Megawati's Track Record 'Megatron' Hanggestri

Megawati Hanggetri Pertiwi returned to Indonesia after defending Red Economy (Instagram/@megawatihangestrip).

JAKARTA The highest level of the Indonesian volleyball league Proliga 2024 will be followed by the famous volleyball athlete Megawati Hanggetri Pertiwi. The athlete will defend Jakarta BIN.

Jakarta BIN confirmed Megawati's presence in their squad through social media Instagram on Monday, April 1, 2024, WIB night. After being successful abroad, the presence of the 24-year-old athlete will be a magnet in itself.

Megawati, who got the nickname Megatron from her fans, is one of the most famous volleyball players currently owned by Indonesia.

The Jember Regency-born Volleyballer achieved his success while playing abroad with South Korean club Daejeon Jung Kwan Jang Redmen (hereafter written Redmen).

Megawati joined the club that played at the highest level of the South Korean volleyball league in July 2023 through a draft quota of Asian players. He then made his debut with Red knowledge on October 17, 2023.

His first match came when Red live against IBK Altos at the Daejeon Chungmu Gimnasium. In that first match, the player immediately contributed 21 points and became the most variable player (MVP).

After that, Megawati became one of the backbones in the team. His big role was successful in helping Redmen to penetrate the semifinals or playoffs.

In addition, Megawati also noted that her personal achievement was sitting in the sixth position at the end of the competition season. Unfortunately, his team could not end the title fast for 12 years.

Megawati's Career Travel

The late father had a big role in Megawati's career journey. Under the guidance of her father, the athlete transformed into a great player like now.

Summarized from various sources, the beginning of Megawati's career began when she attended the East Java National Student Sports Olympics (O2SN) in 2013.

After that his career increased when he began representing the East Java women's volleyball team in East Kalimantan. The 185 cm tall athlete then started his professional career in 2015 when he was not even 15 years old.

At that time, he was included in the young squad in the Surabaya Bank Jatim team who played at Livoli, Main Division of 2015. Meanwhile, Jakarta Pertamina Fastron was the first team in Proliga between 2015 and 2017.

Megawati then moved to 2018 by defending Jakarta BNI 46 and Bandung BJB Tandamata as representatives of Indonesia at the 2022 ASEAN Grand Prix.

Redmen are not the first overseas team he has defended. Previously, in 2020 Megawati had played for Thai club Supreme Chonburi-E Tech.

The club that played in the Thai Women's Volleyball League was strengthened by Megawati for a year, namely in 2020-2021. Megawati then returned to Indonesia to defend Jakarta Pertamina Fastron.

After that, in 2022 Megawati returned to play abroad. He moved to Vietnam and strengthened volleyball club Ha Phu Thanh Hoa in the Vietnam Volleyball League after the 2022 Proliga ended.

After returning from Vietnam, Megawati returned to her hometown again. For approximately two years in Indonesia, between 2022-2023, she was recorded as defending Bandung BJB Tandamata (2022), Surabaya Bank Jatim (2022), and Jakarta Pertamina Fastron (2023).

Meanwhile, his career in the Indonesian Women's Volleyball National Team began in 2017 at various tournaments at the Asian and Southeast Asian levels. Since then he has become one of Indonesia's mainstay players to date.