Sabtu, 03 Maret 2012

Indonesia Famous Badminton Legend (Part One)

Hello again. Now in this part, I will mention some famous Badminton Legend who play in men's singles and women's singles. From men's singles there are Rudy Hartono and Liem Swie King, while in women's singles there is Susanti.


Rudy Hartono


Rudy Hartono was Indonesia Badminton Legend  Player, who was born in Surabaya August 18, 1949. He was the son of the third of nine children. He began playing badminton in 9 years old. He practiced at the Oke Badminton Association  that portion is determined by his father's training. After joining a long with the Oke Badminton Association , he decided to move to Grup Rajawali.Late 1965, he decided to move to the Thomas Cup Training Center.Shortly after moving, the better he looks. At 18 years old, he managed to win the All England champion title. After that, he continued to win this title until 1974. Other awards he received was title of U.S. open and  Canadian open.





Liem Swie King.


Liem Swie King was another Indonesia Badminton Legend Player. He was born in Kudus February 28 1956 . He become famous after challenging Rudy Hartono in the 1976 All England final in the age-20. Liem Swie King achieved many achievements during 15 years in badminton. First achievement is the first champion Central Java (1972). At the age of 17 years (1973), he won the second champion of the National Sports Week. After that, Liem Swie King recruited into national training based in Hall C Senayan. He also won the National Championship 1974 and 1975. There are antohers achievments, like World Cup champions, champions Indonesia Open, World Championship Semi Finals, Finalists SEA Games. He was dubbed the king of smash. In order to guarantee the future, he resigned as a national badminton player in 1988. Although he could not immediately find a business to achieve its goals. A year after quitting, the King could hardly be said unemployed. Because the skills and knowledge he had was the sport of badminton. Then he began to participate in managing a hotel in South Jakarta's  Melawai Street. After that, he expanded the business by opening a massage griya health. Now his business has employedmore than 400 employees. He work in Grand Wijaya Centre Office Complex in South Jakarta. 



Susi Susanti


Susi Susanti was another Badminton Legend Player who play in women's singles. She was born in Tasikmalaya 11 February 1971. She loves the game of badminton since elementary school. Support of his parents made ​​him determined to become badminton athletes.He also started his career in her uncle badminton club's , PB Tasikmalaya Tunas. After practicing for 7 years there and won the junior badminton championships, in 1985 he moved to Jakarta. At that time he was two junior high class, but have been thinking seriously on the world of badminton. Early in his career in 1989, Susi has managed to become championin the Indonesian Open. Moreover thanks to the tenacity andperseverance, Susi had participated and contributed to the team title of the Sudirman Cup for the first time Indonesia and have notrecurred to date. After that he began to rule the world women'sbadminton competition by winning the All England four times (1990, 1991, 1993, 1994) and became World Champion in 1993. Susi arguably peak of his career occurred in 1992 when she won the women's singles badminton at the Barcelona Olympics, 1992. Susibecame the first gold medalist for Indonesia at the Olympics.Interestingly, Alan Budikusuma which is when it's her boyfriend, alsoa champion in the men's singles. They managed to marry the men's singles champion and daughter of badminton at the Barcelona Olympics. Foreign media dubbed them as "Olympic Suite", an a nickname which happens to be a reality in the future.Susi again managed to win a medal, this time a bronze medal at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, United States. In addition, Susi participate incised achievement by winning the Uber Cup in 1994 and 1996. Dozens of titles are also successful grand prix series he achieved throughout his career. In May 2004, the International Badminton Federation (nowBadminton World Federation) honored Hall Of Fame to Susi Susanti.


 

Sabtu, 25 Februari 2012

Awards That has Been Achieved by Indonesia

There are some awards that have been achieved by Indonesia. Among the Thomas Cup, Uber Cup, and All England.

In the Thomas Cup, Indonesia won as much as 13X, namely in 1958, 1961, 1964, 1970, 1973, 1976, 1979, 1984,
1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, and 2002. Indonesian players who won the Thomas Cup, among others, Rudy Hartono, Tan Joe Hok, and Antonius Budi Ariantho.

