Richard Sam Bera

Quick Facts

Full Name	Richard Sam Bera
Occupation	Swimmer
Date Of Birth	Dec 19, 1971(1971-12-19)
Age	53
Birthplace	Jakarta
Country	Indonesia
Horoscope	Sagittarius

Richard Sam Bera Biography

Richard Sam Bera is one of the most popular and richest Swimmer who was born on December 19, 1971 in Jakarta, Indonesia.

After an eight-year absence since his first Olympic in 1988 Seoul Olympics as a 16-year-old, Bera qualified for his second Indonesian team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. Although he was able to improve his standards from past tournaments, Bera still placed in a “middle-of-the-pack” in any of his individual events, finishing forty-fourth in the 50 m freestyle (23.80), and thirty-fourth in the 100 m freestyle (51.25).

Bera made his official debut, as Indonesia’s youngest swimmer (aged 16), at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. He failed to reach the top 16 final in any of his individual events, finishing forty-first in the newly introduced 50 m freestyle (24.67), forty-seventh in the 100 m freestyle (53.59), forty-eighth in the 200 m freestyle (1:57.60), forty-third in the 400 m freestyle (4:08.70), and thirty-seventh in the 200 m individual medley (2:13.90).

Richard Sam Bera Net Worth

Richard Sam Bera is one of the richest Swimmer from Indonesia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Richard Sam Bera 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Richard Sam Bera (born 19 December 1971) is a former Indonesian swimmer, who specialized in sprint and middle-distance freestyle events. He is a three-time Olympian (1988, 1996, and 2000), a bronze medalist at the Asian Games (1990), and a twenty-three times SEA Games gold-medalist (individuals and relays) since his debut in 1987. He is regarded as Indonesia’s most successful swimmer in the sporting history. Up until 2015, Bera held several Indonesian and Southeast Asian Games records in sprint freestyle events from the Southeast Asian Games.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Richard Sam Bera height 6 ft 0 in Ioannis weight 75 kg & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Richard Sam Bera Dating?

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When his country Indonesia hosted the 1997 Southeast Asian Games in Jakarta, Bera was delighted and overwhelmed by the home crowd, as he edged out Filipino favourite Raymond Papa to defend his titles in both the 50 and 100 m freestyle. A feat that he repeated again at 1999 Southeast Asian Games in Brunei Darusallam and 2001 Southeast Asian Games in Kuala Lumpur.

Facts & Trivia

Ioannis Ranked on the list of most popular Swimmer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Indonesia. Richard Sam Bera celebrates birthday on December 19 of every year.

Since 2000, Bera has been working as a sports broadcaster for MetroTV on the western outskirts of Jakarta. After that, he was placed as editor-in-chief for FHM and Men’s Fitness Indonesia Magazines. Following his retirement from swimming, Bera still remained strong and faithful to his sporting regime. He became one of the founders of National Champions Millennium Aquatics Club, and later competed in both Olympic and sprint-distance triathlons across Indonesia, specifically in Bali. Bera was unofficially crowned as the father of modern triathlon in Indonesia, when he started to spread the “triathlon virus” in 2009. He was training to keep himself healthy by doing cycling and running along with swimming. At the time, barely anyone in Indonesia was aware of the sport of triathlon.

Top Facts about Richard Sam Bera

1. Richard Sam Bera is an Indonesian swimmer.
2. He was born on December 17, 1998.
3. Bera specializes in freestyle and butterfly strokes.
4. He competed in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
5. Bera holds multiple national records in Indonesia.
6. His personal best time for the 50m freestyle is 22.74 seconds.
7. Bera trains with the Jakarta-based Tirta Swimming Club.
8. He won a bronze medal at the Southeast Asian Games in 2019.
9. Bera has also competed at the FINA World Championships.
10. He aims to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics in 2021.