Cindana Hartono Kusuma (born 8 June 1976) is a retired Indonesian badminton player in the 90s and early 2000s. She won the women's singles gold medal at the

1999 Southeast Asian Games The 1999 Southeast Asian Games ( ms, Sukan Asia Tenggara 1999), officially known as the 20th Southeast Asian Games, was a Southeast Asian multi-sport event held in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam. This was the first time Brunei hosted th ...

, and was part of the Indonesian women's winning team at the 1999 and 2001 Southeast Asian Games.

Career

Hartono Kusuma managed to steal the attention during the 1997

India Open The India Open is an annual badminton event which has been held in India since 2008 and is a BWF World Tour Super 750 international badminton tournament. Its first three editions were designated as Grand Prix Gold events. In 2011, it was upgr ...

tournament by defeating the Korean player Lee Soon-deuk with a score of 11–6, 11–4, Kusuma was then trusted to strengthen Indonesian women's team in the

1998 Uber Cup The 1998 Thomas & Uber Cup was the 20th tournament of the Thomas Cup, and the 17th tournament of the Uber Cup, which are the major international team competitions in world badminton. Host city selection China was originally selected as the host, ...

in Hong Kong. Kusuma was again given the trust to compete in the

, where she managed to become the champion in the women's singles by defeating

Sujitra Ekmongkolpaisarn Sujitra Ekmongkolpaisarn ( th, สุจิตรา เอกมงคลไพศาล; born 17 June 1977) is a former Thai badminton player. She competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia in the women's singles and doubles eve ...

with a score of 11–5, 11–2. Kusuma also managed to become the champion in the women's team with her friends by beating Thailand with a 3–0 aggregate score. Kusuma also won the

Swiss Open The Omega European Masters is the Swiss stop on professional men's golf's European Tour, and in 2009 it became the first event in Europe to be co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour. Founded as the Swiss Open in 1923, the tournament was prefixed with Eu ...

by defeating Yasuko Mizui of Japan in the final with a score of 7–11, 11–6, 13–10. Entering the early 2000s. Hartono Kusuma was predicted as a substitute for Mia Audina in the 2000 Uber Cup who moved to the Netherlands, but Kusuma got injured.

Achievements

Southeast Asian Games

''Women's singles''

IBF World Grand Prix (2 titles)

The World Badminton Grand Prix has been sanctioned by the International Badminton Federation from 1983 to 2006. ''Women's singles'' : IBF Grand Prix tournament : IBF Grand Prix Finals tournament

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hartono Kusuma, Cindana 1976 births Living people Badminton players from Jakarta Indonesian female badminton players Badminton players at the 1998 Asian Games Asian Games bronze medalists for Indonesia Asian Games medalists in badminton Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games Competitors at the 1999 SEA Games Competitors at the 2001 SEA Games SEA Games gold medalists for Indonesia SEA Games medalists in badminton 21st-century Indonesian women 20th-century Indonesian women