Greysia Polii (; born 11 August 1987) is an Indonesian former

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player specializing in doubles. She won gold medals in the women's doubles at the

2014 Asian Games The 2014 Asian Games ( ko, 2014년 아시아 경기대회/2014년 아시안 게임, Icheon sip-sa nyeon Asia gyeonggi daehoe/Icheon sip-sa nyeon Asian Geim), officially known as the 17th Asian Games ( ko, 제17회 아시아 경기대회/제17회 ...

, at the

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and at the

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. She also won three bronze medals at the

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in 2015, 2018, and 2019. Polii is a member of BWF Athletes' Commission to represent the needs and views of athletes to the BWF council and committees from 2013 to 2017 and 2021 to 2025. Having started her career at the Jaya Raya in Jakarta, she later was selected to join the national team in 2003. Polii represented her country in the

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and at the

. She also featured in the Indonesian women's winning team at the

2007 Southeast Asian Games The 2007 Southeast Asian Games ( th, กีฬาแห่งเอเชียตะวันออกเฉียงใต้ 2007, Kila haeng echiye tawan oak chiyeng tai 2007), officially known as the 24th Southeast Asian Games, was a South ...

. She reached a career high of world number 2 in the BWF women's doubles rankings alongside

Nitya Krishinda Maheswari Nitya Krishinda Maheswari Korwa (born 16 December 1988) is an Indonesian former badminton player affiliated with Jaya Raya Jakarta, specializing in doubles event. She won the women's doubles gold medals at the 2011 Southeast Asian Games and at t ...

. Polii's achievements began when she was paired with

Jo Novita Jo Novita (born 19 November 1981) is an Indonesian former badminton player. She won gold medals in the women's doubles at the Southeast Asian Games in 2003, and in the team event in 2001 and 2007. She won the World Grand Prix tournament title in ...

, winning a Grand Prix title, two silver medals at the Southeast Asian Games in 2005 and 2007, and a bronze in the 2005 Asian Championships. Together with Maheswari, she collected 2 Superseries titles, 3 Grand Prix titles, a gold at the

, a silver at the

2013 Southeast Asian Games The 2013 Southeast Asian Games ( my, ၂၀၁၃ ခုနှစ် အရှေ့တောင် အာရှ အားကစား ပြိုင်ပွဲ), officially known as the 27th Southeast Asian Games, or the 27th SEA Games, and comm ...

, and bronze medals at the 2015 World and 2016 Asian Championships. She made a new partnership with the youngster

Apriyani Rahayu Apriyani Rahayu (born 29 April 1998) is an Indonesian badminton player specializing in doubles. She and Greysia Polii are the reigning Olympic champions in the women's doubles following their win at the 2020 Summer Olympics. She won gold at the ...

in 2017. Together with Rahayu, she won her first women's doubles gold at the Southeast Asian Games in 2019, her first title on home soil at the 2020 Indonesia Masters, and Indonesia's first ever women's doubles gold at the

Early life

Greysia Polii was born in

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to Willy Polii and Evie Pakasi, both of

Minahasa The Minahasans (alternative spelling: Minahassa) are an ethnic group native to the North Sulawesi province of Indonesia, formerly known as North Celebes. The Minahasa people sometimes refer to themselves as Manado people. Although the Minahasan p ...

descent native to

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. She is the third of five siblings. She lived in Jakarta until her dad died when she was only 2, and moved to

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, where she spent her childhood. She was influenced to play badminton by her sister, and by former national player

Deyana Lomban Deyana Gresye Susanti Lomban (born 27 January 1976) is a former Indonesian badminton player who also play for the PB Jaya Raya. She competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in the women's doubles event partnered with Eliza Nathanael. Lomban who was p ...

