The Sweet Fruits of Our Labor
Tiered athlete development and continuous training has borne fruit in Indonesian taekwondo. Female taekwondo athlete Defia Rosmaniar, 23, won Indonesia’s first gold medal in the poomsae event at the 2018 Asian Games on Sunday (19/8/2018).
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President Joko Widodo awards national taekwondo athlete Rosmaniar Defia with a gold medal on Sunday (19/8/2018) after the women\'s individual pomsae class final at the Jakarta Convention Center (JCC) in Senayan, Jakarta. Rosmaniar won Indonesia’s first gold at the 2018 Asian Games when she defeated Iran taekwondo athlete Salahshouri Marjan.
JAKARTA, KOMPAS – Tiered athlete development and continuous training has borne fruit in Indonesian taekwondo. Female taekwondo athlete Defia Rosmaniar, 23, won Indonesia’s first gold medal in the poomsae event at the 2018 Asian Games on Sunday (19/8/2018).
Defia’s victory serves as proof that results will never betray well-planned development. Defia, who has won in regional tournaments in Bogor and across West Java, was selected by a talent scout from the Indonesian Taekwondo Association (PBTI) to join the national training camp (Pelatnas) in 2012. She was removed from Pelatnas twice. However, due to her hard work and persistence, she was asked to rejoin.