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Apriyani Rahayu (born 29 April 1998) is an Indonesian
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player specializing in doubles. She and
Greysia Polii Greysia Polii (; born 11 August 1987) is an Indonesian former badminton player specializing in doubles. She won gold medals in the women's doubles at the 2014 Asian Games, at the 2019 Southeast Asian Games and at the 2020 Summer Olympics. She ...
are the reigning
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champions in the women's doubles following their win at the
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. She won gold at the
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, and two bronze medals at the
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in 2018 and 2019. Rahayu also won bronze medals at the
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in the women's team and doubles with her former partner Greysia Polii.


Early life

Apriyani Rahayu was born in Lawulo village, a remote settlement in
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in
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. She is the youngest child of an agricultural worker named Ameruddin Pora and his wife, Sitti Jauhar. As a child Rahayu would fight with neighborhood boys, and her father encouraged her to devote her energy to badminton instead, which she agreed to. According to Rahayu's cousin, her father served as her trainer, with a training regimen including running 10 kilometers to competitions and practicing on a homemade court behind his house lined with areca nut trees. Pora was self-sufficient but poor. Rahayu used a homemade wooden racquet with fishing line for string, until her father was able to sell enough vegetables to buy a real racquet. However, Pora himself credits Rahayu's mother as providing her with support and training. Sitti Jauhar was an enthusiastic player of badminton, table tennis and volleyball and encouraged Rahayu to be tough and competitive. In 2007, at the age of 9, she represented Konawe Regency in a regional competition. In 2011, at the age of 13, she was scouted by Yuslan Kisra who brought her in contact with
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who recruited her to his club PB Pelita Bakri (now ISTC) and later on PB Jaya Raya Jakarta for international level play. Sitti Jauhar died in 2015 while Apriyani was at a championship in Peru, but she played through after hearing the news, winning two medals.


Career


2017: French Open and Thailand Open title

In May, Rahayu partnered with her senior and mentor
Greysia Polii Greysia Polii (; born 11 August 1987) is an Indonesian former badminton player specializing in doubles. She won gold medals in the women's doubles at the 2014 Asian Games, at the 2019 Southeast Asian Games and at the 2020 Summer Olympics. She ...
, and they competed as a new pair at the
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in
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, Australia. Even though they had only been paired for about a month, the duo won their first title in the Thailand Open after defeating the home pair
Chayanit Chaladchalam Chayanit Chaladchalam ( th, ชญานิษฐ์ ฉลาดแฉลม; born 8 March 1991) is a Thai badminton player. She was part of Thai squad that won gold medal at the 2019 Philippines SEA Games. Career She plays in the women's do ...
and
Phataimas Muenwong Phataimas Muenwong ( th, ผไทมาส เหมือนวงษ์; born 5 July 1995) is a Thai badminton player. Career Muenwong studied at the Rattana Bundit University, and competed at the 2015 and 2017 Summer Universiade. She plays ...
in straight games 21–12, 21–12 in the final. They also won the Superseries title at the
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, just five months into their partnership. Other achievements by Polii and Rahayu in 2017 were runner-up in
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, semi-finalists in
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, and quarter-finalists in Korea Open. Rahayu also helped the Indonesia women's team win the bronze medal at the
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held in Kuala Lumpur, unfortunately, in the individual women's doubles event, she and Polii lost in the first round to eventual champion
Jongkolphan Kititharakul Jongkolphan Kititharakul ( th, จงกลพรรณ กิติธรากุล; born 1 March 1993) is a Thai badminton player who specializes in doubles. She was the women's doubles gold medalist at the 2017 Southeast Asian Games, also p ...
and
Rawinda Prajongjai Rawinda Prajongjai ( th, รวินดา ประจงใจ; born 29 June 1993) is a Thai badminton player. She was part of the national women's team that clinched the gold medal at the 2015, 2017 and 2019 Southeast Asian Games, also won th ...
of Thailand. The Polii and Rahayu partnership, first paired in May, reached a career high as world number 10 in the BWF World rankings in November.


