The Most Famous
MARTIAL ARTS from Malaysia
This page contains a list of the greatest Malaysian Martial Arts. The pantheon dataset contains 179 Martial Arts, 1 of which were born in Malaysia. This makes Malaysia the birth place of the 44th most number of Martial Arts behind Ghana, and Armenia.
Top 1
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Malaysian Martial Arts of all time. This list of famous Malaysian Martial Arts is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity.
1. Wael Shueb (b. 1987)
With an HPI of 0.00, Wael Shueb is the most famous Malaysian Martial Arts. His biography has been translated into 2 different languages on wikipedia.
Wael Shueb (born 31 October 1987 in Syria) is a Syrian karateka. He lives in Germany where he arrived as a refugee after leaving war-torn Syria in 2015. He is one of two male karatekas to be included in the International Olympic Committee (IOC)'s Refugee Olympic Team (EOR) for the 2020 Olympic Games at Tokyo, where he competed in the men's kata competition. He finished in 6th place in his pool in the elimination round of the men's kata event and he did not advance to the next round.
People
Pantheon has 1 people classified as Malaysian martial arts born between 1987 and 1987. Of these 1, 1 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Malaysian martial arts include Wael Shueb. As of April 2024, 1 new Malaysian martial arts have been added to Pantheon including Wael Shueb.
