Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Gui ...

made its

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debut at the

1976 Summer Paralympics The 1976 Summer Paralympics (french: Jeux paralympiques d'été de 1976), branded as Torontolympiad – 1976 Olympiad for the Physically Disabled, was the fifth Paralympic Games to be held. They were hosted by Toronto, Ontario, Canada, from 4 ...

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, with competitors in athletics,

lawn bowls Bowls, also known as lawn bowls or lawn bowling, is a sport in which the objective is to roll biased balls so that they stop close to a smaller ball called a "jack" or "kitty". It is played on a bowling green, which may be flat (for "flat-gre ...

, swimming and table tennis. The country has participated in every subsequent edition of the

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, except

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, but has never taken part in the

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. As of 2020 edition, Indonesians have won a total of twenty-seven Paralympic medals: six gold, seven silver and fourteen bronze. The country's first two gold medals were won in 1976, by Itria Dini in the men's precision javelin (category F), and by Syarifuddin in the men's singles in lawn bowls (category E). Yan Soebiyanto won Indonesia's third gold medal in that same event four years later, while R.S. Arlen took gold in weightlifting, in the men's featherweight amputee category. In addition to these gold medals, Indonesians won a silver and three bronzes in 1976, and four bronze in 1980. 1984 yielded a silver medal and a bronze, but no gold, while in 1988 Indonesia won two silver medals. After its absence in 1992, Indonesia sent significantly smaller delegations to the Paralympics, and no Indonesian won a Paralympic medal until the 2012 Paralympic Games. Indonesia sent four athletes to the 2012 Paralympic Games, and David Jacobs won bronze in the Table Tennis - Men's Individual C10 classification. In Rio de Janeiro 2016, Indonesia got its only medal from powerlifting after

Ni Nengah Widiasih Ni Nengah Widiasih (born 12 December 1992) is an Indonesian powerlifter. She competed in the 2012 Summer Paralympics, 2016 Summer Paralympics and 2020 Summer Paralympics. Career Widiasih was born and raised in Karangasem, Bali. She lost use of h ...

successfully lifted 95 kg. She was also won silver at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, the first silver medalist since 1988. In the latter Games, Indonesia won two gold medals, ended a long wait gold for over 40 years. All gold medals won by

Leani Ratri Oktila Leani Ratri Oktila (born 6 May 1991) is an Indonesian para badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game a ...

with her partners;

Khalimatus Sadiyah Khalimatus Sadiyah (born 17 September 1999) is an Indonesian para badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the ...

in women's doubles SL3-SU5 and Hary Susanto in mixed doubles SL3-SU5; both of them became the youngest and oldest Indonesian para badminton player to win a Paralympic gold medal, respectively.

Medal tables

Medals by Summer Games

Medals by Winter Games

Medals by sports

Medals by Summer Sports

List of medalists

Medals by individual

According to official data of the

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. This is a list of people who have won two or more Paralympic medals for Indonesia. * People in bold are still active competitors

Medal tables

Medals by Summer Games

Medals by Winter Games

Medals by sports

Medals by Summer Sports

List of medalists

Medals by individual

Paralympics participants

Summer Paralympics

Flag bearers

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References