. Her talent was already apparent by the time she was six years old. Recognizing her talent, she and her mother moved back to Jakarta in 1995 for better training and a chance to develop her career as a badminton player, joining the Jaya Raya Jakarta club. She idolized

Susi Susanti Lucia Francisca "Susi" Susanti Haditono (; born 11 February 1971) is an Indonesia retired badminton player. Relatively small of stature, she combined quick and graceful movement with elegant shotmaking technique, and is regarded by many as one o ...

and

Zhang Ning Zhang Ning (; born 19 May 1975) is a former Chinese badminton player. She won the Olympic gold medal twice for women's singles in both 2004 and 2008. She has played badminton on the world scene since the mid-1990s and has been particularly succes ...

. At the club, her coach

Retno Kustijah Retno Kustijah (born 19 June 1942; as Retno Koestijah) is a former badminton player from Indonesia who competed internationally from the early 1960s to the early 1970s. Career Though she played singles in high level events, Kustijah's greatest ...

noticed her talent as a doubles player, and when Polii was 14, she made the decision to switch from singles to doubles. She made it to the national team in 2003.

Career

2003–2005: Early career and National Championships title

Starting her career as a women's and mixed doubles player, Polii began to show her abilities at the age of 16. Partnered with Heni Budiman, she reached the semi-final stage in the 2003 Malaysia Satellite tournament. As a national team player, she won her first

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title with Budiman. The duo defeated

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pair

Indarti Issolina Indarti Issolina (born 10 February 1976) is a 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 "si ...

and Angeline de Pauw 8–15, 15–8, 15–7. In 2004, Polii helped the national junior team win the girls' team bronze at the

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and mixed team bronze at the World Junior Championships. She also claimed the World Junior silver in the mixed doubles with Muhammad Rijal, and the bronze medal in the girls' doubles with Budiman. She made her debut with the national team at the

Uber Cup The Uber Cup, sometimes called the World Women's Team Championships, is a major international badminton competition contested by women's national badminton teams. First held in 1956–1957 and contested at three year intervals, it has been contes ...

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, where the team made the quarter-finals. Her best achievements in individual events during the year were reaching the quarter-finals at the

Chinese Taipei Open The Taipei Open, formerly named the Chinese Taipei Open Grand Prix Gold (2007–2017) and Chinese Taipei Open (2018–2019), is an open badminton international championships held in Taiwan since the 1970s, but they took place only in irregular pe ...

and the Malaysia Open. In 2005, Polii won bronze medals at the Asian Junior Championships in the girls' team and doubles (with Heni Budiman). In March, she and Budiman finished as the semi-finalists in the

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. Due to the hip injury suffered by Budiman at the Swiss Open, Polii made a new partnership with her senior

in the beginning of 2005, and the duo won the bronze at the

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, as well as silver at the

Southeast Asian Games The Southeast Asian Games, also known as the SEA Games, is a biennial multi-sport event involving participants from the current 11 countries of Southeast Asia. The games are under the regulation of the Southeast Asian Games Federation with supe ...

. At the World Grand Prix event, the Polii-Novita partnership were semi-finalists at the

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and Hong Kong Open. Polii helped Indonesia reach the final stage of the

Sudirman Cup The Sudirman Cup is an international badminton mixed team competition contested by member countries of the Badminton World Federation (BWF), the sport's global governing body. The championship has been awarded every two years since the inaugura ...

, but the team lost 0–3 to China.

2006–2008: World Grand Prix title

In 2006, Polii began her season competing at the All England Open. Together with

, she lost in the second round to the third seeds from China, Yang Wei and

Zhang Jiewen Zhang Jiewen (; born 4 January 1981) is a Chinese former badminton player. Career One of China's most successful women's doubles specialists, Zhang has won some thirty international titles, the vast majority of them in partnership with Yang ...

