Maram Sudarmodjo (25 January 1928 – 2006) was an Indonesian

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and air force officer. He represented Indonesia in the men's high jump at the

1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin ...

, ranking 20th in the final standing. Previously he won a gold medal at the 1948

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—Indonesia's national multi-sport event—and a bronze medal at the

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. He later joined the Indonesian Air Force, rising to the rank of

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before retiring.

Biography

Early life

Maram Sudarmodjo was born in Gemolong, now in Sragen Regency,

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, Indonesia, on 25 January 1928. During the

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(1945), he served in the . As a youth, he did his high jump training in ,

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Athletic career

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Sudarmodjo competed in Indonesia's first multi-sport Games,

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("National Sports Week") in Surakarta, 1948. He won gold medal and broke the national record by clearing a 1.89 m bar. He then became part of the Indonesian team at the

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, India. He won a bronze medal, also with the best jump of 1.89 m. Due to these achievements, he was selected to join the Indonesian team at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki. This was the nation's first Olympics participation, and he would be one of the three Indonesians to compete, along with swimmer

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and weightlifter Thio Ging Hwie. The newly independent nation did not organize centralized training for its Olympics athletes. So before leaving for Helsinki, Sudarmodjo trained by himself in

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. Every day, he rode his bike to the stadium to train. He carried a

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that he used to soften a patch of sand so that his landings would not hurt. In the Olympics, he started in Group B of the qualifying round, where he cleared the 1.80 m, 1.84 m and 1.87 m bar, advancing to the final round. In the final round, he did not attempt the 1.70 m bar and cleared the 1.80 m one at first attempt. However, he did not clear the 1.90 m bar after three attempts. With these results, he ranked 20th overall.

Later life

Later, Sudarmodjo joined the Indonesian Air Force, raising to the rank of

before retiring. He died in 2006 due to liver failure.

Personal life

Sudarmodjo was married to RA Soekandini (b. 1930) and they had five children.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sudarmodjo, Maram 1928 births 2006 deaths Athletes (track and field) at the 1952 Summer Olympics Indonesian male high jumpers Olympic athletes for Indonesia Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Asian Games bronze medalists for Indonesia People from Sragen Regency Indonesian Air Force Deaths from liver failure Medalists at the 1951 Asian Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1951 Asian Games 20th-century Indonesian people 21st-century Indonesian people Sportspeople from Central Java