Mining Engineering Student Dody Muhammad Pasha Dies During ITB Ultra Marathon 2026; Organisers Respond
A student on the Mining Engineering undergraduate programme at the Faculty of Mining and Petroleum Engineering (FTTM) of the Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB), Dody Muhammad Pasha, died while running in the ITB Ultra Marathon 2026.
The incident occurred near Al-Ittihad Islamic Boarding School in Cianjur, West Java, on Saturday, 17 October 2026. Dody was carrying the flag of the “Tambang Berlari” community in the Relay 16 category. The marathon was attended by 5,216 runners.
ITB Ultra Marathon 2026 committee chair Aleks Suhanto and race director Ahmad Shalahuddin Zulfa confirmed the news and said the event’s medical team provided emergency treatment as soon as Dody experienced health problems.
“Medical staff on duty at the scene, including a doctor, administered first aid to the participant. He was then taken to Dr Hafiz Hospital in Cianjur for further treatment. The hospital team carried out various medical procedures, but he was later pronounced dead,” Aleks said.
After his death was confirmed, ITB leaders, the organising committee and alumni representatives went to the hospital to support Dody’s family.
The university was represented by acting Vice-Rector for Academic and Student Affairs Prof Edwan Kardena, ITB Student Affairs Director Prof Muhammad Insanu, and officials from the ITB Mining Engineering Alumni Association.
The Tambang Berlari community, the ITB Mining Students’ Association (HMT ITB) and the organisers worked closely to arrange the return of Dody’s body to his family home in Jambi.
ITB said his body would leave West Java on Sunday and was expected to arrive in Jambi that evening. The funeral was scheduled for Monday, 19 October 2026.
ITB sent Public Relations Deputy Head Imam Santoso and an FTTM representative to accompany the family through to the end of the funeral proceedings.
ITB Rector Prof Tatacipta Dirgantara also conveyed his condolences during a joint prayer at the finish line at ITB’s Ganesha Campus in Bandung on Sunday.
“On behalf of the entire ITB Ultra Marathon 2026 organising committee, we extend our deepest condolences on the passing of Dody Muhammad Pasha. We ask the entire ITB community, alumni, participants and the public to pray that his good deeds be accepted and that he be granted the best place in the presence of Allah,” Aleks said.