Supriyati Sutono

Supriyati Sutono (also known as Supriati Sutono; born 24 June 1972) is an Indonesian former track and field athlete who competed in long-distance running track events. She set a number of Indonesian national records and remains the 3000 metres record holder (the others being beaten by Triyaningsih). She represented her country at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

She became Indonesia's first female athletics gold medallist at the 1998 Asian Games, winning the 5000 m, and was her country's first ever winner Asian Athletics Championships in 2000, taking the 10,000 m gold. She was also successful at the SEA Games, earning three individual medals in 1997, a career total of eight golds, and having four straight wins in the 5000 m from 1997 to 2003.

Career Born in Indonesia's Cilacap Regency, Sutono came to prominence at regional level at the 1997 SEA Games held in Jakarta, when she won an unprecedented three gold medals in the 1500 metres, 5000 metres and 10,000 metres. She won each event with a games record time. Her 1500 m run of 4:21.50 minutes proved to be a lifetime best. She also entered the 10,000 m a finished fifth. She set lifetime bests over both distances, timing 15:54.45 minutes and 32:52.45 minutes, respectively.

Sutono retained two of her three titles at the 1999 SEA Games, topping the podium in the 1500 m and 5000 m events, but relinquishing the 10,000 m to Malaysia's Yuan Yufang.

She returned to the SEA Games on two more occasions. Two games records came at the 2001 SEA Games as she held off Myanmar's Pa Pa to claim a 5000 m/10,000 m double for the second time in her career. She was also a silver medallist in the 1500 m behind Pham Dinh Khanh Doan of Vietnam. She defended her 5000 m title at the 2003 SEA Games, making it four straight victories at the competition – a first for a female track athlete at the SEA Games.

The last major international outing of her career came on the highest stage. She was selected for the Indonesian Olympic team for the 2004 Athens Olympics. She finished nineteenth in her qualifying group with a time of 16:34.14 minutes.

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