The team has been awarded 7 qualification places for the Rio Olympic Games to be held in August 2016 - 5 male and 2 females.  This is a record for the Indonesian Weightlifting Team and was achieved through excellent team results at the 2014 and 2015 World Weightlifting Championships . 

14weightlifting athletes are training hard in Senayan, Jakarta at the moment trying to be selected as one of the lucky 7 to represent Indonesia at the Rio Olympic Games.  Ever since the Sydney Olympic Games in 2000, Indonesian weightlifting has always won at least 1 weightlifting medal at the Olympic Games.  At the London Olympics Triyatno won the Silver medal in the 69 kg class with a total lift of 333 kg and Eko Yuli Irawan won the Bronze medal in the 62 kg class with a total lift of 317 kg. 

Both of these athletes will be action again at the Rio Olympics and hoping to win a 3rd Olympic medal, which has never been done previously by any Indonesian athlete in any sport.  So this would be new history for Indonesia.