, in straight games. In May, Polii won her first IBF World Grand Prix title at the 2006 Philippines Open partnered with Novita. In the final they beat their compatriots Endang Nursugianti and

Rani Mundiasti Rani Mundiasti (born 4 October 1984) is an Indonesian badminton player. Career Mundiasti won the women's doubles at the 2006 Dutch Open (badminton), Dutch Open with Endang Nursugianti. In 2008, Mundiasti was runner-up in the women's doubles wit ...

in straight games 21–16, 21–13. She also paired with Muhammad Rijal in the mixed doubles, losing in the semi-finals to the eventual champions from Thailand, Sudket Prapakamol and

Saralee Thungthongkam Captain Saralee Thungthongkam ( th, สราลีย์ ทุ่งทองคำ ผู้พัน หรือน.อ.ส้ม; ; born 13 June 1979) is a Thai retired badminton player. She graduated with a master's degree in Communication ...

. At the Indonesia Open held in

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, Polii's run was ended by a partnership featuring

Zhao Tingting Zhao Tingting (; born 28 November 1982) is a Chinese badminton player from Nantong, Jiangsu. Career A doubles specialist, Zhao has often been a "utility player" on China's national team, winning international tournaments with a variety of compa ...

in both the women's and mixed doubles. In June, Polii reached the semi-finals in the mixed doubles and quarter-finals in the women's doubles at the Singapore Open. On the East Asian tour held in July–August, her best achievement was being a finalist at the Korea Open - she and Novita were defeated by Yang Wei and Zhang Jiewen by a score of 10–21, 11–21. Together with Novita, she qualified to compete at the

held in Madrid. The duo were defeated in the third round to first seeds and eventual champions from China

Gao Ling Gao Ling (; born 14 March 1979) is a Chinese former badminton player. Career Noted for her consistency, anticipation, forecourt prowess, and sporting smile, Gao is one of the most successful doubles players in the history of women's badminton. ...

and

Huang Sui Huang Sui (; born 8 January 1982) is a Chinese-Australian female badminton player. Career Although Huang has won the Chinese National mixed doubles title almost all of her many international titles have come in women's doubles with Gao Ling, i ...

. Ranked as world number 10 in the women's doubles with Novita, Polii was ousted in the second round of the Japan Open both in the women's and mixed doubles. In the mixed doubles with Rijal, they lost to two-times Olympic champion Zhang Jun and Gao Ling in a rubber game 16–21, 22–20, 7–21. In November, the second seeded Polii-Novita reached the semi-finals of the

Denmark Open The Denmark Open, or formerly known as Danish Open, is an annual badminton tournament held in Denmark and organized by Badminton Denmark. The Denmark Open was part of the BWF Super Series Premier from 2011 to 2017. BWF categorised it as one of ...

before being defeated by Polish pair

Kamila Augustyn Kamila Anna Augustyn (born 14 January 1982 in Słupsk) is a Polish badminton player from Piasta Słupsk club. She won her first elite badminton title at the 2006 Denmark Open in the women's doubles event partnered with Nadieżda Kostiuczyk. She c ...

and Nadieżda Kostiuczyk in a close rubber game 13–21, 21–19, 19–21. In December, she represented her country at the 2006 Doha Asian Games, but failed to contribute any points to the team, where Indonesia women's team fell in the repechage to the semi-finals stage. Due to an injury suffered by Novita during the matches against Malaysia in the group stage, Polii was paired with

Pia Zebadiah Bernadet Pia Zebadiah Bernadet (born 22 January 1989) is an Indonesian badminton player. She is the sister of men's doubles world and Olympic champion Markis Kido. Career Women's singles In 2007, Zebadiah contributed to the Indonesian women's team' ...

in the individual event, but they were upset in the second round by Japanese pair

Miyuki Maeda is a Japanese international badminton player from the Renesas badminton club and later affiliated with Saishunkan team. She participated at the 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games, and also in three Asian Games editions from 2006 to 2014. Career Maed ...

and

Satoko Suetsuna is a badminton player from Japan. Born in Ōita, Ōita Prefecture, she joined Renesas badminton club and later affiliated with Saishunkan team. She was a bronze medalist at the 2011 BWF World Championships with her partner Miyuki Maeda. Career ...

