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Mohammad Sarengat

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Born	(1939-10-28)October 28, 1939 Banyumas, Dutch East Indies
Died	October 13, 2014(2014-10-13) (aged 74) Jakarta, Indonesia
Medal record Men's athletics Representing  Indonesia Asian Games 1962 Jakarta 100 m 1962 Jakarta 110 m hurdles 1962 Jakarta 200 m GANEFO 1963 Jakarta 4x100 m relay 1963 Jakarta 110 m hurdles

Mohammad Sarengat (October 28, 1939 – October 13, 2014) was an Indonesian track and field sprinter. Sarengat 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.

Born in Kedunguter in Banyumas Regency, he grew up in Batang Regency before settling in Surabaya. He came from a sporting family – his uncle Mursanyoto was a goalkeeper for the Indonesia national football team.

Sarengat won the gold medal in the 100-meter sprint at the 1962 Asian Games held in Jakarta in 10.4 seconds. The win made Sarengat the first Indonesian gold medalist at any Asian Games. He also won a second gold medal at the competition, winning the 110-meter hurdles with an Asian record time of 14.3 seconds. He also won a bronze medal in the 200-meter sprint. Sarengat held the Indonesian record for the 100-meter sprint (10.4 seconds) for the next twenty-two years, until it was broken by sprinter Mohamed Purnomo at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.

Only two other Indonesian athletes have won gold medals at the Asian Games since 1962 - Supriyati Sutono and Maria Natalia Londa. Following his Asian Games win, his only other international medal of note was a silver medal in the 110 m hurdles at the 1963 GANEFO Games, where he placed behind China's Gao Jiqiao. Following his retirement, a football stadium in Batang Regency (his home area) was named in honour as the Moh Sarengat Stadium.

After finishing his sports career he trained as a medic and went on to serve as physician for the Indonesian vice president Adam Malik. Sarengat died on October 13, 2014, at Pondok Indah Hospital in South Jakarta at the age of 73. He had been hospitalized since suffering a stroke in 2012. He was survived by his wife and children.

References

1. ^ Afriatni, Ami (2014-10-13). "Indonesian Sprinting Great Sarengat Dies Aged 74". Jakarta Globe. Archived from the original on 2014-10-23. Retrieved 2014-10-19.
2. ^ Wardany, Irawaty (2014-10-18).Sprinting legend M. Sarengat dies at 73 . Jakarta Post. Retrieved on 2014-10-20.
3. ^ Mohammad Sarengat. Jakarta Encyclopaedia. Retrieved on 2014-10-20.
4. Asian Games. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2014-10-20.
5. GANEFO Games. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2014-10-20.

• 1939 births
• 2014 deaths
• Indonesian male sprinters
• Asian Games gold medalists for Indonesia
• Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
• Athletes (track and field) at the 1962 Asian Games
• Sportspeople from Central Java
• Asian Games bronze medalists for Indonesia
• Medalists at the 1962 Asian Games
• Deaths from cerebrovascular disease
• 20th-century Indonesian people