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Rizki Juniansyah

Rizki Juniansyah (born 17 June 2003) is an Indonesian weightlifter who currently specializes in the men’s 73 kg lightweight class and holds various world records at the youth, junior, and senior IWF competition levels. He is the current Olympic champion, having won gold at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, making him Indonesia’s youngest Olympic gold medalist in history and its first in weightlifting.[2][3]

Rizki Juniansyah
Juniansyah in 2022
Personal information
Born (2003-06-17) 17 June 2003 (age 21)
Serang, Banten, Indonesia[1]
Sport
CountryIndonesia
SportWeightlifting
Weight class
  • 73 kg
  • 81 kg
Coached byMuhammad Yasin
Medal record
Men's weightlifting
Representing  Indonesia
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2024 Paris 73 kg
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2022 Bogotá 73 kg
Silver medal – second place 2024 Manama 73 kg
IWF World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2024 Phuket 73 kg
Asian Championships
Silver medal – second place 2024 Tashkent 73 kg
Islamic Solidarity Games
Gold medal – first place 2021 Konya 73 kg S
Gold medal – first place 2021 Konya 73 kg C&J
Gold medal – first place 2021 Konya 73 kg T[a]
SEA Games
Gold medal – first place 2023 Cambodia 73 kg
Silver medal – second place 2021 Vietnam 81 kg
Junior World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Tashkent 73 kg
Gold medal – first place 2022 Heraklion 73 kg
Asian Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Tashkent 73 kg
Youth World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2020 Lima 73 kg
Asian Youth Championships
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tashkent 73 kg
Silver medal – second place 2019 Pyongyang 67 kg

Early Career

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Juniansyah grew up in a family with a strong background in weightlifting and began training as early as nine years old. His father, M. Yasin (1966–2024), a successful national weightlifter, represented Indonesia in five consecutive SEA Games from 1983 to 1993 and clinched bronze medals at the 1985 and 1987 SEA Games.[4][5] His mother and two older siblings were also competitive weightlifters.[6] His brother-in-law, Triyatno, who later became his coach, is a bronze and silver medalist at the 2008 and 2012 Olympics, respectively.[7]

He began his career at a young age, winning gold medals at the 2017 and 2018 PPLP National Championships. Additionally, he has earned gold medals at the 2018 Youth Regional Sports Week, the 2018 Provincial Sports Week, and the 2021 National Sports Week, representing Banten.[8]

Youth and Junior World Records

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By the age of 17, Juniansyah had achieved a remarkable feat by holding five youth and junior world records. In 2020, he set two youth world records with a 139 kg snatch (current) and 307 kg total lift at the 2020 Asian Youth & Junior Weightlifting Championships.[9] Later that year, the Youth World Weightlifting Championships were cancelled due to COVID-19 and replaced by an online event called the IWF Youth World Cup.[10] Juniansyah won gold medal with impressive final figures of 145-180-325,[11] surpassing all three youth world records at the time (including his own).[12] Although these figures remain above the current records and were achieved in an IWF-organized event, they are not officially recognized. In acknowledgment of his performance, the IWF awarded him the title of ‘The Best Lifter’ in the competition.[13]

Progressing through the junior levels, Juniansyah set three junior world records in the 73 kg category with final figures of 155-194-349 at the 2021 Junior World Weightlifting Championships.[14][15] In 2022, he set two more consecutive junior world records. First, he broke his own previous record with a 156 kg snatch, securing first place at the 2022 Junior World Weightlifting Championships[16][17] and successfully defending his 2021 title. Later that year, he further improved the record with a 157 kg snatch (the current record), earning him the top podium spot at the 2022 Asian Youth & Junior Weightlifting Championships.[18][19]

Road to Paris 2024 and Olympic Champion

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In 2023, Juniansyah won the SEA Games gold medal, setting three current games records with final figures of 156-191-347 in the 73 kg event.[20] Three months later, in August 2023, he underwent an appendectomy and was required to take a 6-month break from training and competitions, which impacted his efforts to qualify for Paris 2024 Olympics.[21][22]

By the end of January 2024, he resumed training and prepared for the next upcoming competitions. He successfully secured qualification for Paris by winning the gold medal at the 2024 IWF World Cup, where he set the current world record with a total lift of 365 kg.[23]

At the Paris 2024 Olympics, Juniansyah won the gold medal in the men’s 73 kg event, setting a new Olympic record with a 199 kg clean and jerk lift on his second attempt in the final.[24][25] It was his Olympic debut and Juniansyah became the youngest Indonesian Olympic gold medalist at the age of 21.[26]

