Dicky Palyama (born March 26, 1978 in
Gouda) is a male
badminton
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player from the
Netherlands
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Early career
After winning four junior titles in the Netherlands between 1994 and 1996, Dicky took the European junior U19 title in 1997.
His first success as a professional came in 1998, when he took the
Welsh Open International title.
In 2000 he took his first National Dutch Championship; he has since won a record nine individual singles Dutch Championship titles.
In 2002 he won the
Spanish International Badminton Tournament and in 2003 the Bitburger Open International.
2007 European Cup
As a part of the
BC Amersfoort
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team with
Lotte Bruil-Jonathans
Lotte Jonathans (born 17 September 1977) is a Dutch former badminton player.
Career
Jonathans made her debut at the Olympics in the 2000 Sydney, reaching the quarter finals of the women's doubles with Nicole van Hooren.
Jonathans made her ...
,
Yao Jie
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Yao is one of a number of badminton players who have emigrated from China, in part, because the depth of badminton talent in that country ...
,
Larisa Griga
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,
Chris Bruil
Christiaan "Chris" Gerrit Herman Bruil (born 20 December 1970 in Doetinchem, Gelderland) is a male badminton player from the Netherlands.
Bruil competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in mixed doubles with partner Lotte Bruil-Jonathan ...
and
Eric Pang
Eric Pang (born 30 January 1982) is a Dutch badminton player, who became European Junior Champion in 2001. He won the National Dutch Championships seven times between 2009 and 2015.
Career
As a part of the BC Amersfoort team Pang reached the f ...
, Palyama reached the final of the European Cup 2007 in
Amersfoort
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by defeating
CB Rinconada in the semi-finals. Unfortunately they fell to the
NL Primorje
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team in the finals.
Later career
In 2008 Palyama won the
Russian Open
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History
Origi ...
Grand Prix.
In 2009 he won both the Dutch &
Polish Open International Challenges.
In 2010 he won the Strasbourg Masters.
Dicky Palyama retired as a professional badminton player in October 2013 with a special farewell demonstration match at the
Yonex Dutch Open 2013 in front of a packed house at the Almere Topsport Centre against
.
Major achievements
Men's singles
Personal life
Dicky Palyama married in 2009; he and his wife have two children. Dicky is currently a trainer/coach at the Regional Training Centre of Almere and an assistant coach of the Dutch National junior squad. Dicky Palyama was also head coach of Dutch premier division club The Flying Shuttle Barendrecht for a short period.
References
European results
External links
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1978 births
Dutch male badminton players
Living people
Sportspeople from Gouda, South Holland
Dutch people of Indonesian descent