Hendro

Early life and education Hendro was born in Medan, North Sumatra, on 24 October 1990, as the second child of five siblings to parents Yap Soen Peng and Melati. Hendro participated in Popnas in Medan, which also served as the selection for PPLP. He finished in fourth place and successfully gained admission to PPLP. In 2009, Hendro continued his studies in sports training at the Indonesia University of Education in Bandung through a scholarship.

In the 20 km race walk at the 2017 SEA Games, Hendro not only took home the gold with a time of 1 hour, 32 minutes, and 11 seconds, but he also broke a long-standing 18-year-old SEA Games record held by Malaysia’s Harbans Singh Narinde, who had set the previous mark of 1 hour, 33 minutes, and 47 seconds at the 1999 SEA Games in Brunei.

At the 2019 SEA Games in the Philippines, Hendro successfully defended his title by winning another gold medal. However, his streak of golds came to an end at the 2021 SEA Games, held in 2022 in Vietnam, where he earned a silver medal. Hendro made a strong comeback at the 2023 SEA Games in Cambodia, securing another gold, and went on to repeat his success at the 2025 SEA Games in Thailand.