2018: India Open and third Thailand Open title

In January, Rahayu and Polii began the season by finishing as runners-up in the
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, losing to second seeded
Misaki Matsutomo is a Japanese badminton player who is a doubles specialist. She won the gold medal at the 2016 Summer Olympic women's doubles alongside Ayaka Takahashi. Despite playing doubles, she was also a finalist in girls' singles at the 2010 BWF World J ...
and
Ayaka Takahashi is a retired Japanese badminton player who was affiliated with Unisys badminton team. She is an Olympic Games gold medalist, two-time Asian Champion, two-time Asian Games silver medalist, and World Championship bronze medalist. Playing for the ...
in the final. A month later, the duo played as the third seeds in the
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and won the title after beating the first-seeded
Christinna Pedersen Christinna Pedersen (born 12 May 1986) is a Danish badminton player. Career Christinna Pedersen is a right-handed doubles specialist. From 2008 onwards, Pedersen paired with Joachim Fischer Nielsen in mixed doubles. The pair gained two Europ ...
and
Kamilla Rytter Juhl Kamilla Rytter Juhl (born 23 November 1983) is a retired Danish badminton player. Juhl is an Olympic silver medalist, World Championship gold medalist and seven times European champion as well. Career Rytter Juhl played as a left-handed doubl ...
in the semi-finals, and the second-seeded
Jongkolphan Kititharakul Jongkolphan Kititharakul ( th, จงกลพรรณ กิติธรากุล; born 1 March 1993) is a Thai badminton player who specializes in doubles. She was the women's doubles gold medalist at the 2017 Southeast Asian Games, also p ...
and
Rawinda Prajongjai Rawinda Prajongjai ( th, รวินดา ประจงใจ; born 29 June 1993) is a Thai badminton player. She was part of the national women's team that clinched the gold medal at the 2015, 2017 and 2019 Southeast Asian Games, also won th ...
in the final. She featured in the Indonesian women's team that won bronze at the Asia Team Championships held in
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and were quarter-finalists in the
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in Bangkok. In July, she and her partner lost in the quarter-finals of the Indonesia Open to
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and
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, but a week later, she won her second Thailand Open title, as she and Polii defended the title they had won in Thailand the previous year, when the event was known as the Grand Prix. In August, Rahayu and Polii won the bronze medal at the
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in Nanjing, and further bronze medals at the
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in the women's doubles and team events. In the remainder of the 2018 tour, she and Polii only reached the semi-finals in
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, French,
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, and quarter-finals in the Fuzhou China Open. The duo achieved their career high as world number 3 in the BWF rankings in September.


