Anisah Najihah
Bruneian pencak silat athlete and SEA Games bronze medalist.
Anisah Najihah Abdullah (born 4 February 1997) is a Bruneian pencak silat athlete. She attended Universiti Brunei Darussalam and is the elder of two siblings. Before taking up pencak silat, she played badminton, jogged, swam, and played netball. She started swimming at age four and joined a swimming club at eleven due to her mother's insistence, despite her lack of interest. She looks up to seni tunggal (single) champions Puspa Arumsari from Indonesia and Nurzuhairah Yazid from Singapore as her role models.
Quick Facts
- Birth name
- Anisah Najihah Abdullah
- Born
- 4 February 1997
- Birthplace
- Brunei
- Nationality
- Bruneian
- Height
- 155 cm / 5 ft 1 in
- Martial art
- Pencak silat
- University
- Universiti Brunei Darussalam
- Trainer
- Haji Khairul Bahrin
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Did You Know?
- She was Brunei's flag-bearer for the 2021 SEA Games in Hanoi, Vietnam.
- After the 2023 SEA Games, she had a second operation in Singapore and her physiotherapists pushed her to learn how to walk, bend her knees, and perform other basic activities.
Career
Anisah Najihah earned Brunei's first gold medal in seven years at the 7th ASEAN School Games, which concluded on 27 November 2015, winning the women's single event at the Hassanal Bolkiah National Sports Complex's Multipurpose Hall. She also contributed to bronze medals in the women's team event alongside Qistina Athirah and Nurhamizah. At the 9th BIMP-EAGA Friendship Games on 8 December 2016, she placed fourth with a score of 448, missing bronze by one point.
On 29 August 2018, at the Padepokan Taman Mini Indah Indonesia in Jakarta, she, Nur Azimatunnaemah Simat, and Qistina Athirah scored 447 points in the women's artistic team event of the 18th Asian Games, one point behind fourth-place Singapore and one point ahead of fifth-place Thailand, who took bronze with 448 points. At the 2018 Sukma Games on 19 September 2018 in Kuala Kangsar's Dewan Jubli Perak, she placed sixth with 432 points. On 7 December 2018, at the Youth Center, she won gold in the women's single event of the 10th BIMP-EAGA Friendship Games for team Brunei Darussalam 'A', and also gold in the women's team event with Nur Wasiqah Aziemah and Qistina Athirah Zainal, scoring 459 points.
She made her 2019 SEA Games debut on 3 December 2019 at the Subic Bay Exhibition and Convention Center, placing third out of eight in the women's single event with 451 points to win a bronze medal.
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