Liem Swie King (born February 28, 1956) was an Indonesian badminton player in the late 1970s and 1980s who competed in singles and some doubles events. Along with Morten Frost Hansen (Denmark), Han Jian (China), and Prakash Padukone (India), he was one of the world's dominant players in that era.
. Liem, whose given name "Swie King" means "a person of intellectual brilliance", was best known for his aggressive play and the ferocity of his smash.
He won the All-England Men Singles Championships in 1978, 1979 and 1981. He was a member of the Thomas Cup winning Indonesian team in 1976, 1979 and 1984. He eventually retired from badminton in 1988, and makes a good living operating a health spa in Jakarta.
Liem was inducted into the International Badminton Federation Hall of Fame in 2002
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Candra Wijaya
Candra Wijaya (born in Cirebon, West Java, 16 September 1975) is a male badminton player from Indonesia.
He has an older brother, Indra Wijaya and two younger siblings Rendra Wijaya and Sandra Wijaya.
Personal life
When he was young, he joined the Jaya Raya Jakarta badminton club. The parents name of Wijaya is Hendra Wijaya (father) and Indranita (mother). His hobby is listening music. Normally people called him Candra.
Alvent Yulianto
Alvent Yulianto Chandra (born Glenmore, Banyuwangi, East Java; 11 July 1980) is a male badminton player from Indonesia.
He has been playing badminton since he was 10 years old in a club named Suryanaga Gudang Garam Surabaya.
Won Korea Open 2004, Thailand Open 2004, Singapore Open 2004, and Indonesia Open 2004 with his partner Luluk Hadiyanto. In 2006 Asian Games Luluk and Alvent have a silver medal for Indonesian team.
Yulianto competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's doubles with partner Luluk Hadiyanto. They had a bye in the first round, then were defeated in the round of 16 by Lee Dong-soo and Yoo Yong-sung of Korea.
Luluk Hadiyanto
Career
Hadiyanto started getting serious in badminton when he was 11. Motivated by one of Indonesian badminton greats Christian Hadinata, he hopes one day he can grab the two most prestigious titles in the badminton world: the Olympics and the World Championship titles. He likes Candra Wijaya best as his sparring partner and regarded the Chinese top pair Fu Haifeng and Cai Yun as a hard-to-beat opponent.
He has been partnering with Alvent Yulianto, supporting the national team. His first time representing the country in an international tournament was in the 1997 Asian Junior Badminton Championship held in Philippine.
2004
2004 was the year of this pair, Hadiyanto/Yulianto. Altogether, they won four titles (Thailand Open, Korea Open, Singapore Open, Indonesia Open), two runner-ups (Swiss Open and Malaysia Open), and entered the semifinal of Japan Open and Denmark Open. By end of 2004 the pair has become the Indonesian and world's top pair, sitting at the BWF's hot ranked first seat.
2005
But in the following year, 2005, the pair went a downhill. In that year they never went to final of any individual tournaments they participated in. Being a semifinalist was the pair's best outcome. By end of that year, the pair's rank dropped to world's number 5, while their previous hot seat was taken by their compatriot Candra Wijaya/Sigit Budiarto.
2006 & 2007
2006 was even worse. Out of eight individual tournaments, they could only went to three semifinals and two quarter finals. As can be expected, the pair's fell to rank no. 8 end of that year. They were skidded by their junior Markis Kido/Hendra Setiawan who sat on the world's fifth position. Mid of 2007, the pair fell so far to rank number 21. Just in the last few months the pair made a come back and gaining back their Top 10 position in the world's rank.
Susi Susanti
Lucia Francisca Susi Susanti (born in Tasikmalaya, West Java on 11 February 1971) was an Indonesian badminton player. Sometimes her name is also spelled Susy Susanti.
Career
She won the gold medal in the woman's singles at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, Spain and the bronze medal at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, United States. She retired from badminton in 1997 and married to Alan Budikusuma in 9 February 1997, who also won a gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics.
