Olympic Games
| Year | Venue | Sprint | Keirin | Team Sprint |
| 2008 | Beijing, CHN | 8 | 10 | 7 |
World Championships
| Year | Venue | Sprint | Keirin | Team Sprint |
| 2011/2012 | Melbourne, VIC, AUS | 27 | 9 | |
| 2009/2010 | Ballerup, DEN | 12 | 2 | |
| 2008/2009 | Pruszkow, POL | 2 | 11 | 6 |
Asian Games
| Year | Venue | Sprint | Keirin |
| 2010 | Guangzhou, CHN | 4 | 1 |
Asian Championships
| Year | Venue | Sprint | Keirin | Team Sprint |
| 2011/2012 | Kuala Lumpur, MAS | 2 | 2 | |
| 2010/2011 | Nakhon Ratchasima, THA | 3 | 3 | |
| 2010/2011 | Sharjah, UAE | 8 | 8 | 5 |
| 2009/2010 | Tenggarong, INA | 1 | 4 | 1 |
World Cup Overview 2008 - 2012
| Year | Venue | Keirin |
| 2010/2011 | Manchester, GBR | 3 |
| 2010/2011 | Cali, COL | 1 |
| 2009/2010 | Beijing, CHN | 1 |
| 2009/2010 | Melbourne, VIC, AUS | 2 |
| 2008/2009 | Beijing, CHN | 1 |
| 2008/2009 | Melbourne, VIC, AUS | 1 |
World Cup (Ranking)
| Year | Keirin |
| 2011/2012 | 10 |
| 2010/2011 | 1 |
| 2009/2010 | 1 |
| 2008/2009 | 1 |
Nickname
The Pocket Rocketman. (The Malay Mail, 29 April 2010)
Hobbies
Blogging, playing golf, cooking. (Twitter, 10 Feb 2012)
Occupation
Athlete, Student
Education
Sport Management - Deakin University, Melbourne, VIC, AUS
Family
Wife Athiah Ilyana
Language(s) spoken
Malay, English
Club name
Yayasan Sime Darby, Kuala Lumpur, MAS
Coach
John Beasley [national] (AUS) (sports.mylaunchpad.com.my, 20 Jan 2012)
Injuries
In 2011 he dislocated a knee while attempting to mount a fixed wheel bike at an even in Indonesia. (uk.eurosport.yahoo.com, 07 Jun 2012)
His calf muscle was skewered by a 20cm shard of the wooden track during a crash in the keirin final at the 2011 World Cup event in Manchester. The crash, coming of the final bend, wiped out five of the six participants with Awang managing to get back on his bike to claim bronze before collapsing to the floor and being stretchered to hospital. (YouTube, 21 Feb 2011; dailymail.co.uk, 22 Feb 2011)
Additional information
Start of sporting career
He began at the age of 10 at his hometown Dungun. (Sime Darby Professional Track Team, 2010)
Reason for taking up this sport
He followed his brother to a local cycling club and was spotted by a senior coach. (uk.eurosport.yahoo.com, 07 Jun 2012)
Most memorable sporting achievement
Winning the Malaysian sportsman of the year award. (Athlete, 14 Nov 2010)
Most influential person in career
His family. (Athlete, 14 Nov 2010)
Awards
In 2011 he was named the named the Outstanding Athlete of the Yayasan Sime Darby team and presented with 20,000 Malaysian ringgit. (yayasansimedarby.com, 30 Mar 2011)
He was named 2009 Malaysian Sportsman of the Year. (New Straits Times, 02 May 2010)
He was the Malaysia flagbearer for the opening ceremony of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. (thepocketrocketman.blogspot.com, 28 Mar 2011)
General
NATIONAL FIRST
His victory in 2009 World Cup in Melbourne made him the first Malaysian to win gold at a World Cup event. (thepocketrocketman.blogspot.com, 28 Mar 2011)
CHARITY WORK
In 2011 he participated in a charity race organised by his team, Yayasan Sime Darby, to raise funds for leukemia patients in Malaysia. (yayasansimedarby.com, 2011)
Previous Olympics
Beijing 2008
