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Hendrawan

b. 1972

Indonesian badminton player and coach

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Born 1972. Hendrawan is an Indonesian badminton player and olympic competitor.

Hendrawan (; born 27 June 1972) is an Indonesian badminton coach and former player. He is a former World champion, Olympic silver medalist, and Asian Champion silver medalist.

Personal life Hendrawan began to play badminton at 10 years old and began his top-level career at Cipayung National Training Center. He retired from the Indonesian team in 2003. He married his longtime girlfriend, former player Silvia Anggraini, the sister of Hendra Setiawan, on January 7, 2001. The couple has two children, daughter Josephine Sevilla and son Alexander Thomas. The second names of both children showing their parents love of badminton, the daughter is named after the city of Seville, Spain, where Hendrawan was crowned World Champion in 2001 and the son Thomas after the Thomas Cup, which Indonesia won three times with Hendrawan as a key team member. Since 2009, Hendrawan trained Malaysian badminton team players after stints in Indonesia as a national women's singles and then men's singles team coach until his contract was not continued in 2024.

Career Hendrawan began playing internationally in the early 1990s but at first was overshadowed by a number of his countrymen who rated among the world's elite players. His results gradually improved, peaking at the end of the decade and the beginning of the next. He earned a silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in men's singles, and won men's singles the 2001 World Championships over Denmark's Peter Gade. Hendrawan was an outstanding Thomas Cup (men's world team) performer for Indonesia, winning each of his championship round singles matches in the 1998, 2000, 2002 editions won by Indonesia. In the last of these his final match victory over Malaysia's Roslin Hashim was decisive, breaking a 2–2 tie.

Achievements Olympic Games Men's singles

World Championships Men's singles Year Venue Opponent Score Result Ref 2001 Palacio de Deportes de San Pablo, Seville, Spain Peter Gade 15–6, 17–16 Gold Gold

Asian Games Men's singles Year Venue Opponent Score Result Ref 1998 Thammasat Gymnasium 2, Bangkok, Thailand Dong Jiong 14–18, 15–10, 8–15 Silver Silver 2002 Gangseo Gymnasium, Busan, South Korea Lee Hyun-il 3–15, 4–15 Bronze Bronze

Asian Championships Men's singles Year Venue Opponent Score Result Ref 1997 Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Sun Jun 14–18, 15–8, 9–15 Silver Silver

IBF World Grand Prix (5 titles, 3 runners-up) The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) from 1983 to 2006.

Men's singles Year Tournament Opponent Score Result Ref 1993 French Open SΓΈren B. Nielsen 15–9, 13–18, 15–11 Winner 1995 Swiss Open Jens Olsson 9–15, 9–15 Runner-up 1995 Denmark Open Poul-Erik HΓΈyer Larsen 18–17, 14–17, 16–17 Runner-up 1995 Russian Open Poul-Erik HΓΈyer Larsen 17–14, 15–11 Winner 1997 Thailand Open Chen Gang 15–9, 15–1 Winner 1998 Singapore Open Peter Gade 15–10, 15–8 Winner 2000 Japan Open Ji Xinpeng 15–6, 15–17, 4–15 Runner-up 2000 Thailand Open Budi Santoso 15–8, 15–10 Winner

IBF Grand Prix tournament IBF Grand Prix Finals tournament

IBF International (1 runner-up)

Men's singles Year Tournament Opponent Score Result Ref 1992 Brunei Open Fung Permadi 6–15, 1–15 Runner-up

Record against selected opponents Includes results against athletes who competed in World Championships semifinals, and Olympic quarterfinals.

Bao Chunlai 0–1 Chen Hong 3–1 Dong Jiong 3–1 Ji Xinpeng 0–2 Sun Jun 2–3 Xia Xuanze 4–2 Fung Permadi 1–2 Peter Gade 2–1 Poul-Erik HΓΈyer 3–5 Thomas Stuer-Lauridsen 1–5 Tam Kai Chuen 4–0 Pullela Gopichand 1–1 Heryanto Arbi 1–3 Taufik Hidayat 1–2 Joko Suprianto 0–1 Ardy B. Wiranata 2–0 Lee Hyun-il 1–0 Lee Kwang-jin 1–0 Park Tae-sang 2–0 Shon Seung-mo 0–1 Ronald Susilo 0–2 Boonsak Ponsana 1–0

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Important facts

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Awards
Olympic silver medal; World champion
Also known as
Ye Chengwan

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Contemporaries

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Hendrawan?

Indonesian badminton player and coach

When was Hendrawan born?

Hendrawan was born on 27 June 1972 in Malang.

What is Hendrawan's occupation?

Hendrawan is a badminton player and olympic competitor.

What nationality is Hendrawan?

Hendrawan is Indonesian.

Sources & further reading

Β· Wikipedia: Hendrawan

Β· Wikidata: Q1393679

Β· DBpedia: Hendrawan

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