Mohammad Sarengat

Mohammad Sarengat was an Indonesian track and field sprinter who became the first Indonesian athlete to win a gold medal at the Asian Games. He won gold in the 100-meter sprint at the 1962 Asian Games held in Jakarta in 10.4 seconds. He also won a second gold medal in the 110-meter hurdles with an Asian record time of 14.3 seconds, and a bronze medal in the 200-meter sprint. He held the Indonesian record for the 100-meter sprint for 22 years, until it was broken by Purnomo M. Yudhi at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. ¹ He came from a sporting family – his uncle Mursanyoto was a goalkeeper for the Indonesia national football team. He died in 1968 at the age of 28 in a plane accident in Batavia. ¹ He was buried in Jakarta, where a street was named after him. He is remembered as one of the most influential and respected figures in the history of Indonesian sports.