. She ended the 2006 season standing as world number 9 in the women's doubles. Polii opened the 2007 season by playing at the Malaysia Open with new partner

Vita Marissa Vita Marissa (born 4 January 1981) is an Indonesian retired badminton player. Career Marissa competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in mixed doubles with partner Nova Widianto. They had a bye in the first round and defeated Rober ...

. The duo advanced to the final, but were unable to defeat the three times World Champion

and

, although they forced the Chinese pair to play a deciding game. Seeing that this new couple had good prospects, the women's doubles coach Aryono Miranat continued their partnership. In the following tournaments, although they did not win a title, the pair managed to become semi-finalists at the

and quarter-finalists at the All England and Singapore Open. In Switzerland, Polii also finished as the finalist in the mixed doubles with Muhammad Rijal. In June, she helped Indonesia finish second to

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in the

. In July, after

recovered from an injury, the duo teamed up again and participated in the Thailand Open,

China Masters The Fuzhou China Open, formerly known as China Masters, is an annual badminton tournament held in China. It became part of the BWF Super Series tournaments in 2007. In 2014 the level of the tournament was downgraded to BWF Grand Prix Gold because, ...

, and Philippines Open. Their best results were when she and Novita reached the semi-finals in the Philippines. In the quarter-finals, they were able to beat the third seeds from China, Yang Wei and

, in two close games 25–23, 24–22. In August, Polii played at the

in the women's and mixed doubles. In the second round of the women's doubles, she had to retire from the tournament due to an injury to her right knee ligament. On the European tour in October–November, her best result was a semi-final appearance in the

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. At the

held in Solo, teamed up with Novita, Polii successfully defended the title she won two years ago with Heni Budiman. In December, she featured in the Indonesian women's winning team at the

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, and won her second women's doubles silver at the Games. In the first half of the 2008 season, together with her partners

and Muhammad Rijal, Polii did not have satisfactory results, as her best achievements were being a women's doubles quarter-finalist in the

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, All England,

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, and

. She was also a mixed doubles quarter-finalist in

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, Germany, and

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. In May, Polii helped Indonesia reach the final of the

held in Jakarta, where the team finished as the runner-up. Polii later teamed up with

in the women's doubles and 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 ...

in the mixed doubles. Her best results with her new partner was as a women's doubles semi-finalist in the

, defeating the 7th seeds

Cheng Shu Cheng Shu (; born 11 July 1987) is a Chinese badminton doubles player. Achievements BWF World Championships ''Women's doubles'' Asian Championships ''Women's doubles'' East Asian Games ''Women's doubles'' Asian Junior Championshi ...

and

Zhao Yunlei Zhao Yunlei (born 25 August 1986) is a mixed and women's doubles badminton player from China. She graduated with a BA from Huazhong University of Science and Technology. She is the first and only badminton player to have ever won two gold medals ...

in the second round, and finishing as a mixed doubles quarter-finalist in the Japan Open and

. Despite not being paired-up with Novita in the remaining 2008 tournaments, they were qualified to compete at the inaugural Superseries Masters Finals held in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia. The duo reached the semi-finals, where they were defeated by their compatriots

Liliyana Natsir Liliyana Natsir (born 9 September 1985) is an Indonesian former badminton player who specialized in doubles. She is one of the standout front court player, with dexterousness and skill in controlling and executing the shuttlecock. Natsir has tre ...

and

in straight games 19–21, 17–21.

