Nurul Akmal

Nurul Akmal (born 12 February 1993) is an Indonesian weightlifter of Acehnese descent. She won the silver medal in the women's +90kg event at the 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games held in Baku, Azerbaijan. The following year, she represented Indonesia at the 2018 Asian Games held in Jakarta, Indonesia in the women's +75kg event where she finished in 6th place. She also competed in the women's +87 kg event at the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships held in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan.

In 2019, she competed in the women's +87 kg at the World Weightlifting Championships held in Pattaya, Thailand. In that same year, she won the bronze medal in the women's +87kg event at the 6th International Qatar Cup held in Doha, Qatar. In April 2021, she competed at the 2020 Asian Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

She represented Indonesia at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. She finished in 5th place in the women's +87 kg event. She was also one of the flagbearers for Indonesia during the 2020 Summer Olympics Parade of Nations as part of the opening ceremony on 23 July 2021.

She won the bronze medal in the women's +87kg event at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games held in Konya, Turkey. She won the silver medal in her event at the 2022 Asian Weightlifting Championships held in Manama, Bahrain.

In August 2024, she finished in 12th place in the women's +81kg event at the Summer Olympics held in Paris, France.

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