He came from a sporting family – his uncle Mursanyoto was a goalkeeper for the Indonesia national football team.

[2] Sarengat won the gold medal in the 100-meter sprint at the 1962 Asian Games held in Jakarta in 10.4 seconds.

[4] Sarengat held the Indonesian record for the 100-meter sprint (10.4 seconds) for the next twenty-two years, until it was broken by sprinter Mohamed Purnomo at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.

[1] Only two other Indonesian athletes have won gold medals at the Asian Games since 1962 - Supriyati Sutono and Maria Natalia Londa.

[2] After finishing his sports career he trained as a medic and went on to serve as physician for the Indonesian vice president Adam Malik.