Getting To Know Tiara Manongga, A Former Volleyball Player Who Swerved In Muay Thai And Instantly Won Gold At The Papua National Sports Week

JAYAPURA - Tiara Laili Manongga never thought that her hockey would actually be found in martial arts. Before joining the Papuan muay thai team, Tiara was involved in volleyball and joined PPLP Papua.

Tiara is one of six Papuan fighters who presented a gold medal for the Papuan contingent from the Muay Thai sport at the XX 2021 National Sports Week (PON).

Launching the official website of PON Papua, the beautiful female athlete who was born in Bandung on October 11, 2002 was just playing for the muay thai team, which just happened to have made her debut in PON XX Papua.

Tiara decided to join the muay thai team selection because the PPLP Papua volleyball team failed to compete at the 2019 National Student Sports Week (POPNAS).

Although it is inversely proportional to her basics from playing sports to martial arts, Tiara apparently had time to learn the martial arts martial arts in Bandung.

That's why it didn't take him long to adapt to muay thai martial arts. His name passed in the Papuan muay thai team based on the selection results.

Tiara passed the Papua muay thai team selection and underwent a training camp (TC) in Batu, Malang, while completing her high school education.

When he found out his name had passed the selection for muay thai martial arts, his family and friends were shocked. However, he admits that he has the full support of those closest to him.

After undergoing the process for almost two years, Tiara was finally able to prove that muay thai Papua was not wrong in choosing her through selection. Tiara was one of the fighters who donated a gold medal in the Wai Khru class (a show of respect for the teacher accompanied by music) at XX PON.

The medal he won was his first medal in his PON debut. The gold medal won by Tiara Manongga helped the Papua muay thai team as the overall champion with 6 gold medals, 4 silver medals and 3 bronze medals.