Tony Ricardo Mantolas

Started: He took up judo at age seven and competed in non-Para judo until 2021. "I was still competing in non-Para at the 2021 National Sports Week [PON] in Papua. Then a blind judo coach noticed how my deteriorating vision impairment affected my movement." (Official iNews YouTube channel, 23 Oct 2023; kemenpora.go.id, 06 Jun 2023) Reason: He was introduced to judo by his mother Ni Made Sumiarti. "I have been practising judo since I was little. My mother was also a judo athlete." (kemenpora.go.id, 06 Jun 2023) Awards: In 2024 he was awarded the Badge of Jer Basuki Mawa Beya from the Government of East Java Province in Indonesia. (NPCI Provinsi Jawa Timur Instagram profile, 11 Jul 2024)