Ni Nengah Widiasih (born 12 December 1992) is an Indonesian

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. She competed in the

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and

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Career

Widiasih was born and raised in Karangasem,

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. She lost use of her legs at age four and began using a

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. When she was in the sixth grade she began living at the dormitory run by the Disabled Children's Counselling Foundation (). Her daily expenses were handled by the foundation, and, beginning in middle school, her education was paid for through scholarships. , she is in the second year of senior high school. At the suggestion of her brother, fellow weightlifter I Gede Suantaka, Widiasih took up weightlifting. She began practising four to five times weekly. In 2008, she won a bronze medal at the

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, while the following year she received a silver medal at the

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. She also medaled at national level competitions in

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and Bali. She competes in the 40 kilogram class. Widiasih competed at the 2011

, held in

in December, after her class was nearly cut by a referee as "illegitimate". She set a record for the 40 kilogram class, lifting after failing to lift in an earlier attempt; the previous record was . This effort also won her a gold medal. For the games she was coached by Agus Sugiharto. In February 2012 she won a bronze medal at the Malaysia Open Powerlifting Championship in Kuala Lumpur. Widiasih was on the six-member shortlist to compete in the

in London; in June it was announced that she would be one of three athletes competing, along with David Jacobs (

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) and an athletics competitor. She was the only one from the country who competed in

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; she competed in the 40 kilogram class.

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* {{Authority control Living people 1992 births Balinese people People from Karangasem Regency Sportspeople from Bali Indonesian female weightlifters Female powerlifters ASEAN ParaGames competitors Paralympic powerlifters for Indonesia Powerlifters at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Powerlifters at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Powerlifters at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Paralympic silver medalists for Indonesia Paralympic bronze medalists for Indonesia Paralympic medalists in powerlifting 21st-century Indonesian women Medalists at the 2014 Asian Para Games Medalists at the 2018 Asian Para Games Medalists at the 2022 Asian Para Games