2019: Second India Open title, first SEA Games gold

Rahayu opened the 2019 season as a finalist in the Malaysia Masters with Polii. In the semi-finals, they beat their arch-rivals
Misaki Matsutomo is a Japanese badminton player who is a doubles specialist. She won the gold medal at the 2016 Summer Olympic women's doubles alongside Ayaka Takahashi. Despite playing doubles, she was also a finalist in girls' singles at the 2010 BWF World J ...
and
Ayaka Takahashi is a retired Japanese badminton player who was affiliated with Unisys badminton team. She is an Olympic Games gold medalist, two-time Asian Champion, two-time Asian Games silver medalist, and World Championship bronze medalist. Playing for the ...
in a close rubber game, improving their head-to-head record against the Japanese pair to 2–8. A week later, they again lost to Matsutomo and Takahashi in the
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. They led 18–10 in the first game, but lost it 20–22, eventually losing the match in a close rubber game. In March, she and Polii lost in the quarter-finals of both the
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and All England Open. Polii and Rahayu then clinched their second
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title defeating
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and
Lee Meng Yean Lee Meng Yean (born 30 March 1994) is a Malaysian badminton player. Together with Chow Mei Kuan, she won the 2018 Syed Modi International and achieved a career-high ranking of 10 in women's doubles. Career She was the 2011 Asian Junior Badmi ...
in the final. In May, she alongside the Indonesia team finished as semi-finalists in the
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in Nanning, settling for the bronze medal. In June, she and Polii advanced to the semi-finals of the
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after beating the first seeded, world number one
Mayu Matsumoto is a Japanese badminton player. Born in Hokkaido, she graduated from Shiritsu Towanomorisanai High School. She was part of the Hokuto Bank team. Matsumoto was awarded as the 2018 Most Improved Player of the Year by the BWF together with her pa ...
and
Wakana Nagahara is a Japanese badminton player. She is a two-time world champion in the women's doubles. Nagahara attended Aomori Yamada High School, and was part of the Japanese national junior team that won the bronze medals at the 2013, 2014 Asian and 201 ...
in the quarter-finals, but the duo were beaten by Chinese pair
Chen Qingchen Chen Qingchen (born 23 June 1997) is a Chinese badminton player. She started her achievements under her coach Li Yongbo, with partner in the women's doubles Jia Yifan, and in the mixed doubles Zheng Siwei. She ended the 2016 BWF Season by win ...
and
Jia Yifan Jia Yifan (; ; born 29 June 1997) is a Chinese badminton player. She won gold medals at the 2017, 2021, 2022 World Championships, 2018 Asian Games and at the 2019 Asian Championships. Achievements Olympic Games ''Women's doubles'' BWF ...
, the fifth defeat in seven meetings between them. At the
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in Basel, Switzerland, she and her partner won the bronze medal, after defeat in the semi-finals to eventual champions Matsumoto and Nagahara. After the World Championships, her coach,
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, evaluated that she and Rahayu had fallen short of their previous standard. In the end of 2019 season, their best results were only the semi-finalists in
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, after that, they often lost in the initial stage. She finally won her first women's doubles gold medal at the
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. She and Polii defeated
Chayanit Chaladchalam Chayanit Chaladchalam ( th, ชญานิษฐ์ ฉลาดแฉลม; born 8 March 1991) is a Thai badminton player. She was part of Thai squad that won gold medal at the 2019 Philippines SEA Games. Career She plays in the women's do ...
and
Phataimas Muenwong Phataimas Muenwong ( th, ผไทมาส เหมือนวงษ์; born 5 July 1995) is a Thai badminton player. Career Muenwong studied at the Rattana Bundit University, and competed at the 2015 and 2017 Summer Universiade. She plays ...
of Thailand 21–3, 21–18.


2020: Home soil title

In 2020, Rahayu and Polii who ranked as world number eight started their tour in the Malaysia Masters. At that tournament, they finished as semi-finalists defeated by Chinese pair
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and
Zheng Yu Zheng Yu (; born 7 February 1996) is a Chinese badminton player from the Jiangsu province team. She started playing badminton in 2003, claimed the Jiangsu province title in the singles and doubles category in 2006 and 2007, then was selected to ...
in a rubber game. A week later in the
Indonesia Masters The Indonesia Masters is an international badminton tournament in BWF World Tour Super 500 (Super 750 in 2021). Formerly known as the Indonesia Open Grand Prix Gold, it was first held in 2010 in Samarinda, East Kalimantan, and change its venue in ...
, Rahayu won her first ever international title in Indonesia, after she and Polii triumphed in a thrilling match against Maiken Fruergaard and Sara Thygesen of Denmark. In February, she won her second title of the year by winning the Barcelona Spain Masters. In the final, she and Polii defeated
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and Stefani Stoeva of Bulgaria in a rubber game. In March All England Open, she and her partner lost in the first round to Korean pair
Chang Ye-na Chang Ye-na (; ; born 13 December 1989) is a South Korean badminton player who specializes in doubles. She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She won gold medals at the 2013 Kazan Universiade in the mixed team and w ...
and Kim Hye-rin in straight games. Due to the
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, numerous tournaments on the 2020 BWF World Tour were either cancelled or rescheduled for later in the year.


