Nur Dhabitah Sabri


Nur Dhabitah binti Sabri is a Malaysian diver.

Early and personal life

Dhabitah was born in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to Sabri Hashim and Fazidah Jaafar. She is the youngest among four siblings. Initially, she started her aquatic exposure through swimming clubs. After several competition, her father decided to switch her into diving due to her small body physique. She learned swimming and diving together with her older brother, Muhammad Danial Sabri. Both of them were planning to debut internationally together but unable due to Danial's traumatic physical injury sustained before the debut. She occasionally practices and delves into extreme sport such as parkour and trampoline as a hobby.

Career

In June 2012, Dhabitah became the youngest Malaysian diver to win at a senior international competition by winning two events at the South-East Asia Swimming Championships in Singapore. At the 2013 SEA Games, Dhabitah won the gold medal in 10 meter synchronised platform with Leong Mun Yee.
At the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Dhabitah won the bronze medal in 10 meter synchronised platform with Pandelela Rinong. She also finished sixth in the 3 meter synchronised springboard with Ng Yan Yee and eleventh in 3 meter springboard individual.
At the 2015 SEA Games, Dhabitah and Ng Yan Yee won the gold medal in 3 meter synchronised springboard. In September 2015, after winning the women’s 10 meter platform individual at the 2015 Asian Diving Cup, Dhabitah earned a slot to the 2016 Summer Olympics. In February 2016, Dhabitah and Cheong Jun Hoong earned an Olympic spot in the 3 meter synchronised springboard after finishing fifth at the Diving World Cup in Rio de Janeiro.
In her first event at the 2016 Summer Olympics, Dhabitah and Cheong Jun Hoong finished fifth in the 3 meter synchronized springboard. They were in bronze medal position after the third dive but a mistake by Cheong Jun Hoong in the fourth dive cost Dhabitah a first Olympic medal. Dhabitah advances to the final of 10 meter platform where she finished ninth with 338 points.
In April 2017, Dhabitah teamed up with Pandelela Rinong to bagged a silver in 10 meter synchronised platform in Windsor, Canada. It was her first medal in the Diving World Series. At the 2017 World Aquatics Championships in Budapest, Dhabitah reach the final of 3 meter springboard individual where she finished 10th with 292.35 points.
Honourably, Dhabitah was chosen to light up the cauldron during the opening ceremony of the 2017 SEA Games in Kuala Lumpur. Dhabitah took silver in 3 meter springboard individual which was won by compatriot, Ng Yan Yee. Dhabitah would later partnered with Ng Yan Yee to win gold in 3 meter synchronised springboard. In October 2017, they were stripped of their gold medal after Ng Yan Yee failed a doping test.
At the 2018 Commonwealth Games, Dhabitah won a bronze medal with Leong Mun Yee in the 3 meter synchronised springboard. They won another bronze medal in 10 meter synchronised platform. At the 2018 Asian Games, the pair won bronze in the 10 meter synchronised platform. In her second event of the Games, she got a silver with Ng Yan Yee in the 3 metre synchronized springboard. In her third event, she misses out on bronze medal after finishing in fourth place in the 1 metre springboard. In her last event, she won a bronze medal in the 3 metre springboard, finishing behind Shi Tingmao and Wang Han of China.

Competition history

Malaysia National Competition
Competition20072008200920102011201220132014
Sukma Games
MSSM
8TH NSC-MILO-ASUM Championship
47TH National Age Group Championship

International Competition
Competition2012201320142015201620172018
Olympic Games9th
Commonwealth Games
Southeast Asia Games
FINA Diving World Series7th5th4th
FINA Diving Grand Prix14th5th
FINA World Championship8th
Asian Diving Cup
Asian Games6th
Macau International Diving Invitational
Southeast Asia Swimming Championship

Awards

Honours