Bambang Suprianto (born 20 February 1969) is a retired

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player from

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Career

A durable all around player who won singles at the Singapore Open in 1991, Suprianto's greatest success came in doubles events. In the mid-1990s he and fellow countryman

Rudy Gunawan Rudy Gunawan (; born 31 December 1966) is a former Indonesian badminton player who played between 1980s and 1990s. He is arguably one of the best doubles players ever to play for Indonesia. Rudy Gunawan won various international championships, b ...

formed one of the world's leading men's doubles teams. They won several top tier international titles, including the 1994

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, but could not quite keep pace with countrymen

Rexy Mainaky Rexy Ronald Mainaky (born 9 March 1968) is a former men's doubles badminton world champion from Indonesia who is often simply known as Rexy. He won the men's doubles Olympic gold medal in 1996 with Ricky Subagja. As of October 2021, he was appoin ...

and

Ricky Subagja Ricky Subagja (born 27 January 1971) is a former Indonesian badminton player. He was rated among the greatest doubles specialists in the sport's history. Career In 1993 the fast moving, faster hitting Subagja won men's doubles at the then bienni ...

who became the decade's most successful pair. Suprianto was a member of Indonesia's world champion Thomas Cup (men's international) teams in

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and

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. After Rudy Gunawan's retirement, Suprianto focused on mixed doubles and continued his high level of play by winning international titles with a variety of partners. He and

Zelin Resiana Zelin Resiana (born 9 July 1972) is an Indonesian former badminton player who specialized in doubles. She trained at the Djarum club. For her achievements in badminton, a statue of her has been unveiled outside GOR Djarum in Tidar, Magelang, and ...

narrowly missed a medal at the

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. Late in his international career, Suprianto teamed with another mixed doubles specialist,

Tri Kusharjanto Tri Kusharjanto (born 18 January 1974) is a badminton player from Indonesia. His name also appears variously as ''Tri Kusharyanto, Trikus Harjanto, Trikus Heryanto, and Trikus Haryanto''. Personal life He married fellow former Asian Champions ...

to gain a very unexpected men's doubles victory at the 2001 Asian Championships over the reigning Olympic champions

Tony Gunawan Tony Gunawan (; born 9 April 1975) is an Indonesian-born American former badminton player. He gained several international achievements for Indonesia and later for the United States, including Olympic gold medal and world champion title. Career ...

and Candra Wijaya in the final, and previously in

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won the mixed doubles event with

Minarti Timur Minarti Timur (; 24 March 1968) is a former Indonesian badminton player who is affiliated with PB Djarum since 1987. Career Though she won women's singles at the 1990 Dutch Open, Minarti was primarily a doubles player, particularly excelling ...

Personal life

Bambang Suprianto brother,

Joko Suprianto Joko Suprianto (born 21 January 1966) is an Indonesian former badminton player who was one of the world's leading men's singles players in the early and mid-1990s, a period during which Indonesia was especially deep in top tier singles players, w ...

, also a retired Indonesian badminton player who success in the singles event.

Achievements

World Cup

''Men's doubles''

Asian Championships

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

Asian Cup

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

Southeast Asian Games

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

IBF World Grand Prix

The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) from 1983 to 2006. ''Men's singles'' ''Men's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles''

IBF International

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

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Suprianto, Bambang 1969 births Living people People from Surakarta Sportspeople from Central Java Indonesian male badminton players Badminton players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Badminton players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic badminton players of Indonesia Badminton players at the 1994 Asian Games Badminton players at the 2002 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for Indonesia Asian Games silver medalists for Indonesia Asian Games medalists in badminton Medalists at the 1994 Asian Games Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games Competitors at the 2001 Southeast Asian Games Southeast Asian Games silver medalists for Indonesia Southeast Asian Games medalists in badminton 20th-century Indonesian people