state diver at seven and trained at the Bukit Jalil Sports School, later graduating from the University of Malaya in 2018. She made her international debut at the 2007 Asian Junior Aquatics Championships and finished 27th in the platform at the 2008 Olympics as a fifteen year old. She won gold at the 2010 Commonwealth Games and carried the Malaysian flag at the 2012 Olympics, where she took bronze in the 10 metre platform, the first Olympic medal for a Malaysian woman and the first outside badminton. At Rio in 2016 she won silver in the synchronized platform with Cheong Jun Hoong. She has two Olympic medals and seven World Championships medals.