Raema Lisa Rumbewas

Personal information
Born	(1980-09-10)10 September 1980 Biak, Irian Jaya, Indonesia
Died	14 January 2024(2024-01-14) (aged 43) Jayapura, Papua, Indonesia
Medal record Women’s weightlifting Representing  Indonesia Olympic Games 2000 Sydney –48 kg 2004 Athens –53 kg 2008 Beijing –53 kg World Championships 2006 Santo Domingo –53 kg Asian Games 2002 Busan –48 kg SEA Games 2009 Vientiane –53 kg 2005 Manila –58 kg 2003 Hanoi –58 kg

Raema Lisa Rumbewas (10 September 1980 – 14 January 2024) was an Indonesian weightlifter. She was 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.^[1] Another 210.0 kg was enough to win yet another silver medal at the 2006 World Weightlifting Championships in Santo Domingo.^[1] At the 2008 Summer Olympics she ranked 3rd in the 53 kg category, with a total of 206 kg.^[2]

Rumbewas was a scholarship holder with the Olympic Solidarity program as of February 2003.

Personal life and death

Rumbewas was the cousin of women doubles badminton player Nitya Krishinda Maheswari, who participated in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She was from Irian Jaya province, now Papua.^[3]

Raema Lisa Rumbewas died on 14 January 2024 at the age of 43.^[4][5]