Krisna Bayu (born December 24, 1974, in Jakarta) is an Indonesian judoka, who competed in the men's middleweight category. He won the gold medal in the 100-kg division at the 2001 SEA Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, picked up a bronze in the 90-kg at the 2004 Asian Judo Championships in

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, and represented his nation

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in three editions of the Olympic Games (1996, 2000, and 2004). Bayu made his official debut at the

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, where he competed in the men's 86-kg class. He lost his opening match to Spain's León Villar, who successfully scored an

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and duly wrapped him on the

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with a side-quarter hold ( yoko shiho gatame) at three minutes and fourteen seconds. At the

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in Sydney, Bayu crashed out early again in his opening match of the men's 90-kg division to Brazil's Carlos Honorato by an

and a vertical four-quarter hold (

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) with only fourteen seconds remaining. While his Brazilian opponent moving forward to the semifinal, Bayu gave himself a chance for the nation's first ever Olympic judo medal through the repechage, but saw it slipping away in his first playoff defeat to another Spaniard

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, who subdued him on the mat in a corner reversal throw ( sumi gaeshi) two minutes and twenty-one seconds into the match. The following year, Bayu reached the pinnacle of his sporting career upon capturing the gold medal in the 100-kg division at the

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in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Eight years after his official Olympic debut, Bayu qualified for his third Indonesian squad, as a 29-year-old, in the men's middleweight class (90 kg) at the 2004 Summer Olympics in

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, by placing third and receiving a berth from the

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. Unlike his previous Olympic stint, Bayu denied his third chance of an Olympic medal, as he trailed behind Mongolia's

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by a 1–0 record on waza-ari at the end of their five-minute opening match. Bayu was also initially selected by the

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to supposedly carry the nation's flag in the opening ceremony, but decided to hand over his role to badminton coach

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bayu, Krisna 1974 births Living people Indonesian male judoka Olympic judoka for Indonesia Judoka at the 1996 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 2000 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 2004 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 1998 Asian Games Judoka at the 2006 Asian Games Sportspeople from Jakarta SEA Games medalists in judo SEA Games gold medalists for Indonesia SEA Games silver medalists for Indonesia SEA Games bronze medalists for Indonesia Competitors at the 2001 SEA Games Competitors at the 2011 SEA Games Asian Games competitors for Indonesia 21st-century Indonesian people