JAKARTA - The government has allocated more than Rp465 billion for bonuses for athletes who won gold, silver, and bronze medals at the 2025 Thailand SEA Games which took place at the end of last year.
The bonus was given directly by the President of the Republic of Indonesia Prabowo Subianto at the State Palace, Jakarta, Thursday, January 8, 2026. The amount of this bonus has almost doubled from the total received by medal-winning athletes in the previous edition of the SEA Games.
"To ensure transparency, Mr. President, we from the Ministry of Youth and Sports (Kemenpora) also directly transfer all bonuses to each athlete. The figure is 465 billion 250 million rupiah. This is extraordinary," said Minister of Youth and Sports (Menpora) Erick Thohir.
The amount of bonus given to the individual gold medal winners at the 2025 SEA Games is IDR 1 billion, then for the silver medal athletes, they get IDR 315 million, and the bronze medal single athletes get a bonus of IDR 157 million.
Indonesia managed to close the journey in Thailand with a total of 333 medals and locked the second position in the final standings of medal earnings. The number consists of 91 gold medals, 111 silver medals, and 131 bronze medals.
"Later there will also be a calculation for the team, Mr. President. Including the coach also gets a bonus, Mr. We also provide financial literacy, Mr., yesterday," said Erick Thohir.
The achievement in Thailand made Indonesia successfully pass the target set. The Red-White contingent departed there with a target of only getting 80 gold medals and finishing in third place.
In addition, the record made Indonesia manage to break the bad record as a guest team. The last time Indonesia finished the SEA Games in second place when it was a guest team was three decades ago, precisely in the 1995 edition held in Chiang Mai, Thailand.
At that time, the Indonesian Contingent brought home 221 medals, consisting of 77 gold medals, 67 silver medals, and 77 bronze medals. After that, Indonesia has never been in second place when participating as a guest team.
This year, Indonesia is facing a busy agenda again, the closest is the ASEAN Paragames which will take place on January 20-26, 2026 in Thailand. Then there is the 2026 Asian Games which will take place in Japan in September.
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