Indonesia to Send 27 Athletes to Paris Olympics
Jakarta. The Indonesian contingent for the Paris Olympics will comprise 27 athletes, with the country again relying heavily on badminton to secure medals.
The latest additions to the team are swimmers Joe Aditya Wijaya Kurniawan and Azzahra Permatahani, who qualified through the Universality Places -- quotas allocated for nations with traditionally small delegations.
Sprinter Lalu Muhammad Zohri also earned his ticket to Paris through the program.
In the previous edition of the multi-sport event held in Tokyo, Indonesia won a gold medal thanks to the pair Apriyani Rahayu and Greysia Polii in badminton women’s doubles.
Badminton players make up a third of the entire Indonesian contingent.
Here is the list of Indonesian athletes for the Paris Olympics:
- Diananda Choirunisa (archery)
- Arif Dwi Pangestu (archery)
- Rio Waida (sailing)
- La Memo (rowing)
- Eko Yuli Irawan (weightlifting)
- Fathur Gustafian (shooting)
- Rizki Juniansyah (weightlifting)
- Rifda Irfanaluthfi (artistic gymnastics)
- Rahmad Adi Mulyono (sport climbing)
- Desak Made Rita Kusuma Dewi (sport climbing)
- Bernard van Aert (cycling road)
- Jonatan Christie (badminton)
- Anthony Sinisuka Ginting (badminton)
- Gregoria Mariska Tunjung (badminton)
- Fajar Alfian (badminton)
- Muhammad Rian Ardianto (badminton)
- Apriyani Rahayu (badminton)
- Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti (badminton)
- Rinov Rivaldi (badminton)
- Pitha Haningtyas Mentari (badminton)
- Nurul Akmal (weightlifting)
- Veddriq Leonardo (sport climbing)
- Rajiah Salsabillah (sport climbing)
- Maryam March Maharani (judo)
- Lalu Muhammad Zohri (athletics)
- Joe Aditya Wijaya Kurniawan (swimming)
- Azzahra Permatahani (swimming)
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