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| Born | (1999-10-16)16 October 1999 (age 26) Jakarta, Indonesia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.51 m (4 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Women's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented |  Indonesia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | DKI Jakarta | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach | Eva Novalina Butarbutar | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Rifda Irfanaluthfi (born 16 October 1999) is an Indonesianartistic gymnast. She is the2018 Asian Games floor exercise silver medalist and a four-timeSEA Games champion. She is also a three-time medalist on theFIG World Cup series. She representedIndonesia at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
Irfanaluthfi was born on 16 October 1999 inJakarta, where she still lives and trains. She began gymnastics when she was in the first grade.[1][2]
On 25 March 2015, Irfanaluthfi made her international debut at theDoha World Cup, performing on vault, balance beam, and floor exercise. She didn't make it past qualifications.[1] In June 2015, she competed at the2015 SEA Games. She finished fifth in the all-around final, with a total score of 49.600, after falling on her 2.5 twist on the floor and her back handspring-back tuck series on the beam.[3] She finished fourth on vault after falling on her second vault, a full-twistingYurchenko. She also finished fourth on the balance beam, with another fall on her back handspring-back tuck series. But on the floor, she finished second, just 0.033 behindFarah Ann Abdul Hadi, becoming the only Indonesian gymnast to medal at the competition.[4]
At theAsian Championships in Hiroshima, Irfanaluthfi performed only her two best events, balance beam and floor, finishing sixth on balance beam and as the first reserve on floor exercise.[5][6] After she won three gold medals at the Indonesian National Students Games in September and two golds at the Indonesian National Youth Games—representing her home province,Jakarta—the Jakarta Department of Youth and Sport sent her to theWorld Championships inGlasgow.[7] There, she placed 126th out of 191 gymnasts who competed all four events in qualifications, with a total score of 48.332, and she missed qualifying to the2016 Olympic Test Event by about two points.[1]
Irfanaluthfi competed at the2016 Indonesian National Games, winning gold medals in the all-around, vault, and floor exercise.[8]
In May, Irfanaluthfi competed at the2017 Islamic Solidarity Games in Baku, Azerbaijan. She claimed a bronze medal with the Indonesian team, behind Azerbaijan and Turkey. Individually, she placed third in all-around and vault, fifth on uneven bars, and fourth on balance beam and floor exercise.[9] She then competed at the2017 SEA Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. She won the bronze medal in the team competition with her teammates Amalia Fauziah, Armartiani, and Tazsa Miranda. Although there was no official all-around competition, her total score of 51.350 was the highest in the competition. In the event finals, she won a silver medal on vault, bronze on uneven bars, gold on balance beam, and another bronze on floor exercise, making her the most decorated gymnast of the competition with five medals.[10][11] At the2017 Voronin Cup, she won the bronze medal on floor exercise.[12]
Irfanaluthfi competed on the balance beam at theDoha World Cup, placing 31st in the qualification round with a score of 11.233.[13] Then at the Koper World Challenge Cup, she placed eighth on vault, sixth on balance beam, and fourth on floor exercise.[14] At the Mersin World Challenge Cup in Mersin, Turkey, she earned the silver medal on vault, her first world cup medal, and earned her second medal, a bronze on floor exercise.[15]
Irfanaluthfi competed at the2018 Asian Games in her hometown Jakarta. In the all-around final, she placed 18th with a total score of 47.100. In the event finals, she placed fourth on the vault and won a silver medal on the floor exercise behind North Korea'sKim Su-jong.[16] At the2018 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships inDoha, she finished 57th in the all-around in qualifications with a total score of 49.266.[17]
Irfanaluthfi competed with the Indonesian team at the FIT Challenge where they finished 14th.[18] She then competed at theSummer Universiade where she finished fifth in the vault final.[19] At theWorld Championships, she finished 142nd in the all-around during the qualification round and did not qualify for the 2020 Olympic Games.[20] She then competed at theSEA Games, winning the all-around silver medal behindFarah Ann Abdul Hadi.[21] In the event finals, she won gold on the vault and silver medals on the balance beam and floor exercise.[22]
In 2020, Irfanaluthfi fractured her lefttibia.[2] She returned to competition at the2021 Varna World Challenge Cup where she finished fifth on vault and fourth on floor exercise.[23]
Irfanaluthfi won the all-around title at theSEA Games, and in the event finals, she won gold on floor exercise, silver on uneven bars, and bronze on vault.[20] Then at the2022 Asian Championships, she finished 10th in the all-around.[24] She finished 65th all-around in the qualification round at the2022 World Championships.[25]
Irfanaluthfi finished fifth on the vault at the2023 Baku World Cup.[26] Then at the Cairo World Cup, she won the bronze medal on the floor exercise behindJoscelyn Roberson andAlice D'Amato.[27] She then placed fifth in the all-around at theAsian Championships and qualified for the2023 World Championships.[28] At the World Championships, she finished 52nd in the all-around during qualifications.[29] She injured herself dismounting theuneven bars and required knee surgery.[30] Among the athleteseligible for an Olympic berth, she was ranked 15th. Initially, only the top 14 gymnasts received Olympic berths, but after France qualified as a team, the host spot was reallocated to Irfanaluthfi.[31] This made her the first Indonesian gymnast to qualify for the Olympics. She said that she hoped competing at the Olympics would increase awareness of gymnastics in Indonesia and inspire younger athletes, including those in other sports.[30]
At the2024 Summer Olympics, Irfanaluthfi finished 80th in the uneven bars.[2][32]
