Hendro

Indonesia
Athletics
25 Jan 1990
33
Male
1.78/5'10''

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
ATH Athletics Men's 20km Race Walk  
35km Race Walk Mixed Team
INA
Indonesia
 5

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Smart New World Qiantang River Green Belt
Men's 20km Race Walk Final
Finished
Smart New World Qiantang River Green Belt
35km Race Walk Mixed Teams Final
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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RankEventYearLocationResult
Asian Games
5Men's 50km Walk2018Indonesia4:32:20
Asian Championships
7Men's 20km Walk2023Bangkok, THA1:35:59
South East Asian Games
1Men's 20km Walk2023Phnom Penh, CAM1:40:42
1Men's 20km Walk2019Capas, PHI1:31:20
1Men's 20000m Walk2017Kuala Lumpur, MAS1:32:11.27
1Men's 20km Walk2015Singapore, SIN1:34:23
1Men's 20km Walk2013Naypyidaw, MYA1:29:41
2Men's 20km Walk2021Hanoi, VIE1:35:21
2Men's 20km Walk2011Indonesia1:33:23
World Race Walking Challenge
5Men's 20km Walk2016Nomi, JPN1:27:24
5Men's 20km Walk2015Nomi, JPN1:27:54
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Athlete, Public Servant
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Coaching - Indonesia University of Education, Bandung, INA
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English, Indonesian
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Kabupaten Bogor [INA] / West Java [INA]
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His training was disrupted ahead of the 2013 South East Asian Games in Naypyidaw, Myanmar, due to a torn ligament in his left leg. He went on to win a gold medal in the 20km race walk at the Games. (SportsDeskOnline, 16 Apr 2018; kita, 15 Jan 2014; thejakartaglobe, 16 Dec 2013)

He suffered from chickenpox at the 2011 South East Asian Games in Indonesia, but went on to win a silver medal in the 20km race walk at the Games. (SportsDeskOnline, 16 Apr 2018; rappler, 28 Aug 2017)
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He took up football, basketball, volleyball, and athletics at school. In junior high his physical education teacher Anang Suryana directed him to compete in race walking. In 2005 he got an athletics scholarship at the Students Sports and Training Centre [PPLP] in Bandung, Indonesia. (Gatra TV YouTube channel, 15 Jan 2020; rappler, 28 Aug 2017; cnnindonesia, 22 Sep 2016)
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He took up race walking in order to get a sports scholarship. His parents disapproved of his sporting career, but he was encouraged to pursue the sport by his physical education teacher. "I had to take up the sport. My parents could not afford senior high education, and told me to stop at junior high. They also told me to get a job if I wanted to continue school. My parents were not supportive of my decision to compete in race walking, but I was persistent that it was the way for me to get a higher education." (Gatra TV YouTube channel, 15 Jan 2020; rappler, 28 Aug 2017; cnnindonesia, 22 Sep 2016)
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To compete at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, People's Republic of China, and the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. (cnnindonesia, 07 May 2023)
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Coach Heri Surahno. (RoTivi Media YouTube channel, 28 Apr 2023)
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"The most valuable teacher is experience. And that experience enables me to determine and go beyond my limit." (Instagram profile, 26 Nov 2021)

Additional Information

General
NAME ORIGIN
He was born Yap Kim Lung. His parents decided to change his name to Hendro when he was age four. "My real name is Yap Kim Lung, it's a Chinese name that I couldn't use. If I used it, I couldn't go to a public school at that time, so I had to use an Indonesian name. When I was little, [racial] discrimination was still high. But I had to go to a public school because of my financial situation. In 2018 I decided to be myself and went public with my birth name. Since 2019, I began registering myself as 'Hendro Yap' in every competition. I was born in Indonesia. My parents and grandparents were also born in Indonesia. I have been serving and carried the Indonesian flag [in athletics] since 2007." (RoTivi Media YouTube channel, 28 Apr 2023; cnnindonesia, 19 Jan 2022; Facebook profile, 08 Aug 2021)

OVERCOMING INJURY
Due to a torn ligament in his left leg, a doctor told him that he would risk acquiring an impairment if he competed at the 2013 South East Asian Games in Naypyidaw, Myanmar. He went on to win a gold medal at the Games. "At the time I just thought it would be my only chance to win a gold medal at the South East Asian Games. After I won gold in Myanmar, I couldn't sleep for three days because I was in severe pain. When I returned to Indonesia, a friend of mine helped me as he had worked as a doctor for the NBA in the United States of America. Another doctor even told me that I should have lost my ability to walk with such an injury. But eventually all doctors concluded that the collective muscle strength in both of my legs, including the thigh and hip, was what saved me from being impaired. They were all amazed." (RoTivi Media YouTube channel, 28 Apr 2023)

OCCUPATION
He has worked as a civil servant at the Ministry of Youth and Sports in Indonesia. (RoTivi Media YouTube channel, 28 Apr 2023)

FURTHER EDUCATION
In 2017 he graduated with a master's degree in sports management from San Antonio Catholic University of Murcia [UCAM] in Spain. "I learned a lot in Spain. I mean I didn't realise that I literally had to study in order to train. I thought it was all about training, training, and training. It changed my perspective. I also learned that I was expendable, even with all the shiny medals that I had won. It humbled me. So, before returning to Indonesia, I made a promise that I would apologise to all officials, judges, referees, and everyone that I had yelled at during competitions." (RoTivi Media YouTube channel, 28 Apr 2023; asiangames, 16 Aug 2018; cnnindonesia, 22 Sep 2016)

Legend
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Gold Medal Event
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Silver Medal Event
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Bronze Medal Event