Susi Susanti

Infobox Badminton player
playername = Susi Susanti


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birth_name = Lucia Francisca Susi Susanti
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place_of_birth = Tasikmalaya, West Java
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event = Women's singles
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Lucia Francisca Susi Susanti (born in Tasikmalaya, West Java on 11 February 1971); zh-tp| t=王蓮香| p=Wang Lianxiang) is a retired Indonesian badminton player of Chinese descent. She combined quick and graceful movement with elegant shotmaking technique and rates among the most admired figures in the history of the women's game. Sometimes her name is also spelled Susy Susanti.

Career

She won the women's singles gold medal 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 Alan Budikusuma (魏仁芳), who had also won a badminton singles gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics, on 9 February 1997.

Susanti dominated the women's singles event in the early to mid 1990s, winning All-England in 1990, 1991, 1993 and 1994, the World Badminton Grand Prix finale five times consecutively from 1990 to 1994, and the IBF World Championships in 1993. She won the Japan Open three times and the Indonesian Open five times. She also won numerous Badminton Grand Prix Series events and five Badminton World Cups. She led the Indonesian team to victory over perennial champion China in the 1994 and 1996 Uber Cup (women's world team) competitions.

She was inducted into the International Badminton Federation (IBF, currently BWF) Hall of Fame in May 2004, and received the Herbert Scheele Trophy in 2002.

Life after badminton

She ran a badminton racket company branded as "Astec" ("Alan-Susi Technology") with his husband, Alan Budikusuma after retirement. Now they run a badminton club in North Jakarta.

Susy and Alan have 3 children: Laurencia Averina (born 1999), Albertus Edward (born 2000) and Sebastianus Frederick (born 2003).

ources

* [http://tangkis.tripod.com/player/indonesia/susanti.htm Smash - Susi Susanti]

External links

* [http://www.tokohindonesia.com/ensiklopedi/s/susi-susanti/index.shtml Susi Susanti Peraih Emas Pertama Olimpiade] id icon
* [http://www.bulutangkis.com/mod.php?mod=publisher&op=viewarticle&artid=2604 Setelah Sepuluh Tahun Gantung Raket] id icon
* [http://www.bulutangkis.com/mod.php?mod=publisher&op=viewarticle&artid=2605 Susi Susanti Sempat Tidak Tahu Masuk Daftar Rekor dunia] id icon