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. 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
He represented Indonesia at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Despite he participated in Group B, he managed to won a bronze medal.
He won the gold medal in the men's 73kg event at the 2022 World Weightlifting Championships held in Bogotá, Colombia.
He sets new world record in jerk two times with 202 kg and 204 kg.
Awards and nominations +AwardYearCategoryResultGolden Award SIWO PWI2021Best Male AthleteKONI AwardBest Athlete
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 2025 Førde, Norway 79 kg 150 156 5 192 203 359 4 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 Cup2024 Phuket, Thailand 73 kg 155 160 162 195 206 206 355 Asian Games2018 Jakarta, Indonesia 77 kg 135 140 142 11 165 170 172 9 314 112023 Hangzhou, China 73 kg 152 156 158 2 192 196 201 WR 1 359 2026Aichi-Nagoya, Japan75 kg1551581602201206 WR _1366 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
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