Raema Lisa Rumbewas (born 10 September 1980) is a former
Indonesian
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weightlifter. She is the country's first athlete to have won medals in three Olympic Games. She competed in the women's 48 kg at the
2000 Summer Olympics
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and won silver with 185.0 kg in total. She won another silver medal at the
2004 Games, this time competing in the women's 53 kg and lifting 210.0 kg in total.
Another 210.0 kg was enough to win yet another silver medal at the
2006 World Weightlifting Championships
The 2006 World Weightlifting Championships were held at the Handball Pavilion and Weightlifting Pavilion Dr. José Joaquín Puello in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. The event took place from September 30 to October 7, 2006.
Medal summary M ...
in
Santo Domingo.
At the
2008 Summer Olympics
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she ranked 3rd in the 53 kg category, with a total of 206 kg.
She has been a scholarship holder with the
Olympic Solidarity
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program since February 2003.
Personal life
She is the cousin of women doubles
badminton player
Nitya Krishinda Maheswari
Nitya Krishinda Maheswari Korwa (born 16 December 1988) is an Indonesian former badminton player affiliated with Jaya Raya Jakarta, specializing in doubles event. She won the women's doubles gold medals at the 2011 Southeast Asian Games and at th ...
who participated in the
2016 Summer Olympics
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in
Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil. She is from Irian Jaya province, now
Papua.
Notes and references
External links
Athlete Biographyat beijing2008
1980 births
Living people
Papuan people
People from Jayapura
Indonesian Christians
Weightlifters at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Weightlifters at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Weightlifters at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Olympic weightlifters of Indonesia
Olympic silver medalists for Indonesia
Olympic medalists in weightlifting
Asian Games medalists in weightlifting
Weightlifters at the 2002 Asian Games
Weightlifters at the 2006 Asian Games
Weightlifters at the 2010 Asian Games
Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Indonesian female weightlifters
Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Asian Games bronze medalists for Indonesia
Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games
Sportspeople from Papua
Southeast Asian Games silver medalists for Indonesia
Southeast Asian Games bronze medalists for Indonesia
Southeast Asian Games gold medalists for Indonesia
Southeast Asian Games medalists in weightlifting
Competitors at the 2001 Southeast Asian Games
Olympic bronze medalists for Indonesia
World Weightlifting Championships medalists
West Papuan people
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