Indonesia at the Paralympics

Summary

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
IPC codeINA
NPCNational Paralympic Committee of Indonesia
Websitewww.npcindonesia.org (in Indonesian)
Medals
Gold
6
Silver
7
Bronze
14
Total
27
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 edit

Medals by sports edit

Medals by Summer Sports edit

SportGoldSilverBronzeTotal
  Badminton2226
  Lawn bowls2158
  Athletics1348
  Weightlifting1001
  Powerlifting0112
  Table tennis0022
Totals (6 entries)671427

List of medalists edit

Medal Name Games Sport Event
  Gold Itria Dini   Toronto 1976   Athletics Men's precision javelin throw F
  Gold Syarifuddin   Toronto 1976   Lawn bowls Men's singles E
  Silver Ashari   Toronto 1976   Athletics Men's 100 meters E
  Bronze Itria Dini   Toronto 1976   Athletics Men's shot put F
  Bronze Saneng Hanafi   Toronto 1976   Athletics Men's discus throw F
  Bronze Saneng Hanafi   Toronto 1976   Athletics Men's javelin throw F
  Gold Yan Soebiyanto   Arnhem 1980   Lawn bowls Men's singles E
  Gold R.S. Arlen   Arnhem 1980   Weightlifting Men's featherweight -57 kg amputee
  Bronze Sigit Soepadi   Arnhem 1980   Lawn bowls Men's singles E
  Bronze Soekarsan   Arnhem 1980   Lawn bowls Men's singles F
  Bronze Moenali
Yamin Ismail
  Arnhem 1980   Lawn bowls Men's pairs C
  Bronze R.S. Arlen
Safri Tanjung
  Arnhem 1980   Lawn bowls Men's pairs D
  Silver Ninik Umardiyani    New York/Stoke Mandeville 1984   Lawn bowls Women's singles A2/4
  Bronze Kurnianto
Memed Lesmana
   New York/Stoke Mandeville 1984   Lawn bowls Men's pairs A6/8
  Silver Hadi Abdulaziz   Seoul 1988   Athletics Men's high jump B1
  Silver Soeparni   Seoul 1988   Athletics Men's shot put A4/A9
  Bronze David Jacobs   London 2012   Table tennis Men's individual class 10
  Bronze Ni Nengah Widiasih   Rio de Janeiro 2016   Powerlifting Women's 41 kg
  Gold Leani Ratri Oktila
Khalimatus Sadiyah
  Tokyo 2020   Badminton Women's doubles SL3–SU5
  Gold Hary Susanto
Leani Ratri Oktila
  Tokyo 2020   Badminton Mixed doubles SL3–SU5
  Silver Ni Nengah Widiasih   Tokyo 2020   Powerlifting Women's 41 kg
  Silver Dheva Anrimusthi   Tokyo 2020   Badminton Men's singles SU5
  Silver Leani Ratri Oktila   Tokyo 2020   Badminton Women's singles SL4
  Bronze Saptoyoga Purnomo   Tokyo 2020   Athletics Men's 100 meters T37
  Bronze David Jacobs   Tokyo 2020   Table tennis Men's individual class 10
  Bronze Suryo Nugroho   Tokyo 2020   Badminton Men's singles SU5
  Bronze Fredy Setiawan   Tokyo 2020   Badminton Men's singles SL4

Medals by individual edit

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
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 edit

Summer Paralympics edit

Sport  
1976
 
1980
  
1984
 
1988
 
1996
 
2000
 
2004
 
2008
 
2012
 
2016
 
2020
Athletes
  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[a] 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 edit

Games Season Flag bearer Sport
  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[b]   Shooting

Notes edit

  1. ^ R.S. Arlen participated in two sports namely Weightlifting and Lawn bowls.
  2. ^ 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 edit

References edit

  1. ^ Results for Indonesia from the International Paralympic Committee (archived)
  2. ^ "Parade Paralimpiade Tokyo: Jaenal Aripin dan Hanik Astuti Jadi Pembawa Bendera". Tempo. 21 August 2021. Retrieved 24 August 2021.[permanent dead link]