Muneerah Madhul Bolkiah

Muneerah Madhul Bolkiah (Jawi: مونيايراه مدهول بولكيه; born 2 January 2011) is the second child and elder daughter of Al-Muhtadee Billah, heir to the Sultan of Brunei, and his wife, Sarah, Crown Princess of Brunei.

Biography

Princess Muneerah was born on 2 January 2011, at the Istana Nurul Iman in Bandar Seri Begawan. In honour of the birth of the princess, a 19-gun salute was fired from the cannons on the grounds of Istana Nurul Iman, the official residence of the Sultan of Brunei. She is currently studying at International School Brunei (ISB).

Personal interests

Muneerah broke the age group record for 7-year-olds in the 100 metre freestyle on 2 March 2018, at the 3rd Brunei Open and Masters (SC) Swimming Championships, with a time of 1:10s. At the 27th Brunei Age Group Swimming Championships on 20 April 2019, she competed under the Hammerheads Swimming Club flag, winning the gold medal in the girls' 8-year-olds 50 LC (Long Course) meter backstroke event with a time of 54.06 seconds.

On 16 February 2019, Muneerah participated in the Panaga School Football Tournament at the Panaga Club football field as a member of her school's squad. On 8 June 2023, she took part in a football training session as part of the US Sports Envoy Program workshop. In November 2023, she played in the Aewon PPE Interschool Basketball Tournament in the U-18 Girls division on behalf of her school, ISB. At the Pattana Sports Resort in Thailand, she was involved in the U-13 Federation of British International Schools in Asia (FOBISIA) Games 2024.

At the Arts Centre Foyer of Jerudong International School (JIS), Muneerah demonstrated her piano skills in both solo and group performances, along with a group ballet dance called Lavender's Blue. On 23 June 2022, Muneerah created a personal painting inspired by BruHealth. She gave the artwork to EVYD Technologies to commemorate the formal launch of EVYD Campus in Jerudong and the company's second anniversary.

Ancestry

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