Muljadi (formerly known as Ang Tjin Siang 翁振祥) was a world class

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player who represented Indonesia between 1963 and 1973.

Career

Muljadi's career spanned two separate eras of Indonesian domination of the then triennial

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(men's international team) competition: 1958 to 1964 and 1970 to 1979. Though he occasionally dropped matches in earlier Thomas Cup rounds, he was undefeated in singles (6-0) in four consecutive final round showdowns (

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), a record unmatched by better known teammates such as

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, and

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. He won several Indonesian national singles titles during the 1960s as well as the

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(1966), the

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(1969), and individual honors in the

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(1966). He was runnerup to Hartono at the prestigious All-England Championships in 1971 but defeated Hartono to win the U.S. Open title that year. Muljadi died on 14 March 2010.

Achievements

Asian Games

''Men's singles'' ''Men's doubles''

Asian Championships

''Men's singles''

International Tournaments

''Men's singles'' ''Men's doubles''

References

Indonesian male badminton players 2010 deaths Asian Games medalists in badminton Badminton players at the 1966 Asian Games Badminton players at the 1970 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for Indonesia Asian Games silver medalists for Indonesia Medalists at the 1966 Asian Games Medalists at the 1970 Asian Games Indonesian people of Chinese descent 1942 births People from Jember Regency Sportspeople from East Java {{Indonesia-badminton-bio-stub