Halim Haryanto

Halim Haryanto Ho (born September 23, 1976) is an Indonesian-born American former badminton player. He is a former world champion along with his doubles partner Tony Gunawan. Haryanto immigrated to the United States in 2004 to pursue a coaching career. He now resides in San Diego, California, coaching in San Diego and representing the United States as a badminton player of Team USA.

Personal life Halim Haryanto Ho was born in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia on September 23, 1976 to Hadimulya Ho and Ana Wun. Haryanto began playing badminton at the age of 8. He graduated from West Java, Indonesia High School in 1994 and joined the Indonesia National Badminton Team in 1995, specializing as a men's doubles player. He is currently married to Jeanny N. Ho, whose father is Hariamanto Kartono, silver medalist at the 1980 IBF World Championships and gold medalist of the All England, Indonesian Open, and Thomas Cup. Together they have two daughters, Gabriella Ho and Graciella Ho. Amongst his hobbies are basketball, swimming, watching James Bond movies, and That '70s Show. He also became a certified massage therapist in 2006.

Career From 1995 to 2004 Haryanto played for the Indonesia National Badminton Team with various partners before immigrating to the U.S. in fall of 2004 to pursue a career as a badminton coach. In those 9 years he played for Indonesia, he enjoyed his most success with fellow countryman and now U.S. citizen, Tony Gunawan. He won his first ever gold medals at the 1998 Malaysia Open and Brunei Open in men's doubles with Tony Gunawan. That year he was also the bronze medalists at the Badminton Asia Championships. In 2001 he won the bi-annual International Badminton Federation World Championship as well as the 2001 All England Championship in men's doubles with Tony Gunawan. They also won the 2001 Singapore Open that year as well. The Singapore Open would be the last international badminton tournament that Haryanto and Gunawan would compete in together under the PBSI.

2002–2004 After the Singapore Open, Haryanto was paired up with Tri Kusharjanto as a part of the Indonesian 2002 Thomas Cup team. They eventually won the 2002, winning their final round match against Malaysia in men's doubles. Near the end 2002 Haryanto began coaching the Indonesian Junior National Badminton team at the SGS Badminton Club in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia. In 2003 Haryanto was paired up with Candra Wijaya, Olympic gold medalist at the 2000 Summer Olympics in men's doubles with Haryanto's previous partner, Tony Gunawan. Their short-lived partnership won them the Copenhagen Masters in 2003 before Haryanto resigned from the Indonesia National Badminton Team and moved to the United States in October 2004.

2004–present After moving to the United States he procured a job as a badminton coach at Bay Badminton Center in Burlingame, California, while maintaining international presence. In 2005 Haryanto paired up with his former partner, Tony Gunawan (who moved to the United States as well), and won the 2005 Chinese Taipei Open, 2005 Bitburger Open, and the U.S. Open later in 2006. Since then, Haryanto has competed in and several won national level titles including the international level U.S. Open as a representative of the United States. Haryanto is also a legendary coach, achieving Level 4 Certified High Performance Coach of USA Badminton, the highest coaching status in the United States. He was also a part of the 2011 United States Pan American Games Badminton Team that competed at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico. He is currently coaching badminton for young ages in San Diego, California and pursuing other careers as a medical laboratory technician.

Achievements

World Championships Men's doubles

Pan American Games Men's doubles

Mixed doubles

Asian Games Men's doubles

Asian Championships Men's doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 1998 Nimibutr Stadium,Bangkok, Thailand Tony Gunawan Kang Kyung-jin Ha Tae-kwon 15–6, 8–15, 12–15 Bronze Bronze 2002 Nimibutr Stadium,Bangkok, Thailand Tri Kusharjanto Ha Tae-kwon Kim Dong-moon 6–15, 12–15 Bronze Bronze 2004 Kuala Lumpur Badminton Stadium,Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Candra Wijaya Sigit Budiarto Tri Kusharjanto 13–15, 5–15 Silver Silver

BWF Grand Prix The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017. The World Badminton Grand Prix was sanctioned by the International Badminton Federation from 1983 to 2006.

Men's doubles

Mixed doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 1995 Sydney Open Indarti Issolina Peter Blackburn Rhonda Cator 17–14, 15–3 Winner 2008 U.S. Open Peng Yun Mike Beres Valerie Loker 21–13, 21–16 Winner BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament BWF & IBF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series/Satellite Men's doubles

Mixed doubles BWF International Challenge tournament BWF International Series/ Satellite tournament

Invitation tournament Men's doubles