Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, October 26, 2026: The Olympic Council of Malaysia reports that cycling pioneer and two-time Olympian Ng Joo Pong passed away peacefully on Wednesday, October 21. He was 80.
Ng Joo Pong will be fondly remembered as a member of the cycling team that won two gold medals for the Federation of Malaya in the men’s 1,600m team time trial and men’s 4,000m team pursuit at the Asian Cycling Championships at Merdeka Stadium on Friday, June 7, 1963, when he was a 16-year-old schoolboy.
OCM recognises the outstanding achievement of Ng Joo Pong, who was a member of the first Malaysian cycling team to compete at the Olympic Games, at Tokyo 1964. He also took part in the Mexico 1968 Olympics.
A highly decorated athlete at the South East Asian Peninsular Games and Asian Games, he was awarded the Pingat Jasa Kebaktian (PJK) by Duli Yang Maha Mulia Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah Al-Haj ibni Almarhum Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah Al-Haj, Sultan of Selangor, in 2015.
Ng Joo Pong was also inducted into the OCM Hall of Fame in 2017.
“On behalf of the entire Olympic family, we mourn the passing of Mr. Ng Joo Pong, a pioneer of Malaysian cycling,” said OCM President Tan Sri Dato’ Sri (Dr.) Mohamad Norza Zakaria.
“The contributions of Mr. Ng Joo Pong to the sport of cycling and the Olympic movement will be remembered with the greatest respect,” he added.
