Profile Of Rahmat Erwin Abdullah, An Athlete Weightlifting From Makassar Who Successfully Breaks The Record

Indonesian weightlifter, Rahmat Erwin Abdullah. (Between)

YOGYAKARTA Profile of Rahmat Erwin Abdullah drew the spotlight especially after he won a gold medal at the Hangzhou Asian Games. Not the first time, Rahmat Erwin Abdullah as a whole managed to donate gold five times to Indonesia. Then, who is he really?

Rahmat Erwin Abdullah is a weightlifting sports athlete. He was born on October 13, 2000 in Makassar City. During his career in weightlifting, Rahmat Erwin was trained by Erwin Abdullah, the father and former national weightlifter. Apart from being trained by his father, Erwin Abdullah was also trained by his mother, Ami Asun Budiono. He is known to be a former national lifter.

It should be noted that Rahmat Erwin's father and mother are indeed known as legendary athletes owned by Indonesia. While still an athlete, the father successfully won silver weightlifting in the 69 kg category of the 2002 Asian Games which was held in Busan, South Korea.

Meanwhile, the mother has also competed in national weightlifting tournaments. He has also coached weightlifters several times representing South Sulawesi Province.

His seriousness in weightlifting has started since he was 15 years old. However, he only dared to make his debut at the age of 19. At that time he participated in the 2019 Asian Junior Championship which was held in Pyongyang, North Korea. The results were quite surprising because he won the 73rd grade gold medal.

It did not stop there, Rahmat Erwin in the same year also successfully presented a gold medal for Indonesia in the SEA Games which was held in the Philippines. Then in 2020 he successfully brought home the gold medal in the Youth Weightlifting Championships and Junior Asia in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

In 2022, Rahmat was in the spotlight because he managed to hold two records at once in the 2022 Weightlifting World Championships. At that time Rahmat won the men's 73 kg and 81 kg classes in a sports competition held at Gran Carpa Americas Corferias, Bogota, Colombia.

Before making Indonesia proud because at the 2022 Asian Games which will be held in 2023, Rahmat's name was already listed as a record-breaking when he competed at the 2023 Weightlifting World Championship which was held in Riyadh.

Meanwhile, in 2023, Rahmat succeeded in making Indonesia proud in the international arena by bringing home a gold medal at the 2023 Asian Games at XSC Gymnasium, Hangzhou, China.

The excitement was recognized after the athlete of the South Sulawesi PABBSI Provincial Pengprov club managed to record a total force of 359 kg, consisting of 158 kg of snatch and 201 kg of clean and jerk. His achievements this year are also referred to as world records in the clean and jerk class at the Asian Games.

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