Muhammad Marbawi Sulaiman (born 30 January 1983 in

Pengkalan Hulu Pengkalan Hulu ( Jawi: ڤڠكالن هولو; ), formerly known as Kroh or Keroh, is a town and a mukim in Hulu Perak District, Perak, Malaysia, bordering Thailand and Kedah. The nearest town on the Thailand side is Betong in Yala province ...

) is an athlete from

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, who competes in

archery Archery is the sport, practice, or skill of using a bow to shoot arrows.Paterson ''Encyclopaedia of Archery'' p. 17 The word comes from the Latin ''arcus'', meaning bow. Historically, archery has been used for hunting and combat. In m ...

2008 Summer Olympics

At the

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Marbawi finished his ranking round with a total of 659 points. This gave him the 27th seed for the final competition bracket in which he faced

Chen Szu-Yuan Chen Szu-yuan (; born 7 February 1981) is an athlete from the Republic of China. He competes in archery. 2004 Summer Olympics Chen competed for the Republic of China (as Chinese Taipei) at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's individua ...

in the first round. Although Chen was only the 38th seed he managed to beat Marbawi with 107-106.Athlete biography: Muhammad Marbawi
, beijing2008.cn, ret: 19 August 2008 Together with Wan Khalmizam and

Cheng Chu Sian Cheng Chu Sian (; born 1 March 1986 in Kuala Lumpur) is an athlete from Malaysia, who competes in archery. 2008 Summer Olympics At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing Cheng finished his ranking round with a total of 660 points. This gave him ...

he also took part in the team event. With the 659 score from the ranking round combined with the 675 of Khalmizam and the 660 of Cheng Malaysia were in third position after the ranking round, which gave them a straight seed into the quarter finals. With 218-213 they were however eliminated by the Italian team that eventually won the silver medal.

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1983 births Living people Malaysian male archers Archers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic archers of Malaysia People from Perak Malaysian people of Malay descent Archers at the 2006 Asian Games Southeast Asian Games gold medalists for Malaysia Southeast Asian Games medalists in archery Competitors at the 2005 Southeast Asian Games Asian Games competitors for Malaysia {{Malaysia-archery-bio-stub