SAHROM Muhammad Shah Firdaus

Playing the guitar. (Instagram profile, 29 Aug 2020)

Athlete

English, Malay

Johor [Malaysia]

John Beasley [national], AUS

His younger brother Ridwan Sahrom has represented Malaysia in track cycling, and won silver in men's team sprint alongside Shah Firdaus at the 2022 Asian Championships in New Delhi, India. (thestar, 31 Jul 2022; nst, 07 Sep 2014; SportsDeskOnline, 30 Aug 2022)

In 2022 he sustained a muscle injury in his left leg. (majoriti, 21 Dec 2022)

He crashed and was injured in the first round of the keirin event at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. He was taken to hospital for treatment, but managed to compete again the next day despite still having pain and a swollen leg. (astroawani, 08 Aug 2021; thestar, 07 Aug 2021)

He was involved in an accident and sustained a fractured left collarbone during the keirin qualifying event at the 2015 World Cup event in Cambridge, New Zealand. (peraktoday, 09 Dec 2015)

He took up competitive cycling at age 16. (mmail, 06 Mar 2017)

He was motivated to gain success in sport in order to help his family. "It's every son's dream to make his parents proud but it never crossed my mind the activity I chose would be the one. Actually, I just joined my close friends in cycling when I was 16. We knew nothing about the art of racing and had no bicycle, no helmet, no shoes, nothing at all. But one of us found out a club [Junior Cycling Malaysia] near our home, under coach Cheda [Firdaus Daud], who would accept kids like us." (mmail, 06 Mar 2017)

To compete at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. (astroawani, 08 Aug 2021)

"I focus more on lower body workouts. I do abs training, hanging abs training, leg raise training, side abs training. For leg workouts, I do full squat, front squat, deadlifts and leg press." (ArenaMalaysia Asia Facebook page, 28 Feb 2022)

Coach Firdaus Daud. (mmail, 06 Mar 2017)

''Everything is a choice, whether you believe it or not.'' (Instagram profile, 06 Aug 2014)

He and squash player Sivasangari Subramaniam were named flag bearers for Malaysia for the opening ceremony of the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, People's Republic of China. (bernama, 06 Sep 2023)