Agus Susanto (formerly known as Tjoe Tjong Boon 蔡宗滿) born 1940, He is a former Indonesian badminton player in the 60s

Career

Agus Susanto started his career as a badminton player at the Badminton at the 1966 Asian Games in

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. At the event, he successfully brought two silver medals in the men's doubles paired with

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and bronze in the mixed doubles paired with

Retno Kustijah Retno Kustijah (born 19 June 1942; as Retno Koestijah) is a former badminton player from Indonesia who competed internationally from the early 1960s to the early 1970s. Career Though she played singles in high level events, Kustijah's greatest ...

. Agus' success at the Asian Games led him to be selected for the Indonesian men's team at the

1967 Thomas Cup The 1967 Thomas Cup was the seventh tournament of Thomas Cup, the most important men's badminton team competition in the world. The inter-zone matches and Challenge Round finale were held in Jakarta, Indonesia. Malaysia won its fourth title after ...

in Jakarta.

Achievements

Asian Games

''Men's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles''

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Susanto, Agus Indonesian male badminton players Asian Games medalists in badminton Badminton players at the 1966 Asian Games Asian Games silver medalists for Indonesia Asian Games bronze medalists for Indonesia Medalists at the 1966 Asian Games 1940 births Living people 20th-century Indonesian people 21st-century Indonesian people