Eng Hian (; born 17 May 1977) is a retired Indonesian

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player. A men's doubles specialist, he won major international tournaments, most of them in partnership with

Flandy Limpele Flandy Limpele (born 9 February 1974) is an Indonesian former badminton player and coach. He competed in four Summer Olympic Games: Atlanta 1996, Sydney 2000, Athens 2004, and Beijing 2008. Career Player A doubles specialist, at various times ...

, between 1999 and 2006. They earned a bronze medal in men's doubles at the 2004 Olympics in Athens. Their victories included the

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(1999),

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(2000),

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(2002), and

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Opens, and the

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in 2000 and 2004. Hian and Limpele briefly represented England from 2001 until 2003 before returning to

PBSI The Badminton Association of Indonesia or Persatuan Bulutangkis Seluruh Indonesia ( id, Persatuan Bulutangkis Seluruh Indonesia; sometimes translated as ''All Indonesia Badminton Association'') is the sport governing body, governing body of badmint ...

just in time for 2004 Summer Olympics. They were runners-up at the prestigious All-England Championships in 2002. Hian won the Dutch Open with

Rian Sukmawan Rian Sukmawan (21 November 1985 – 27 February 2016) was a professional badminton player from Indonesia. Career Sukmawan was a doubles specialist. In 2006, he won the men's doubles at the Dutch and New Zealand Opens with fellow countryman ...

in 2006. He is currently the Indonesia national team women's doubles head coach.

2004 Olympics

Hian competed in

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in men's doubles with partner

. They had a bye in the first round and defeated Anthony Clark and

Nathan Robertson Nathan James Robertson (born 30 May 1977) from Cotgrave in Nottinghamshire is a retired English badminton player who has achieved international success in both the men's events and the mixed doubles event. He was educated at Dayncourt School Sp ...

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in the second. In the quarterfinals, Hian and Limpele beat

Yim Bang-eun Yim Bang-eun (born 25 April 1978) is a former South Korean badminton player from Samsung Electro-Mechanics team. Yim competed for Korea in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's doubles with partner Kim Yong-hyun. They had a bye in the ...

and

Kim Yong-hyun Kim Yong-hyun (born 13 May 1978) is a badminton player from South Korea. Kim competed for Korea in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's doubles with partner Yim Bang-eun. They had a bye in the first round and defeated Lars Paaske an ...

15–1, 15–10. They lost the semifinal to

Kim Dong-moon Kim Dong-moon (Hangul: 김동문, Hanja: 金東文; born 22 September 1975) is a retired South Korean badminton player who won major titles between the mid-1990s and the mid-2000s (decade), and widely regarded as one of finest men's doubles and m ...

and

Ha Tae-kwon Ha Tae-kwon (; born 30 April 1975) is a badminton player from South Korea. Born in Jeonju, Jeollabuk-do, Ha started his career in badminton with the recommendation of Kim Dong-moon in elementary school. He made his international debut in 1992, a ...

, also of Korea, 15–8, 15-2 but won the match against

Jens Eriksen Jens Dyrløv Eriksen (born 30 December 1969) is a badminton player from Denmark. He competed in four consecutive Olympic Games from 1996 to 2008, and won a mixed doubles bronze medal in 2004 partnered with Mette Schjoldager. At the World Champio ...

and

Martin Lundgaard Hansen Martin Lundgaard Hansen (born 11 October 1972) is a badminton player from Denmark. He started his career in badminton as a singles player, and competed in the 1993 IBF World Championships. But as the years went by, he made a choice to play doubl ...

15–13, 15–7 to finish with the

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Achievements

Olympic Games

''Men's doubles''

Asian Championships

''Men's doubles''

Southeast Asian Games

''Men's doubles''

World Junior Championships

''Boys' doubles''

IBF Grand Prix

The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) since 1983. ''Men's doubles''

IBF International

''Men's doubles''

References

External links

BWF Player Profile
1977 births Living people People from Surakarta Sportspeople from Central Java Indonesian sportspeople of Chinese descent Indonesian Hokkien people Indonesian male badminton players English male badminton players Badminton players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Badminton players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic badminton players of Indonesia Olympic bronze medalists for Indonesia Olympic medalists in badminton Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Competitors at the 1999 Southeast Asian Games Southeast Asian Games gold medalists for Indonesia Southeast Asian Games silver medalists for Indonesia Southeast Asian Games medalists in badminton Badminton coaches World No. 1 badminton players Indonesian expatriate sportspeople in England {{indonesia-Olympic-medalist-stub