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Paralympian Latif Romly wins BrandLaureate Brand Icon Leadership Award 2021

M’sian long jumper is only national para athlete to successfully defend title at Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games

Updated 4 years ago · Published on 16 Dec 2021 7:00PM

Paralympian Latif Romly wins BrandLaureate Brand Icon Leadership Award 2021
Tokyo 2020 Paralympic gold medallist Abdul Latif Romly (pictured above) shared his joy in receiving The BrandLaureate Brand Icon Leadership Award 2021 in the World of Sports Brand Icon Leadership Award category yesterday in an Instagram post, which has garnered over 6,000 likes so far. – Bernama pic, December 16, 2021

KUALA LUMPUR − National T20 (intellectual impairment) long jump ace Abdul Latif Romly received The BrandLaureate Brand Icon Leadership Award 2021 in the World of Sports Brand Icon Leadership Award category yesterday. 

Through a posting uploaded on his Instagram page, Latif, who shared the joy with his followers, was truly grateful for receiving another award in his career so far.  

“Alhamdullilah... on being made one of the recipients of The BrandLaureate Brand Icon Leadership Award 2021 for the ‘World of Sports Brand Icon Leadership Awards’ category. 

“Thank you to @thebrandlaureate for the award,” he said. 

The post garnered over 6,000 likes so far.

Latif became the only national athlete to successfully defend his Paralympic gold medal when he clinched the gold with a leap of 7.45m at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games in September.

The 24-year-old Perlis-born athlete previously bagged his first gold in the world’s biggest para multi-sports event in Rio 2016 with a leap of 7.60m. – Bernama, December 16, 2021

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