Hakimi Ismail

Muhammad Hakimi bin Ismail (born 8 April 1991) is a Malaysian male professional triple jumper. He was born in Taiping, Perak and started his early education at SMK King Edward VII, Taiping. He was one of the best athletes in his school for year 2008. He competed in the Men's triple jump event at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics and placed 27th in Beijing, China. On 9 June 2015, Hakimi won a gold medal and set a new SEA Games record with a leap of 16.76m. His personal bests in the event are 16.76 metres outdoors (-0.2 m/s, Singapore 2015) and 16.00 metres indoors (Hangzhou 2014). Both are current national records.