Raema Lisa Rumbewas

Raema Lisa Rumbewas
Personal information
Born 10 September 1980
Biak, Irian Jaya, Indonesia
Medal record
Women’s weightlifting
Representing Indonesia
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2000 Sydney –48 kg
Silver medal – second place 2004 Athens –53 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Beijing –53 kg
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2006 Santo Domingo –53 kg
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Busan –48 kg
Southeast Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2009 Vientiane –53 kg
Silver medal – second place 2005 Manila –58 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Hanoi –58 kg

Raema Lisa Rumbewas (born 10 September 1980) is a former Indonesian weightlifter. She is the country's first athlete to have won medals in three Olympic Games. She competed in the women's 48 kg at the 2000 Summer Olympics and won silver with 185.0 kg in total. She won another silver medal at the 2004 Games, this time competing in the women's 53 kg and lifting 210.0 kg in total. Another 210.0 kg was enough to win yet another silver medal at the 2006 World Weightlifting Championships in Santo Domingo. At the 2008 Summer Olympics she ranked 3rd in the 53 kg category, with a total of 206 kg.

She has been a scholarship holder with the Olympic Solidarity program since February 2003.

Personal life

She is the cousin of women doubles badminton player Nitya Krishinda Maheswari who participated in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She is from Irian Jaya province, now Papua.