Muhammad Erry Hidayat bin Muhammad Hidayat (born 24 November 1999) is a

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. He is the son of the country's former weightlifter Hidayat Hamidon who was the 1998 gold medal medalists in weightlifting at the

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. He has won several medals in various competitions, including a bronze medal at the

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and a silver at the

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. Erry also won a bronze medal at the

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and renewed the National 73 kg Weightlifting record by lifting 316 kg. In November 2023, Erry was crowned the Federal Territories Sportsman for 2021/2022.

Career

Erry made his international debut in 2015 at the

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, Samoa where he won a gold in 69 kg category. At the age of 17, Erry won gold at the 2016 Sukma Games in the 69 kg final. In

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category, he managed to get a bronze medal after lifting weighing 143 kg. At the

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, Malaysia. Erry managed to finished 4th in the Men's 69kg event as a future prospect for Malaysia in

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. In April 2018, Erry competed in the

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but had to accept the defeat after placing 5th in the Men's 69 kg with a total 291. At the

, Philippines. Erry brought a bronze medal for Malaysia in the Men's 69kg. In the same year, Erry made his debut at the 2019 IWF Championships. However, he wasn't managed to finish the event. In 2021, Erry competed at the 2021 IWF Championships. He only managed to finished 12th with a total of 301 kg in Men's 73 kg. At the

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, he won a silver medal in the Men's 73 kg. In May 2022, he broke his previous national record with a total 316 kg combined to retain his bronze medal in the men's 73 kg category at the

. This bettered his national record of 312 kg, 141 kg in snatch and 171 kg in clean and jerk which was set in Melaka in 2020. He also bagged a silver in the 73 kg at the

. Erry contented with an overall lift of 303 kg, having recorded 138 kg in snatch and 165 kg in clean and jerk.

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* Living people Malaysian people of Malay descent Malaysian male weightlifters SEA Games medalists in weightlifting Competitors at the 2021 SEA Games Weightlifters at the 2022 Commonwealth Games 21st-century Malaysian sportsmen Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Sportspeople from Kuala Lumpur 1999 births Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Malaysia Weightlifters at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Competitors at the 2019 SEA Games Competitors at the 2017 SEA Games SEA Games bronze medalists for Malaysia Commonwealth Games silver medallists in weightlifting {{Malaysia-weightlifting-bio-stub