Beyond the Limits
At the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games ever since 2011, 29-year-old Hendro Yap, has always been Indonesia’s backbone in racewalking. He has grabbed four gold medals and one silver.
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Hendro Yap
At the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games ever since 2011, 29-year-old Hendro Yap, has always been Indonesia’s backbone in racewalking. He has grabbed four gold medals and one silver. Behind Hendro’s athletic success story, however, lies a life full of obstacles.
Hendro is the second of five children of Yap Soen Peng and his wife Melati. He was born with the name Yap Kim Lung. Because he and his family would often suffer discriminatory treatment, Yap Kim Lung\'s name was changed to Hendro Yap when he was 4 years old. "If I hadn\'t changed my name, I couldn\'t have gone to school," Hendro said after winning gold in the 20-kilometer walk at the SEA Games 2019 in the Clark, the Philippines, on Monday (9/12/2019).