Rahmat Erwin Abdullah

In this Indonesian name, there is no family name. The name Abdullah is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Rahmat.

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 2020 Summer Olympics.^[3] He is a weightlifter competing in the 73 kg class since 2018 World Weightlifting Championships in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. He made his international debut at the 2017 Youth World Weightlifting Championships held in Bangkok, Thailand in the 69 kg class.

Rahmat Erwin Abdullah

Abdullah in 2021
Personal information
Nationality	Indonesian
Born	(2000-10-13) October 13, 2000 (age 24) Makassar, South Sulawesi, Indonesia
Height	173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	72 kg (159 lb)
Sport
Country	Indonesia
Sport	Weightlifting
Event	73 kg
Medal record Men's weightlifting Representing  Indonesia Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo 73 kg World Championships 2021 Tashkent 73 kg 2022 Bogotá 73 kg 2023 Riyadh 81 kg IWF World Cup 2024 Phuket 73 kg IWF Grand Prix 2023 Havana 81 kg[1] 2023 Doha 81 kg[2] Asian Games 2022 Hangzhou 73 kg Asian Championships 2024 Tashkent 73 kg 2025 Jiangshan 73 kg 2022 Manama 81 kg Islamic Solidarity Games 2021 Konya 81 kg C&J[a] 2021 Konya 81 kg T SEA Games 2019 Philippines 73 kg 2021 Vietnam 73 kg 2023 Cambodia 81 kg Asian Junior Championships 2019 Pyongyang 73 kg 2020 Tashkent 73 kg

Biography

Abdullah is the only child of the former weightlifters Erwin Abdullah and Ami Asun Budiono. Erwin, who won silver medal at the 2002 Asian Games and originally qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics, but was not allowed to compete due to injury. His mother Ami, won a gold medal at the 1995 SEA Games.^[4][5]

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, Ko Myong-ho.^[6]

After that competition, he participated in the 2019 SEA Games which was held in the Philippines. At that time he won the second gold medal in international competitions after defeating Vietnamese lifter, Phạm Tuấn Anh with a total lift of 322 kg while Vietnamese lifter with 304 kg.^[7]

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 Mir Mostafa Javadi.^[8]

He represented Indonesia at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan and won a bronze medal.^[9][10][11]

He won the gold medal in the men's 73 kg event at the 2022 World Weightlifting Championships held in Bogotá, Colombia.^[12]

He sets new world record in jerk two times with 202 kg and 204 kg.^[13]

Awards and nominations

Award	Year	Category	Result	Ref.
Golden Award SIWO PWI	2021	Best Male Athlete	Nominated	[14]
KONI Award		Best Athlete	Won	[15]

Major results

Year	Venue	Weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total	Rank
			1	2	3	Rank	1	2	3	Rank
Olympic Games
2021	Tokyo, Japan	73 kg	142	147	152	6	180	190	190	2	342
World Championships
2018	Ashgabat, Turkmenistan	73 kg	135	140	141	19	162	168	171	21	312	19
2019	Pattaya, Thailand	73 kg	138	142	144	17	168	172	174	18	318	18
2021	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	73 kg	142	147	151	5	180	186	192		343
2022	Bogotá, Colombia	73 kg	152	157	157	4	192	200	200 WR		352
2023	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	81 kg	145	—	—	14	190	200	209 CWR		354
2024	Manama, Bahrain	81 kg	147	154	—	9	193	200	202	6	347	7
IWF Grand Prix
2023	Havana, Cuba	81 kg	150	156	161		190	202	209		358
2024	Doha, Qatar	81 kg	153	157	161		192	201	214		362
IWF World Cup
2024	Phuket, Thailand	73 kg	155	160	162		195	206	206		355
Asian Games
2018	Jakarta, Indonesia	77 kg	135	140	142	11	165	170	172	9	314	11
2023	Hangzhou, China	73 kg	152	156	158	2	192	196	201 WR	1	359
Asian Championships
2019	Ningbo, China	73 kg	137	141	147	6	165	165	171	10	312	9
2021	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	73 kg	142	148	150	5	182	187	190		335	4
2022	Manama, Bahrain	81 kg	141	151	—		181	191	198		349
2024	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	73 kg	153	157	159		192	202 WR	204 WR		363
2025	Jiangshan, China	73 kg	150	155	—		195	200	205 CWR		360
Islamic Solidarity Games
2021	Konya, Turkey	81 kg	148	154	158	4	191	197	200		355
SEA Games
2019	Manila, Philippines	73 kg	138	142	145	1	168	172	177	1	322
2022	Hanoi, Vietnam	73 kg	142	150	155 GR	1	180	190 GR	200	1	345 GR
2023	Phnom Penh, Cambodia	81 kg	150	158 GR	—	1	190	201 GR	—	1	359 GR
National Sports Week
2021	Jayapura, Indonesia	81 kg	140	145	150	1	180	190	200	1	340
Junior World Championships
2018	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	77 kg	135	141	143	5	163	168	171	7	309	7
2019	Suva, Fiji	73 kg	130	137	—	7	160	167	—	10	304	7
Asian Junior Championships
2019	Pyongyang, North Korea	73 kg	141	145	147		171	175	179		326
2020	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	73 kg	140	144	148		170	180	185		329
Youth World Championships
2017	Bangkok, Thailand	69 kg	117	120	125	10	142	147	152	11	277	11

Notes

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.