Ricky Anggawijaya

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Ricky Anggawijaya
Personal information
NationalityFlag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia
Born (1996-05-23) May 23, 1996 (age 27)
Bandung, West Java, Indonesia
Height171 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Backstroke, Freestyle

Ricky Anggawijaya is an Indonesian swimmer from Bandung who specializes in backstroke. However, his first medal in SEA Games is a silver medal from the 5000 m open water swimming event. [1] He also won another silver in the same discipline, this time in 10000 m distance. In 2012 Pekan Olahraga Nasional, Ricky won a gold medal in 1500 m freestyle for West Java. [2]

He also competed in the 2013 Asian Youth Games, hosted by Nanjing, China. Competing in three events, [3] he won gold in 100 m backstroke and silver in 200 m backstroke. [4] In his second participation at the SEA Games, he won gold in 200 m backstroke. He also won two bronze medals, one in 100 m backstroke, [5] and the other in 4 x 200 metre freestyle relay with his fellow Indonesian swimmers. [6]

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References

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