Sara Kamil-Yusof
Sara Kamil-Yusof (born 18 December 1984 in Petaling Jaya, Selangor) is a Malaysian synchronised swimmer. She started synchronised swimming at the age of 12 in early 1997. A few months later, her coach retired and Sara stopped swimming. But later that year she was invited to join several other girls for a training stint for a few months in Canada for an upcoming national competition. By mid-1998 she had joined the synchronised swimming National Team of Malaysia. Her first competition where she represented her country was at the World Youth Games in Moscow, Russia in the team and figures category. She later participated in a duet category as a demonstrator for synchronised swimming at the 1998 Commonwealth Games held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. In 2000, she participated in the Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Sydney, Australia in the duet category where she placed 31st and did not qualify for the 2000 Summer Olympics. She also participated in her first ever FINA World Championships held in Fukuoka, Japan in the duet category where she placed 23rd with a score of 75.931. She won a gold medal at the 2001 SEA Games in Kuala Lumpur with Suzanna Ghazali. Then, leading up to