George Rimarcdi (born 1 March 1975) is an Indonesian-born Swedish retired

badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per side) and "doubles" (with two players pe ...

player. He represented Indonesia at the 1992 World Junior Championships, clinched a silver medal in the boys' singles event, and in 1997 he won a men's singles title at the Indonesia National Championships. He moved to Sweden since 1999, competed in the national event for Uppsala team. Rimarcdi won five Swedish National Championships titles, four in the singles, and once in the doubles events. After ending his career in Sweden, he returned to Indonesia and started a career as a coach in Exist club. He is currently a men's single coach for Indonesian national pratama (junior) team.

Personal life

Rimarcdi was born in

Bandung Bandung ( su, ᮘᮔ᮪ᮓᮥᮀ, Bandung, ; ) is the capital city of the Indonesian province of West Java. It has a population of 2,452,943 within its city limits according to the official estimates as at mid 2021, making it the fourth most ...

, to parents Risyan and Vera Paraida. At first, his father named him Rimarcdi because he was born in March, but later his mother added George as his first name, referred to American famous and great people who have the name George, like George W. Bush. He began to play badminton at aged ten, joined pusdiklat BM–77 in 1984, pusdiklat SGS under coach

Iie Sumirat Iie Sumirat (born 15 November 1950 in Bandung, West Java) is a former badminton player from Indonesia. Career Sumirat was one of Indonesia's leading singles players during the 1970s, when it dominated men's international competition while China ...

and Edy Ismanto in 1988, and then in Hadtex. After graduating from senior high school in 1994, his talent scouted by Indonesia national team.

Achievements

World Junior Championships

''Boys' singles''

IBF World Grand Prix

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

IBF International

''Men's singles''

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rimarcdi, George 1975 births Living people Sportspeople from Bandung Badminton players from West Java Indonesian male badminton players Swedish male badminton players Badminton coaches Indo people