Brunei at the 2022 Asian Games

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Brunei at the
2022 Asian Games
Flag of Brunei.svg
IOC code BRU
NOC Brunei Darussalam National Olympic Council
Website www.bruneiolympic.org
in Hangzhou
19 September 2023 (2023-09-19) – 8 October 2023 (2023-10-08)
Competitors11 in 3 [1] sports
Flag bearers Muhammad Adi Salihin bin Roslan
Basma Lachkar [2]
Officials10
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
1
Bronze
1
Total
2
Asian Games appearances (overview)

Brunei competed at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China, which was held from 23 September 2023 to 8 October 2023. [3] The delegation had 21 members, 11 of which were athletes and the rest were officials. [4]

Contents

In this edition Brunei won their first ever Asian Games silver medal courtesy of wushu practitioner Basma Lachkar. [5] [6] [7]

Competitors

The following is a list of the number of competitors representing Brunei that will participate at the Asian Games: [1]

SportMenWomenTotal
Karate pictogram.svg Karate ( details ) 134
Weightlifting pictogram.svg weightlifting ( details ) 011
Wushu pictogram.svg Wushu ( details ) 426
Total5611

Medalists

The following Bruneian competitors won medals at the Games.

Silver

No.MedalNameSportEventDate
1Silver medal icon.svg Silver Basma Lachkar Wushu pictogram.svg Wushu Women's taijiquan 28 September

Karate

Weightlifting

Brunei is represented by a single weightlifter at the 2022 Asian Games – Jurelena binti Juna. Juna is backed by her coach Muhammad Hadi Dinie bin Abdul Rahman. [8]

Women
AthleteEventSnatchClean & JerkTotalRank
123ResultRank123ResultRank
Jurelena Juna 64 kg 7578818110951001051001018110

Wushu

Taolu

AthleteEventEvent 1Event 2TotalRank
ResultRankResultRank
Mohammad Roslan Men's nanquan and nangun 9.71359.716419.4294
Majdurano Majallah9.463149.6801119.14314
Hosea Wong Men's taijiquan and taijijian 9.73099.3801319.11013
Walid Lachkar Men's daoshu and gunshu 9.376109.3901018.76610
Basma Lachkar Women's taijiquan and taijijian 9.74629.756219.502Silver medal icon.svg
Lim Yee Sean9.436119.0601018.49610

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