2021–2022: Olympic Games gold medal and new partner

Rahayu returned in the international competitions at the 2020 Asian Leg tournament in January 2021. Together with Polii, she won her first ever BWF Super 1000 tournament, the Yonex Thailand Open. A week later in the semi-finals of the Toyota Thailand Open, Rahayu and Polii fell in two games to
Lee So-hee Lee So-hee (Hangul: 이소희; ; born 14 June 1994) is a South Korean badminton player. She won the women's doubles title at the 2017 All England Open tournament. She also helped the Korean national team to win the world team championships a ...
and
Shin Seung-chan Shin Seung-chan (신승찬; ; born 6 December 1994) is a South Korean doubles specialist badminton player. She won the women's doubles bronze medals at the 2016 Summer Olympics, and 2014 BWF World Championships. Shin clinched the women's and mi ...
of South Korea. The duo then played at the
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, but was eliminated in the group stage. In March 2021, Rahayu scheduled to participating at the All England Open, but later Indonesia team were forced to withdraw from the competition by BWF after the team members will self-isolate for 10 days from the date of their inbound flight after an anonym person traveling onboard tested positive for
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. On 2 August 2021, at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics she partnered with
Greysia Polii Greysia Polii (; born 11 August 1987) is an Indonesian former badminton player specializing in doubles. She won gold medals in the women's doubles at the 2014 Asian Games, at the 2019 Southeast Asian Games and at the 2020 Summer Olympics. She ...
in the women's doubles. In the finals they defeated 2017 world champion
Chen Qingchen Chen Qingchen (born 23 June 1997) is a Chinese badminton player. She started her achievements under her coach Li Yongbo, with partner in the women's doubles Jia Yifan, and in the mixed doubles Zheng Siwei. She ended the 2016 BWF Season by win ...
and
Jia Yifan Jia Yifan (; ; born 29 June 1997) is a Chinese badminton player. She won gold medals at the 2017, 2021, 2022 World Championships, 2018 Asian Games and at the 2019 Asian Championships. Achievements Olympic Games ''Women's doubles'' BWF ...
. They became the first unseeded pair to win the gold medal in women's doubles. This was Indonesia's first Olympic gold in women's doubles. She and Polii are the third and fourth Indonesian women to win Olympic gold after
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in 1992 and
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in 2016. Rahayu and Polii's win made Indonesia the only country outside of China to have won gold medals in all five disciplines of
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. After her Olympic success, the Student Sports Training Center in Jakarta was named after her and Greysia Polii. In September–October 2021, Rahayu alongside the Indonesian team competed at the 2021 Sudirman Cup in Vantaa, Finland. She played two match in the group stage against Canada and Denmark. Indonesia advanced to the knockout stage but lost at the quarterfinals against Malaysia. In November 2021, Rahayu and Polii lost the finals of the
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. In May 2022, at the 2021 SEA Games, she started her journey with new partner,
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. The duo clinched the gold medal in the women's doubles after beating the Thai pair of
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and
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in the final. This new pair immediately showed satisfying results, by winning the
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and Singapore Opens, and became finalists in the
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.


2023

In January, Rahayu and Ramadhanti had to retired in the semi-finals of Malaysia Open from first seed Chinese pair
Chen Qingchen Chen Qingchen (born 23 June 1997) is a Chinese badminton player. She started her achievements under her coach Li Yongbo, with partner in the women's doubles Jia Yifan, and in the mixed doubles Zheng Siwei. She ended the 2016 BWF Season by win ...
and
Jia Yifan Jia Yifan (; ; born 29 June 1997) is a Chinese badminton player. She won gold medals at the 2017, 2021, 2022 World Championships, 2018 Asian Games and at the 2019 Asian Championships. Achievements Olympic Games ''Women's doubles'' BWF ...
, because of the injury of Ramadhanti. They competed in the home tournament,
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, but unfortunately lost in the quarter-finals from 4th seed Thai pair
Jongkolphan Kititharakul Jongkolphan Kititharakul ( th, จงกลพรรณ กิติธรากุล; born 1 March 1993) is a Thai badminton player who specializes in doubles. She was the women's doubles gold medalist at the 2017 Southeast Asian Games, also p ...
and
Rawinda Prajongjai Rawinda Prajongjai ( th, รวินดา ประจงใจ; born 29 June 1993) is a Thai badminton player. She was part of the national women's team that clinched the gold medal at the 2015, 2017 and 2019 Southeast Asian Games, also won th ...
. In February, Rahayu join the
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to compete at the Asia Mixed Team Championships, but unfortunately the teams lost in the quarter-finals from team Korea. In March, Rahayu and Ramadhanti competed in the European tour at the All England Open but lost in the quarter-finals from Korean pair
Baek Ha-na Baek Ha-na (Hangul: 백하나; born 22 September 2000) is a South Korean badminton player who attended Cheongsong Girls' High School. She started playing badminton in 2009 after being recommended by her brother, and was selected to join the nati ...
and
Lee So-hee Lee So-hee (Hangul: 이소희; ; born 14 June 1994) is a South Korean badminton player. She won the women's doubles title at the 2017 All England Open tournament. She also helped the Korean national team to win the world team championships a ...
. In the next tour, they competed in the
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but lost in the semi-finals from 6th seed Japanese pair
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and
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. In late April, Rahayu and Ramadhanti competed at the
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in
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, United Arab Emirates, but had to lose in the first round from Thai pair
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Awards and nominations