2009–2012: National Championships double crowned, Olympic Games black card

In 2009, Polii focused on one discipline, playing only in the women's doubles with

. Even though she fell in the early stages of two Europe tour events, the All England and

, she reached the finals of Singapore Open. She and her partner beat the world number one

Chin Eei Hui Chin Eei Hui (; Hakka Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Chhìn Ngì-fui; born 18 June 1982) is a former badminton player from Malaysia who plays in both women's and mixed doubles. She worked as a coach for Malaysia's national women's doubles players of which th ...

and

Wong Pei Tty Wong Pei Tty (, born 11 November 1981) is a former doubles badminton player from Malaysia. Currently, she works as an assistant coach for Malaysia women's double national team. Career Wong competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in ...

from Malaysia in the quarter-finals, followed by ninth-placed

Lena Frier Kristiansen Lena Frier Kristiansen (born 12 March 1983) is a badminton player from Denmark. In 2001, she won the silver and bronze medals at the European Junior Championships in the mixed team and doubles respectively. Partneres with Kamilla Rytter Juhl, th ...

and

Kamilla Rytter Juhl Kamilla Rytter Juhl (born 23 November 1983) is a retired Danish badminton player. Juhl is an Olympic silver medalist, World Championship gold medalist and seven times European champion as well. Career Rytter Juhl played as a left-handed doubl ...

from Denmark in the semi-finals. In May, she was part of the Indonesia team who finished as semi-finalists in

held in Guangzhou. Polii and Maheswari played at the

in Hyderabad, India, as 13th seeds. Their journey at the championships stopped in the third round with defeat to the 2008 Olympic gold medalists, the 5th seeded

Du Jing Du Jing (; born 23 June 1984) is a former China, Chinese badminton player from Anshan, Liaoning. Career A doubles specialist, Du and her regular partner Yu Yang (badminton), Yu Yang have steadily emerged as one of the world's elite women's doub ...

and Yu Yang in straight games 20–22, 12–21. She later managed to reach the semi-finals in the

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and

, but was beaten by Chinese pair

Ma Jin Ma Jin (; born 7 May 1988) is a badminton player from China who specialises in women's and mixed doubles. She partnered Wang Xiaoli in women's doubles and excelled in the category until 2010 when both players are split after China failed to defe ...

and

Wang Xiaoli Wang Xiaoli (; born 24 June 1989) is a Chinese badminton player who is a doubles specialist. In 2012, she competed at the 2012 London Summer Olympics. Career In 2005, she joined the Chinese national second team and officially became the f ...

in both tournaments. In December, Polii participated at the

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, Laos. She won the silver medal in the women's team, and as second seeds in the individual women's doubles event, she and Maheswari had a bye in the first round, but their progress was stopped by young Thai pair

Savitree Amitrapai Savitree Amitrapai ( th, สาวิตรี อมิตรพ่าย; born 19 November 1988) is a Thai badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with ...

and

Vacharaporn Munkit Vacharaporn Munkit ( th, วัชราภรณ์ มั่นกิจ; born 2 July 1987) also known as Punyada Munkitchokecharoen ( th, ปัญญดา มั่นกิจโชคเจริญ), Peeraya Munkitamorn ( th, พีรญ ...

in the quarter-finals. As a pair with Maheswari, she spent time inside the top 10 of the BWF rankings. In January 2010, Polii was crowned a double champion at the 2009 National Championships, winning the women's doubles with

Meiliana Jauhari Meiliana Jauhari (born 7 May 1984) is a badminton player from Indonesia. She won the women's doubles title at the 2009 and 2013 Indonesian National Championships. Jauhari participated at the 2010 Asian Games and 2012 Summer Olympics. Career ...

, and the mixed doubles with

Tontowi Ahmad Tontowi Ahmad (born 18 July 1987) is a retired Indonesian badminton player. He plays for PB. Djarum, a badminton club in Kudus, Central Java and joined the club in 2005. Tontowi Ahmad rose to prominence in the world badminton in 2010 when he pa ...