 (Rudy Hartono)







(Antonius Budi Ariantho.)




In the Uber Cup, Indonesia won only 3 times. In years 1975.1994, and 1996.Players who contributed to the Uber Cup, among others Lili Tampi, Susi Susanti and  Eliza Nathanael.


   
                                                 (Susi Susanti)                                    (Lili Tampi)                           
 (Eliza Nathanael)


At the All England, there are some names Indonesian badminton player who wonthis Cup. Among them Heryanto Arbi, Ardy Wiranata, Liem Swie King, and SusiSusanti.


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                                                                                                            (Liem Swie King and All England Cup)



Sabtu, 04 Februari 2012

Badminton Clubs in Indonesia

Now, I will mention some famous badminton clubs in Indonesia.There are PB Suryanaga Gudang Garam, PB Djarum, and PB SGS (Sangkuriang Graha Sarana). Now I will explain one by one.

PB Suryanaga Gudang Garam is an association of the largest in Surabaya. Standing in 1908.Badminton players are known as Rudi Hartono, Alan Budi Kusumaand Sonny Dwi Kuncoro been practicing in Suryanaga. Someawards like the first series of Super League champions, Taiwanand the Philippines Open oelh Suryanaga been obtained. Not only that, Suryanaga also become the training ground faforit foreignplayers, such as Singapore, which always sends badminton players each year to practice in Suryanaga.

PB Djarum, established in 1969. Djarum, one of the badminton club coaches
most concern to the development of badminton. The players who have practiced in the Djarum like Liem Swie King, Christian Hadinata, and Alan Budi Kusuma.
The seriousness of the oldest Badminton club is evidenced again by building a training facility / GOR
Jati was standing behind the two-year. GOR was composed of the largest and most comprehensiveof the dormitory as well as a wide range of facilities are very modern training center.Contribution of PB Djarum also evidenced by way of sending a lot of
young players who have potential in the interest of nation and state.
This is a form of dedication PB Djarum, who consistently want to
establish a national badminton world.
Who had received awards such as the New Zealand Open champion, SurabayaChallenge.The PB Djarum players managed to create the All Indonesian Finals at the DutchGrand Prix tournament Open2007



SGS (Sangkuriang Graha Sarana) is one of the club which also has a well-knownplayers. Like Taufik Hidayat and Nova Widyanto. Pengahrggan who had obtained thebadminton champion in 2005.





Jumat, 06 Januari 2012

Badminton Competition in Indonesia

There are three big competition badminton in Indonesia. As Indonesia Djarum Superliga Badminton Indonesia, Djarum Sirkuit Nasional, and the Djarum Indonesia Open . Now I will explain one - by one.


Djarum Superliga Badminton Indonesia is a national badminton tournament in Indonesia, which is an inter-club badmintonmatches in Indonesia.The format matches using the Thomas Cup format for the men's and the format for the Uber Cup for the women's group, which consists of three singles matches and two doubles matches.When the match, each club is allowed to recruit a maximum of two foreign players.This competition was first held in 2007 with the name of the SBI (SuperligaBadminton Indonesa) and this year a group of men was won by PB ​​Suryanga and forwomen's groups won by PB Tangkas. In 2011, the competition is entering his second season, and changed its name to Djarum Superliga Badminton Indonesia. In this group of men won's by PB ​​SGS PLN whereas for women's groups won by PB ​​Jayanegara Suryanegara.
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Djarum Indonesia Open was a top level Badminton in Indonesia.Followed by various countries such as Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Japan,Korea, the United States. First held in 1982 until now. In the Djarum Indonesia open in 2011, first prize for the men's singles achieved by Malaysia, while in the women's doubles, mixed doubles, men's doubles and   women's singles was won by China.





Djarum Sirkuit Nasional is a competition held by PB ​​Djarum in several cities in Indonesia. Such as Makassar,Bali, Semarang, Surabaya, and several other cities. Was first held in 2009,competition was followed by the entire team in Indonesia.