Annie Salamun
Annie Salamun is an Indonesian athlete from Bandung. She was a member of athletics club Peratib in Bandung and represented Indonesia at internationally.[2] She was the first Indonesian sportsperson to win a medal at the Asian Games in 1951 in the discus throw.
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| Full name | Annie Hidajat Salamun[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Indonesian | ||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Indonesia | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Peratib, Bandung | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Salamun won the discus throw af the inaugural 1948 Indonesian National Sports Week in with a distance of 25.52 metres.[3]
In December 1950 the Indonesian national athletics competitions took place that was also used as qualification for the 1951 Asian Games. With a distance of 26.16 metres she won the discus throw event ahead of Sihwarini.[2] As a preperation for the 1951 Asian Games she went with the national team on a training camp in Djokja in January 1951.[4] She was official selected for the Games in February 1951 and was one of the 17 Indonesian athletics competitors.[5]
At the 1951 Asian Games she won the bronze medal in the discus throw with a distance of 25.43 metres, far behind Japanese Toyoko Yoshino and Fumi Kojima. She threw twice further, but these throws were invalid.[6] This medal at the fifth day of the Games was the first medal for Indonesia at the Asian Games.[7]
At the 1951 National Sports Week she finished second in the discus throw from Saleh who also took her competition record.[3]
References change
- ↑ "Surabaja bereidt zich voor op athletiekkampioenschappen". Het nieuwsblad voor Sumatra (in Dutch). 22 October 1952. Retrieved 27 June 2022 – via resolver.kb.nl.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Organisatorisch succes en driehonderd atleten streden om de hoogste eer". Algemeen Indisch dagblad (in Dutch). 27 December 1950. Retrieved 27 June 2022 – via resolver.kb.nl.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Mevr. Saleh beste athlete op technische nummers". Algemeen Indisch dagblad (in Dutch). 26 October 1951. Retrieved 27 June 2022 – via resolver.kb.nl.
- ↑ "Athleten naar trainingskamp". Java-bode (in Dutch). 5 January 1951. Retrieved 27 June 2022 – via resolver.kb.nl.
- ↑ "Indonesische ploeg voor Aziatische Spelen". Nieuwe courant (in Dutch). 8 February 1951. Retrieved 27 June 2022 – via resolver.kb.nl.
- ↑ "Olympische deelnemers thuis. Niet ontevreden over resultaten". De Vrije Pers (in Dutch). 16 March 1951. Retrieved 27 June 2022 – via resolver.kb.nl.
- ↑ "Brons voor Indonesische Annie Salamun (discus)". Algemeen Indisch dagblad (in Dutch). 10 March 1951. Retrieved 27 June 2022 – via resolver.kb.nl.
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