This victory marked the end of China’s five-consecutive-gold dominance in the lightweight category.[27] It was also Indonesia’s first Olympic gold medal in weightlifting in 72 years, since they began competing at the Helsinki 1952 Olympics, ending a streak of 7 silver and 8 bronze medals in the sport.[28]

Achievements and Records

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WR = World Record, C = Current, O = Olympic, G = Games, J = Junior, Y = Youth, N = National, U = Unrecognized

*World records are not officially recognized in the online event. The Best Lifter title was awarded.[13]

Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Olympic Games
2024   Paris, France 73 kg 155 155 162 — 191 199 COR — — 354  
World Championships
2022   Bogotá, Colombia 73 kg 150 155 158   187 192 198   347  
2023 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 73 kg — — — — — — — — — —
2024   Manama, Bahrain 73 kg 146 150 160 8 180 190 200   340  
IWF World Cup
2024   Phuket, Thailand 73 kg 155 164 164   192 201 203   365 CWR  
Asian Championships
2022 Manama, Bahrain 73 kg 147 152 158   186 186 186 — — —
2024 Tashkent, Uzbekistan 73 kg 146 152 158   180 187 195   353  
SEA Games
2021 Hanoi, Vietnam 81 kg 152 157 GR 160 — 192 197 200 — 354  
2023 Phnom Penh, Cambodia 73 kg 143 143 156 CGR — 176 191 191 CGR — 347 CGR  
Islamic Solidarity Games
2021 Konya, Turkey 73 kg 150 160 160   181 190 195   340  
Junior World Championships
2021 Tashkent, Uzbekistan 73 kg 142 146 155 JWR   180 189 194 CJWR   349 CJWR  
2022 Heraklion, Greece 73 kg 147 156 JWR –   185 195 199   341  
Asian Junior Championships
2020 Tashkent, Uzbekistan 73 kg 127 132 139 4 160 165 168 4 307 4
2022 Tashkent, Uzbekistan 73 kg 149 154 157 CJWR   182 195 195   339  
Youth World Cup
2020 Lima, Peru Online Event* 73 kg 140 145 UYWR 150   172 180 UYWR 185   325 UYWR  
Asian Youth Championships
2019 Pyongyang, North Korea 67 kg 120 125 130   145 153 157   287  
2020 Tashkent, Uzbekistan 73 kg 127 132 139 CYWR   160 165 168   307 YWR  

Notes

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  1. ^ At the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games, medals from the snatch, clean & jerk and total are calculated separately and are all included in the medal table.

References

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  6. ^ "Prestasi Atlet Muda Banten di Kancah Dunia (1): Baru 16 Tahun, Boyong Tiga Medali di Korea Utara". radarbanten.co.id (in Indonesian). 2019-10-29. Retrieved 2024-08-10.
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  9. ^ "2020 Asian Youth Weightlifting Championships Results Book". Asian Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original on 1 September 2023.
  10. ^ "Update on the IWF Youth World Championships 2020". International Weightlifting Federation. 2020-08-26. Retrieved 2024-08-10.
  11. ^ "IWF Youth World Cup 2020 Results". International Weightlifting Federation.
  12. ^ "IWF Online Youth World Cup 2020 Results". dmcl.biz. Retrieved 2024-08-10.
  13. ^ a b "Pecahkan 3 Rekor, Rizki Juniansyah menjadi The Best Lifter Youth World Cup 2020". Gerakita (in Indonesian). 2020-11-19. Retrieved 2024-08-10.
  14. ^ Oliver, Brian (26 May 2021). "Sensational Indonesian teenager takes weightlifting world records from US' Cummings". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
  15. ^ "2021 Junior World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 31 July 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  16. ^ "2022 Junior World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 May 2022. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
  17. ^ Oliver, Brian (5 May 2022). "Weightlifter Juniansyah in world-record form at Junior World Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
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  19. ^ "Asian Youth and Junior Championships Tashkent 2022 – Junior – Results Book". AWF. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
  20. ^ Raya, Mercy (14 May 2023). "Rizki Juniansyah Raih Emas dan Pecahkan 3 Rekor SEA Games Kelas 73 Kg". Detik.com (in Indonesian).
  21. ^ SALASAH, REBIYYAH; HIANUSA, KELVIN (2024-04-05). "Winning Dramatic Battle, Rizki Juniansyah Qualifies for the 2024 Paris Olympics". kompas.id. Retrieved 2024-08-12.
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  28. ^ "Rizki Juniansyah Pecahkan Rekor 72 Tahun Indonesia di Olimpiade". CNN Indonesia (in Indonesian). 2024-08-09.
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