Achievements


Olympic Games

''Women's doubles''


BWF World Championships

''Women's doubles''


Asian Games

''Women's doubles''


SEA Games

''Women's doubles''


BWF World Junior Championships

''Girls' doubles'' ''Mixed doubles''


Asian Junior Championships

''Mixed doubles''


BWF World Tour (8 titles, 4 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the
Badminton World Federation The Badminton World Federation (BWF) is the international governing body for the sport of badminton recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). It was founded in 1934 as the International Badminton Federation (IBF) with nine member ...
(BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100. ''Women's doubles''


BWF Superseries (1 title, 1 runner-up)

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Badminton World Federation The Badminton World Federation (BWF) is the international governing body for the sport of badminton recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). It was founded in 1934 as the International Badminton Federation (IBF) with nine member ...
(BWF). BWF Superseries levels were Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries consisted of twelve tournaments around the world that had been introduced since 2011. Successful players were invited to the Superseries Finals, which were held at the end of each year. ''Women's doubles'' :
BWF Superseries Finals The BWF Super Series Finals (named as BWF Super Series Masters Finals until 2009) was an annual badminton tournament held at the end of the year where the players with the most points from that calendar year's twelve events of the BWF Super Series c ...
tournament : BWF Superseries Premier tournament :
BWF Superseries The BWF Super Series was a series of Grade 2 badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). It was launched on December 14, 2006 and implemented in 2007. Since 2011, the Super Series includes two levels of tournament, ...
tournament


BWF Grand Prix (1 title)

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 The Badminton World Federation (BWF) is the international governing body for the sport of badminton recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). It was founded in 1934 as the International Badminton Federation (IBF) with nine member ...
(BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017. ''Women's doubles'' : BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament : BWF Grand Prix tournament


BWF International Challenge/Series (3 titles, 1 runner-up)

''Women's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles'' :
BWF International Challenge The BWF International Challenge is a grade 3 and level 1 tournament part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Series (level 2) and Future Series (level 3), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. ...
tournament :
BWF International Series The BWF International Series is a grade 3 and level 2 tournament part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Challenge (level 1) and Future Series (level 3), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. ...
tournament


BWF Junior International (2 titles)

''Girls' doubles'' ''Mixed doubles'' : BWF Junior International Grand Prix tournament : BWF Junior International Challenge tournament : BWF Junior International Series tournament : BWF Junior Future Series tournament


Performance timeline


National team

* ''Junior level'' * ''Senior level''


Individual competitions


Junior level

''Girls' doubles'' ''Mixed doubles''


Senior level


=Women's doubles

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=Mixed doubles

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Record against selected opponents

Record against year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi-finalists, and Olympic quarter-finalists.


Greysia Polii


References


External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rahayu, Apriani 1998 births Living people People from Konawe Regency Sportspeople from Southeast Sulawesi Indonesian female badminton players Badminton players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic badminton players for Indonesia Olympic gold medalists for Indonesia Olympic medalists in badminton Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Badminton players at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Games bronze medalists for Indonesia Asian Games medalists in badminton Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games Competitors at the 2017 SEA Games Competitors at the 2019 SEA Games Competitors at the 2021 SEA Games SEA Games gold medalists for Indonesia SEA Games silver medalists for Indonesia SEA Games bronze medalists for Indonesia SEA Games medalists in badminton