Indonesia began to participate in the Olympic Games on 1952. Indonesian women's archery team won a silver medal at 1988 Seoul Olympic Games, which was Indonesia's first Olympic medal. Since 1992 badminton entered the Olympic Games, this sport has become the main source of medals in Indonesia. In the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, they won 1 gold, 1 silver and 3 bronze, and badminton, a traditional event, is still the guarantee for winning medals.
Indonesian badminton has an advantage. Tao Fick 198 1 a famous badminton player was born in Bandung, Indonesia. Taufik was recognized by Bole on 1996, and then he broke into the international badminton arena. 1999 won the Asian Youth Championship. He is the first grand slam player in the world badminton men's singles to win the Olympic Games, Asian Games, World Championships and Thomas Cup. He is also the champion of the six-time Indonesian Open.
Since 1992 badminton entered the Olympic Games, this sport has become the main source of medals in Indonesia. 1992, Indonesia won 2 gold 1 silver 1 bronze, all from badminton. They won the top three in men's singles, and Wei He won the men's singles and women's singles as a couple. In Athens Olympic Games, Indonesia won 1 gold, 1 silver, and 2 bronze. Except for weightlifter Lisa, all of them came from badminton. Taufik won Indonesia's only gold medal in badminton men's singles, while Sony and Flandy Limpele/Eng Hian also won bronze medals in men's singles and men's doubles.
At the 1994 Hiroshima Asian Games, Indonesia won the total score of 1 1 with 3 gold 12 silver1/bronze. At the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games, Indonesian badminton players won 2 gold and 2 silver 1 bronze medal, which was the first time in Indonesian history to win an Olympic gold medal. Indonesian athletes won 1 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze 1996, 2000 Sydney Olympic Games 1 gold, 2 silver, 1 copper, 2004 Athens Olympic Games 1 silver, 2 bronze. At the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Indonesia won 2 gold medals, 3 silver medals and 15 bronze medals, ranking 22nd in the gold medal list.
Traditional sports in Indonesia include bullfighting, bullfighting and canoeing. It's usually a national holiday program. In addition, boxing is also very popular with people. Modern sports in Indonesia began during the Dutch colonial period. At that time, national sports were mainly centered on Java, and most of the athletes came from Surabaya, Thoreau and Yogyakarta. Besides tennis, there are also football and hockey.