Megawati Hangestri Pertiwi

Megawati Hangestri Pertiwi (born 20 September 1999), often known mononymously as Megawati, is an Indonesian indoor volleyball player. She is a member of the Indonesia women's national volleyball team.

Megawati participated in the 2017 SEA Games. In the semifinal, she contributed the highest points when competing with Vietnam in five sets and made Indonesia qualify for the final after the last time in 1991. In the final, Indonesia lost to Thailand and won a silver medal. In 2023, Megawati was contracted with the Red Sparks.

Careers Megawati has been a volleyball player since the age of 14. Her professional career began as one of the young players in the Surabaya Bank Jatim squad during the Livoli Divisi Utama in 2015. In the Proliga, she played for Jakarta Pertamina Fastron from the 2015 season until the 2017 season, She briefly moved to Jakarta BNI 46 in the 2018 season and then to Bandung BJB Tandamata as Indonesia's representative in the ASEAN Grand Prix 2022.

In 2021, Megawati started exploring a career abroad by joining the Thai club Supreme Chonburi-E.Tech in the Thailand League for one season. She then played for the Vietnamese club Hà Phú Thanh Hóa in the Vietnam Volleyball League 2022 after the Proliga 2022 concluded. Megawati returned to Indonesia to play for Jakarta BIN in the Proliga 2024, successfully leading her team to their first championship title and achieving her first title in her career. After the Proliga 2024 ended, she returned to Red Sparks after Ko Hee-jin selected her in the Asian Draft Quarter organized by KOVO. In the PON 2024 competition held in Aceh-North Sumatra, she successfully brought home a gold medal for the East Java Women's Volleyball Team.

After her successful stint with Red Sparks in the 2024–2025 South Korean V-League season, where she led the team to a runner-up finish and earned widespread acclaim for her powerful spikes and scoring prowess, Megawati briefly returned to Indonesia in 2025 to compete for Gresik Petrokimia Pupuk Indonesia in the Proliga final four. Despite a loss in her debut match with the team, her impact as a versatile and dynamic player remained evident.

In August 2025, Megawati signed with Manisa Büyükşehir Belediyespor Kulübü (Manisa BBSK) in Turkey’s Kadınlar 1. Ligi for the 2025–2026 season. She passed her medical tests and joined the team for pre-season training. However, her stint in Turkey ended prematurely before making her official league debut. Due to scheduling conflicts with her domestic commitments in Indonesia, including playing for Surabaya Bank Jatim in the 2025 Livoli Divisi Utama and early national team preparations for the 2025 SEA Games, Megawati and Manisa BBSK mutually agreed to terminate her contract on October 23, 2025.

Following her departure from Turkey, Megawati returned to Indonesia and competed in the domestic Proliga 2026 season, where she played for Jakarta Pertamina Enduro and successfully led the team to a championship victory. In May 2026, it was officially announced that Megawati would return to the South Korean V-League for the 2026–2027 season. She was selected during the Asia Quarter draft to join the reigning champions, Suwon Hyundai Engineering & Construction Hillstate, marking a new chapter in her international career after her previous two-season success with the Red Sparks.

Club career

Awards

Individuals 2019 ASEAN Grand Prix - "Best server" 2020 Summer Olympics - Asian qualification - "Best scorer" 2022 Indonesian Proliga - "Best server" 2022 ASEAN Grand Prix - "Best opposite spiker" 2023 Asian Challenge Cup - "Best opposite spiker" 2023–24 Korean V-League - "MVP of the first round" 2024 Indonesian Proliga - "MVP" 2024-25 Korean V-League - "MVP of the third round" 2024-25 Korean V-League - "MVP of the fourth round" 2026 Indonesian Proliga - "Best opposite spiker" 2026 Indonesian Proliga - "MVP"

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