Often considered the finest female badminton player Indonesia produced, Susanti dominated the women's singles event in the early to mid 1990s, winning the All-England in 1990, 1991, 1993 and 1994, the World Badminton Grand Prix from 1990 to 1994, and the IBF World Championships in 1993. She also led the Indonesian team to win the Uber Cup in 1994 and 1996. She entered the International Badminton Federation (IBF, currently BWF) Hall of Fame in May 2004, and received the Herbert Scheele Trophy in 2002. She won at the Japan Open three times and won the Grand Prix Series in Bali in 1990. She also won various Badminton Grand Prix Series and Badminton World Cups.
Life after badminton
She was running a badminton racket company with her husband called Alan Susy Technology (Astec) after her retirement. Susy and Alan has 3 children, they are Lourencia Averina (born 1999), Albertus Edward (born 2000) and Sebastianus Frederick (b. 2003). Together with Alan, they also run a badminton court located in their living area in North Jakarta.
Joko Suprianto
Joko Suprianto (born 6 October 1966 in Solo, Central Java) is a former badminton player from Indonesia.
Suprianto became world champion in men's singles in the 1993 IBF World Championships.
He played badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics in men's singles. He was the #1-seeded and was defeated in quarterfinals by Rashid Sidek 15-5, 15-12.
Taufik Hidayat
Taufik Hidayat (born August 10, 1981, Bandung, Jawa Barat, Indonesia) is an Indonesian badminton player and his height is 176 cm. He is a former world champion and the current Olympic champion in the men's singles. He also won the Indonesian Open six times (1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2006).
When he was young, he joined the SGS Club, a badminton club in Bandung. Having been trained by Iie Sumirat, Taufik learned his characteristic confusing and tricky net play.
Hidayat played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men' singles, defeating Hidetaka Yamada of Japan and Wong Choong Hann of Malaysia in the first two rounds. In the quarterfinals, Hidayat defeated Peter Gade of Denmark 15-12, 15-12. Hidayat advanced to the semifinals, in which he beat Boonsak Ponsana of Thailand 15-9, 15-2. Playing in the gold medal match, he defeated Korean Shon Seung-mo 15-8, 15-7 to win the gold medal. In August 2005, he defeated world number one Lin Dan of China, 15-3, 15-7 in the men's singles final of the IBF World Championships.
Player Attributes
Hidayat's qualities are his backhand, forehand drop shot (reverse slice in particular) and net-play.[citation needed] He has weaknesses in is his reluctance to kill from high forehand clears, his impatience with loud crowds and his penchant for returning a net shot with a net shot, even when the opponent is dangerously close to the net.[citation needed] His style mirrors Zhao Jianhua to some reviewers.[citation needed] Hidayat is known for his relaxed smooth playing style. His lack of consistency and mental fortitude are often points of criticism.
On top of this amazing players profile, he also has a terrific record. He was the number 1 seed in the 2000 Sydney Olympics, at the age of 19. he also won his first Indonesia Open title when he was just 18. He had got the All England final when he was 17. But among the countless things he has done,the most remarkable is that of Asian Junior championship title. When Taufik was 17, he became the best player in the world, after retaining the world no.1 spot for several months he won the Asian Junior championship title after.
Taufik was defeated three times by Lin Dan in 2006, at the Thomas Cup semi-final tie, Japan Open final and the Hong Kong Open where Taufik forfeited the match after what he thought was a bad line call at 4-1 to Lin in the first game. Taufik defeated Lin Dan in the final of the 2006 Asian Games individual event on December 9 after losing twice to him in three days in the team event preliminaries and semi-finals. Taufik has an 8-4 losing record at present against Lin Dan, his ultimate rival.)
To date, Taufik is the only badminton player in the world ever to win the Olympics (2004) and the World Badminton Championship that took place in the following year (2005).
