What dose she do?
She is a student at Micronet College, but she is currently committed to the London Olympics. As such, she id not a full time student and have deferred her studies; She resume after the Olympics, in September 2012. Before this, she was a national hockey player.
When did she decide to take sports seriously?
It happened during her Sports Day event in 2007 at the Balapan field. She took part in and won an 800m race. The athletic national team were there; they saw me run following which one of them approached me and offered me a chance to join their team.
So she gave it a try.
She trained with the National team for three months and then represented Brunei for the first time at the Teluk Danga Games in Johor. She did not win the race but she improved her time. It was then that she started to take this seriously. She went on to win a lot of local and international competitions and she was awarded with the Best Female Athlete in the national competition in 2009 and 2011.
Who inspires Maziah?
No one. She just really love running and she want to show the world that Brunei has potential athletes.
Describe a normal day.
She trains almost every day, Monday to Saturday, from 7.30am to 10.00am, and then from 3.30pm to 6.00pm. Sunday is my only rest day. In general, she spend more time with my family than she dose with friends. Sometimes she gose to the beach and sight-seeing. In previous fasting months, she trained during the afternoons in the preparation for Olympics. This was personally very challenging.
She is a student at Micronet College, but she is currently committed to the London Olympics. As such, she id not a full time student and have deferred her studies; She resume after the Olympics, in September 2012. Before this, she was a national hockey player.
When did she decide to take sports seriously?
It happened during her Sports Day event in 2007 at the Balapan field. She took part in and won an 800m race. The athletic national team were there; they saw me run following which one of them approached me and offered me a chance to join their team.
So she gave it a try.
She trained with the National team for three months and then represented Brunei for the first time at the Teluk Danga Games in Johor. She did not win the race but she improved her time. It was then that she started to take this seriously. She went on to win a lot of local and international competitions and she was awarded with the Best Female Athlete in the national competition in 2009 and 2011.
Who inspires Maziah?
No one. She just really love running and she want to show the world that Brunei has potential athletes.
Describe a normal day.
She trains almost every day, Monday to Saturday, from 7.30am to 10.00am, and then from 3.30pm to 6.00pm. Sunday is my only rest day. In general, she spend more time with my family than she dose with friends. Sometimes she gose to the beach and sight-seeing. In previous fasting months, she trained during the afternoons in the preparation for Olympics. This was personally very challenging.