Citra Putri Sari Dewi (born 2 August 1996) is an Indonesian-born Singaporean

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player. Born in

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, she started playing badminton at age 6, and in 2008, she was part of the

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competed at the Indonesia National Games. She moved to Singapore to continue her studies, and graduated from the Paya Lebar Methodist Girls' School. She was the

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gold medalists in the mixed doubles in 2012 and in the girls' doubles in 2013.

Early life and family

Citra Putri Sari Dewi was born in a badminton family. Her father Sugeng Subagyo was a former Indonesia national badminton player, and the owner of Nusantara badminton club in

Sleman Sleman is a '' kapanewon'' (regency district) and the seat capital of Sleman Regency, Special Region of Yogyakarta, Indonesia. It is on the road between Yogyakarta and Magelang. Sleman has five villages, namely Caturharjo, Pandowoharjo, Tridadi, ...

. She was the eighth of nine siblings. The first and second of the siblings are Hengky Kurniawan Saputra and Anita Kartika Sari who played in the Indonesia national event tournament. After that the twin Wandry and

Hendri Kurniawan Saputra Hendri Kurniawan Saputra (born 12 May 1981) is an Indonesian-born Singaporean retired badminton player. Career Saputra and his brother, Hendra Wijaya, joined the Singapore Badminton Association (SBA) in 2000 and both became Singapore citizen ...

, the twin was a former Singapore national player, and now works as a coach in Malaysia and Singapore respectively. The fifth and the sixth are Hendra Wijaya and

Shinta Mulia Sari Shinta Mulia Sari (born 14 June 1988) is an Indonesian-born Singaporean former badminton player. She represented Singapore in the 2012 Summer Olympics, in the women's doubles with Yao Lei. She and Yao reached the quarter-finals of the 2014 Common ...

who were also a former Singapore national player, then Dian Permata Sari who played in the Indonesia national event, and now works as a badminton coach in

Sydney Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about towards the Blue Mountain ...

, Australia. Her younger brother Frengky Wijaya Putra is an Indonesian national doubles player.

Achievements

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

''Women's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles'' :

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

tournament

References

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* 1996 births Living people Badminton players from Jakarta Indonesian female badminton players Indonesian emigrants to Singapore Naturalised citizens of Singapore Singaporean people of Javanese descent Singaporean female badminton players {{Singapore-badminton-bio-stub