Indonesia at the Paralympics
Indonesia made its Paralympic Games debut at the 1976 Summer Paralympics in Toronto, with competitors in athletics, lawn bowls, swimming and table tennis. The country has participated in every subsequent edition of the Summer Paralympics, except 1992, but has never taken part in the Winter Paralympics.[1]
Indonesia at the Paralympics | |
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IPC code | INA |
NPC | National Paralympic Committee of Indonesia |
Website | www |
Medals |
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Summer appearances | |
As of 2020 edition, Indonesians have won a total of twenty-seven Paralympic medals: six gold, seven silver and fourteen bronze. The country's first two gold medals were won in 1976, by Itria Dini in the men's precision javelin (category F), and by Syarifuddin in the men's singles in lawn bowls (category E). Yan Soebiyanto won Indonesia's third gold medal in that same event four years later, while R.S. Arlen took gold in weightlifting, in the men's featherweight amputee category. In addition to these gold medals, Indonesians won a silver and three bronzes in 1976, and four bronze in 1980. 1984 yielded a silver medal and a bronze, but no gold, while in 1988 Indonesia won two silver medals.
After its absence in 1992, Indonesia sent significantly smaller delegations to the Paralympics, and no Indonesian won a Paralympic medal until the 2012 Paralympic Games. Indonesia sent four athletes to the 2012 Paralympic Games, and David Jacobs won bronze in the Table Tennis - Men's Individual C10 classification.
In Rio de Janeiro 2016, Indonesia got its only medal from powerlifting after Ni Nengah Widiasih successfully lifted 95 kg. She was also won silver at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, the first silver medalist since 1988. In the latter Games, Indonesia won two gold medals, ended a long wait gold for over 40 years. All gold medals won by Leani Ratri Oktila with her partners; Khalimatus Sadiyah in women's doubles SL3-SU5 and Hary Susanto in mixed doubles SL3-SU5; both of them became the youngest and oldest Indonesian para badminton player to win a Paralympic gold medal, respectively.
Medal tables
Medals by Summer Games
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Medals by Winter Games
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Medals by sports
Medals by Summer Sports
Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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Badminton | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
Lawn bowls | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 |
Athletics | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
Weightlifting | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Powerlifting | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Table tennis | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Totals (6 entries) | 6 | 7 | 14 | 27 |
List of medalists
Medals by individual
According to official data of the International Paralympic Committee. This is a list of people who have won two or more Paralympic medals for Indonesia.
Athlete | Sport | Years | Games | Gender | Total | |||
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Leani Ratri Oktila | Badminton | 2020 | Summer | Women | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
Itria Dini | Athletics | 1976 | Summer | Men | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
R.S. Arlen | Weightlifting | 1980 | Summer | Men | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Lawn bowls | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||
Ni Nengah Widiasih | Powerlifting | 2012–2020 | Summer | Women | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Saneng Hanafi | Athletics | 1976 | Summer | Men | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
David Jacobs | Table tennis | 2012–2020 | Summer | Men | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
- People in bold are still active competitors
Paralympics participants
Summer Paralympics
Sport | 1976 |
1980 |
1984 |
1988 |
1996 |
2000 |
2004 |
2008 |
2012 |
2016 |
2020 |
Athletes |
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Athletics | 12 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 55 | |||
Archery | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
Badminton | Not held | 7 | 7 | |||||||||
Cycling | Not held | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
Lawn bowls | 1 | 7 | 3 | Not held | 11 | |||||||
Powerlifting | Not held | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 | |||
Shooting | 3 | 2 | 5 | |||||||||
Swimming | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 15 | ||
Table tennis | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 17 | |||||
Wheelchair tennis | Not held | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||
Weightlifting | 2 | 2 | Not held | 4 | ||||||||
Total | 18 | 29[lower-alpha 1] | 12 | 22 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 23 | 129 |
Sport | 1976 |
1980 |
1984 |
1988 |
1996 |
2000 |
2004 |
2008 |
2012 |
2016 |
2020 |
Athletes |
Flag bearers
Games | Season | Flag bearer | Sport |
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1960 Rome | Summer | Did not participate | |
1964 Tokyo | |||
1968 Tel Aviv | |||
1972 Heidelberg | |||
1976 Toronto | Unknown | ||
1980 Arnhem | |||
1984 New York/Stoke Mandeville | |||
1988 Seoul | |||
1992 Barcelona/Madrid | Did not participate | ||
1996 Atlanta | Unknown | ||
2000 Sydney | |||
2004 Athens | Steven Sualang | Swimming | |
2008 Beijing | Billy Zeth Makal | Powerlifting | |
2012 London | Agus Ngaimin | Swimming | |
2016 Rio de Janeiro | Swimming | ||
2020 Tokyo | Hanik Puji Astuti[lower-alpha 2] | Shooting |
Notes
- R.S. Arlen participated in two sports namely Weightlifting and Lawn bowls.
- Jaenal Aripin originally was also chosen as the co-flagbearer.[2] In fact, he did not carry the flag alongside Astuti at the opening ceremony.
See also
References
- Results for Indonesia from the International Paralympic Committee (archived)
- "Parade Paralimpiade Tokyo: Jaenal Aripin dan Hanik Astuti Jadi Pembawa Bendera". Tempo. 21 August 2021. Retrieved 24 August 2021.