Sport in Indonesia the first Indonesians getting the title of the Seven Summiteers. Sport in Indonesia Sports in Indonesia are popular from both the participation and spectating aspect. Some popular sports in Indonesia are badminton, football, and the native Indonesian martial art Pencak Silat. Badminton is arguably Indonesia's most successful sport. Indonesia has won gold medals in badminton in every Olympic Games since the sport was first introduced to the Olympics in 1992 except in 2012 Summer Olympics. Indonesia is regularly a participating in Thomas Cup, Uber Cup, and Sudirman Cup Badminton championships. Indonesia is regularly participating in regional multi-events sport, such as
Pencak Silat In cases where the opponent is of greater strength, evasion ("elakan") or deflections ("pesongan") would be used, and are actually preferred in certain styles. The major international competition is Pencak Silat World Championship, organised by PERSILAT. This competition takes place every 2 or 3 years period. More than 30 national teams competed in recent tournaments in Jakarta (2010), Chiang Rai (2012) and Phuket (2015). The championships have been referred to under different names:World Pencak Silat Championships or World Silat Championships or Pencak Silat World Championships. <div align="left"> <div align="left"> The seven-day event attracted 450 fighters from 40 nations and territories,