Leong Mun Yee
Datuk Leong Mun Yee 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. The bronze medal that she and Pandelela Rinong won at the 2009 World Championships was the first World Championship medal for Malaysia.
Career
Diving career
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.Post-retirement career
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.Personal life
She graduated from Universiti Putra Malaysia with a Bachelor of Communication in 2017 and a Master of Corporate Communication in 2022.She got married in mid 2022 and gave birth to her first son named Lucas Jia Kiang in May 2023 at a medical centre in Subang.
Filmography
2022
In December 2022, Leong has joining the reality show from Astro Warna, The Masked Singer Malaysia in season 3 as Lolipop.Honour
- * Knight Commander of the Order of the Territorial Crown – '''Datuk'''