Lilies Handayani (born 15 April 1965 in

Surabaya Surabaya ( jv, ꦱꦸꦫꦧꦪ or jv, ꦯꦹꦫꦨꦪ; ; ) is the capital city of the Provinces of Indonesia, Indonesian province of East Java and the List of Indonesian cities by population, second-largest city in Indonesia, after Jakarta. L ...

) is an Indonesian

archer Archery is the sport, practice, or skill of using a bow to shoot arrows.Paterson ''Encyclopaedia of Archery'' p. 17 The word comes from the Latin ''arcus'', meaning bow. Historically, archery has been used for hunting and combat. In mo ...

who won the first ever

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medal for Indonesia. Together with

Nurfitriyana Saiman Nurfitriyana Saiman-Lantang (born March 7, 1962) is a retired Indonesian archer. Together with Lilies Handayani and Kusuma Wardhani she won a team silver medal at the 1988 Olympics, bringing the first ever Olympic medal to Indonesia. She also comp ...

and

Kusuma Wardhani Kusuma Wardhani (born 20 February 1964) is a retired Indonesian archer. Together with Nurfitriyana Saiman and Lilies Handayani she won a team silver medal at the 1988 Olympics, bringing the first ever Olympic medal to Indonesia. In the 1980s, War ...

she won the silver medal in the team competition at the

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. Her career continued to soar until 2008 she stopped and focused on became a coach and managed the archery school she had pioneered before.

Lilies Handayani's Archery School

Lilies Handayani together with her husband Denny Trisyanto build an archery school named Lilies Handayani Srikandi Archery School (LHSAS). It is located in Surabaya.

In popular culture

*Portrayed by

Chelsea Islan Chelsea Elizabeth Islan (born 2 June 1995) is an Indonesian actress, model, and activist. She has received two consecutive Citra Award nominations in the Best Actress category for ''Di Balik 98'' (2015) and ''Rudy Habibie'' (2016). Islan rose ...

in the 2016

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n film ''

3 Srikandi ''3 Srikandi'' is a 2016 Indonesian biopic film directed by Iman Brotoseno. A film about three Indonesian archers who won Indonesia's first Olympic medal at the 1988 Seoul Olympics. Premiere, August 4, 2016.

References

External links

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1965 births Living people Indonesian female archers Olympic archers of Indonesia Archers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Indonesia Sportspeople from Surabaya Olympic medalists in archery Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Southeast Asian Games gold medalists for Indonesia Southeast Asian Games medalists in archery Competitors at the 2005 Southeast Asian Games 20th-century Indonesian women 21st-century Indonesian women {{Indonesia-archery-bio-stub