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| Born | 22 March 1996 Semarang, Indonesia |
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Tiara Andini Prastika (born 22 March 1996) is an Indonesian mountain cyclist. [1] She represented Indonesia at the 2018 Asian Games and clinched an historic gold medal for Indonesia in the women's downhill cycling event. [2] With this achievement, she also became the first Indonesian female cyclist to claim a gold medal in the mountain bike event in an Asian Games event. [3]
| Award | Year | Category | Result | Ref. |
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| Indonesian Sport Awards | 2018 | Favorite Female Athlete | Nominated | [4] |
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The 2011 Southeast Asian Games, officially known as the 26th Southeast Asian Games, or the 26th SEA Games, and commonly known as Jakarta-Palembang 2011, was a Southeast Asian multi-sport event held from 11 to 22 November 2011 in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia. It was Indonesia's fourth time to host the Southeast Asian Games, and its first since 1997. Previously, Indonesia also hosted in 1979 and 1987. The capital city of Jakarta hosted all three of the previous Games prior to this. Palembang became the third SEA Games non-capital host city, after Chiang Mai (1995) and Nakhon Ratchasima (2007), both in Thailand. Around 5,965 athletes from 11 participating nations participated at the games which featured 545 events in 44 sports. The biggest competitor, sports, and events in Southeast Asian Games history.
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