| Riau Ega Agata Salsabilla | |
| Birth Date: | 25 November 1991 |
| Birth Place: | Blitar, East Java, Indonesia |
| Country: | Indonesia |
| Height: | 1.75 m |
| Weight: | 70 kg |
| Sport: | Archery |
| Event: | recurve |
| Show-Medals: | yes |
| Medaltemplates: | [1] [2] [3] |
Riau Ega Agata Salsabilla (born 25 November 1991) is an Indonesian recurve archer.[4] He represented Indonesia at the 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics.[4]
At the 2013 Islamic Solidarity Games, Ega won gold along with partner Ika Yuliana Rochmawati in the mixed team recurve category.[5] He competed in the individual recurve event and the team recurve event at the 2015 World Archery Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark.[6]
See also: Archery at the 2015 SEA Games.
In the 2015 SEA Games, Ega won silver in the men's team recurve event, along with Hendra Purnama & Muhammad Hanif Wijaya.[7] In the mixed team recurve event, he along with partner Ika Yuliana Rochmawati won the gold medal.[7] [8]
See also: Archery at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Ega, along with compatriot Hendra Purnama & Muhammad Hanif Wijaya, qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.[9] The three of them would be competing in the men's individual and team category.
In the men's team category, the Indonesia team scored a total of 1962 from 216 arrows in the ranking round, scoring 48 10s and 23 Xs, the team managed to rank ten out of twelve teams overall. In the 1/8 Eliminations, the team met seventh-ranked Chinese Taipei, consisting of Kao Hao-wen, Wei Chun-heng, and Yu Guan-lin. Indonesia went on to win 6–2 after two wins and two ties.[10] In the Quarterfinals, they were put up against second-ranked United States, consisting of Brady Ellison, Zach Garrett, and Jake Kaminski. Indonesia went on to lose 2–6 after they had equalized points 2–2 in the second set.[11]
In the men's individual, Ega ranked 32 out of 64 participants, scoring a total of 660 from 72 arrows with 26 10s and 7 Xs. He met Xing Yu of China in the first round, and went on to win 7–1. He then was put up against first-ranked Kim Woo-jin of South Korea, who had just broken the world record the previous day in the ranking round. However, in an upset, Ega Agatha won the match 6–2 against the world champion.[12] He went on until the Round of 16, where he was beaten by Italy's Mauro Nespoli, who had beaten Ega Agatha's compatriot Muhammad Hanif Wijaya earlier on.[13]
See also: Archery at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Ega, along with compatriot Arif Dwi Pangestu and Alviyanto Prastyadi, qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. The three of them competed in the men's individual and team category. He also played in the mixed team category along with partner Diananda Choirunisa.