Rahmat Erwin Abdullah (born 13 October 2000) is an Indonesian weightlifter. He is a two-time gold medalist in the men's 73 kg event at the World Weightlifting Championships (2021 and 2022). He won a bronze medal at the

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. He is a weightlifter competing in the 73 kg class since

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in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. He made his international debut at the

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held in Bangkok, Thailand in the 69 kg class.

Biography

Rahmat is the only child of the former weightlifters Erwin Abdullah and Ami Asun Budiono. Erwin, who won silver medal at the 2002 Asian Games, originally qualified for the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

, but was no allowed to compete due to injury. His mother, Ami, was won gold medal at the

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Career

At the 2019 Asian Junior Championships held in Pyongyang, North Korea, he participated in the 73 kg category, winning his first gold medal. At that time, he managed to lift 147 kg in the snatch and 179 kg in the clean and jerk category, bringing the overall total to 326 kg and finishing first above the North Korean lifter,

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. After that competition, he participated in the

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which was held in the Philippines. At that time he won the second gold medal in international competitions after defeating Vietnamese lifter,

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with a total lift of 322 kg while Vietnamese lifter with 304 kg. Not only that, when he started the first international competition in 2020 at the 2020 Asian Junior Championships which was held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, he won the third gold medal for his international competition after defeating Iranian lifter

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. He represented Indonesia at the

in Tokyo, Japan and won a bronze medal. He won the gold medal in the men's 73kg event at the

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held in Bogotá, Colombia.

Major results

Awards and nominations

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Abdullah, Rahmat Erwin 2000 births Living people Sportspeople from Makassar Indonesian male weightlifters Weightlifters at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic weightlifters of Indonesia Olympic bronze medalists for Indonesia Olympic medalists in weightlifting Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics World Weightlifting Championships medalists Competitors at the 2019 Southeast Asian Games Southeast Asian Games gold medalists for Indonesia Southeast Asian Games medalists in weightlifting Competitors at the 2021 Southeast Asian Games 21st-century Indonesian people