RUSSEL ALEXANDER Nasir Taib

Date of Birth: 5 Apr 1998

Age: 25

Gender: Male

Height (m/ft): 1.73/5'8''

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
Additional Information
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Men's 200m
	Men's 4 x 100m Relay MAS Malaysia

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium	Men's 200m Round 1 - Heat 4	Finished
	Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium	Men's 200m Semifinal 1	Finished
	Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium	Men's 4 x 100m Relay Round 1 - Heat 1	Finished
	Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium	Men's 4 x 100m Relay Final	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
Asian Championships
Semifinal	Men's 200m	2019	Doha, QAT	21.75
South East Asian Games
2	Men's 4 x 100m Relay	2019	Capas, PHI	39.78
3	Men's 200m	2019	Capas, PHI	21.11

Occupation:

Athlete, Student

Sports Psychology - University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia

Languages spoken:

Leon Baptiste, ENG

He suffered a muscle tear during the 200m final at the 2023 Singapore Open Championships. The injury forced him to miss the 2023 South East Asian Games in Cambodia. (nst, 01 May 2023)

He withdrew from the 2021 South East Asian Games in Vietnam, due to a muscle injury. (nst, 25 Jul 2022)

He sustained a hamstring injury while competing in the 400m event at the 2015 Asian Youth Games in Doha, Qatar. He suffered recurrences of the injury until late 2017. (russeltaib, 01 Jan 2021; dailyexpress, 28 Jan 2019)

He took up sprinting at age 11. "After winning the Australian junior national U14 100m title, I realised that I had potential to make it far in the sport if I could take that natural ability and work at it 100% every day." (russeltaib, 01 Jan 2021; sinarharian, 04 Apr 2019)

His physical education teacher encouraged him to take up sprinting. "I began competing after my physical education teacher called my mother, Karen, to find a personal trainer." (mstar, 16 May 2019; sinarharian, 04 Apr 2019)

To compete at the Olympic Games. (russeltaib, 01 Jan 2021)

Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt, US basketball player Michael Jordan, US boxer Muhammad Ali. (russeltaib, 01 Jan 2022)

Philosophy:

"The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in the determination." (russeltaib, 01 Jan 2021)

He and diver Gilbert Gabriel Daim were flag bearers for Malaysia at the closing ceremony of the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England. (Facebook page, 09 Aug 2022; selangorjournal, 09 Aug 2022)

Additional Information

General
REPRESENTING MALAYSIA
He was born to Malaysian and Australian parents, and moved to Australia at age three. "The family and I moved to Hobart, Tasmania, where I had my formative years growing up and attending school, and becoming involved in sport including Australian rules football, rugby union and athletics. In 2015, I won the U18 400m at the Australian junior national championships. I ran this in a world qualifying time of 47.57s. As I am not an Australian national, Malaysia was willing to take me on board." (nst, 25 Jul 2022; russeltaib, 01 Jan 2021; level-field, 25 Jun 2020; maskulin, 08 Apr 2019)

TRAINING IN ENGLAND
In January 2023 he began training with coach Leon Baptiste in Loughborough, England. (nst, 20 Apr 2023; russeltaib, 22 Jan 2023)

FURTHER EDUCATION
He has studied for a master's degree at Loughborough University in England. (USC High Performance Student Athlete Program Facebook page, 27 Apr 2023)

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event