Malaysia at the Paralympics

Malaysia at the Paralympics
IPC code	MAS
NPC	Paralympic Council of Malaysia
Website	www.paralympic.org.my (in English)
Medals Ranked 63rd	Gold 6 Silver 4 Bronze 6 Total 16
Summer appearances
1972 1976–1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024

Malaysia made its Paralympic Games début at the 1972 Summer Paralympics in Heidelberg, with a delegation of three athletes, all of whom competed in both track and field and weightlifting. The country was then absent for three consecutive editions of the Summer Paralympics, before making its return at the 1988 Games in Seoul. Malaysia has participated in every subsequent edition of the Summer Paralympics, but has never entered the Winter Paralympics.^[1]

Malaysians have won a total of 16 medals at the Paralympic Games: six gold, four silver and six bronze. Six of these medals have been obtained in weightlifting or its successor sport, powerlifting. Powerlifter Siow Lee Chan, in 2008, was both Malaysia's first female Paralympic medallist, and the first Malaysian in sixteen years to have won a Paralympic medal.^[2] In 2016, Malaysia won its first ever gold medal in athletics.^[3]