. As a new pair, the Polii–Jauhari partnership were considered successful at the Super Series stage, they were the semi-finalists in the Singapore Open; quarter-finalists in All England, Indonesia Open, and

. The pair were also the finalists in the

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and Indonesia Grand Prix Gold. She also was a quarter-finalist at the

both in the women's doubles with Jauhari and the mixed doubles with Ahmad, and part of the national team that won the bronze medal at the

and

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. At the end of the season, she was ranked as women's doubles world number 9 in the BWF World ranking, and number 8 in the Super Series ranking, made her able to compete at the Super Series Finals in Taipei, though she did not advance to the semi-final, after placed third in the group stage. In 2011, Polii alongside

was not able to win a title. Her best results at the Super Series event was the semi-finals in the

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 ...

; she was also a quarter-finalist in

and Indonesia Open. In the second round of the Indonesia Open, a Super Series Premier event, Polii received a yellow card from the umpire, for taking too much time during a close match against

and Pan Pan. At the Grand Prix event, she was a finalist in the

; semi-finalist in

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and

. In the final of the Chinese Taipei Open against Korean pair Ha Jung-eun and Kim Min-jung, Polii had to retire in the third game, and undergo treatment at the hospital, after sustaining a right shoulder injury in the second game. The injury then made Polii often struggled with the backhand serve. In August, Polii and Jauhari competed at the

in London. The duo lost in the quarter-finals to

and

, worsening their head-to-head record against that pair to 0–4. Polii was part of the national team that won the bronze medal at the

, where Indonesia lost in the semi-finals to Denmark by a score of 1–3. In 2012, Polii started the season by making the quarter-finals in the Korea Open Super Series Premier with her partner

. She later was defeated in the early rounds of some tournaments, including the Super Series event of

, All England, and the

. In June, she reached the semi-finals of

and the Singapore Open. She managed to reduce her head-to-head deficit against the Japanese pair

and

to 1–4, after she and Jauhari beat them in quarter-finals of the Indonesia Open. At the

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, Polii and her partner

, along with

Jung Kyung-eun Jung Kyung-eun (Hangul: 정경은; or ; born 20 March 1990) is a South Korean professional badminton player. She was the 2016 Summer Olympics bronze medalist in the women's doubles event. Career Jung Kyung-eun began her career competing in ...

and

Kim Ha-na Kim Ha-na (Hangul: 김하나; or ; born 27 December 1989) is a South Korean badminton player. She was the mixed doubles gold medalist at the 2013 Asian Championships, and was part of the national team that won the Sudirman Cup in 2017. Kim wo ...

, Ha Jung-eun and Kim Min-jung of

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, and

and Yu Yang of

were disqualified from the competition for "not using one's best efforts to win a match" and "conducting oneself in a manner that is clearly abusive or detrimental to the sport" following matches the previous evening during which they threw the match. Greysia Polii and her partner Meiliana Jauhari played against South Korea's Ha Jung-eun and Kim Min-jung. Indonesia filed an appeal to the case, but it was withdrawn.

2013–2015: First Grand Prix Gold, Super Series, and Asian Games champion

In 2013, Polii started the season with

, but was defeated in the initial round of

and Malaysia Open. Polii later paired with youngster

Anggia Shitta Awanda Anggia Shitta Awanda (born 22 May 1994) is an Indonesian badminton player specializing in doubles, affiliated with Jaya Raya Jakarta badminton club. She was the 2011 World Junior girls' doubles silver medallist partnered with Shella Devi Aulia. ...

, a silver medalist at the 2011 World Junior Championships. The Polii-Awanda partnership did not last long, with their best result in four tournaments being the quarter-finals of the

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. In March, Polii was elected to serve a four-year term as a member of BWF Athletes' Commission to represent the needs and views of athletes to the BWF council and committees. In preparation for Indonesia's participation in the

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, Polii resumed her partnership with

. In their first game back together in Kuala Lumpur, the pair managed to contribute one point for Indonesia against India. At the second tournament for Polii and Maheswari after four years separated, she finally won her first Grand Prix Gold title in the Thailand Open. She and Maheswari beat Japanese pair

Yuriko Miki is a Japanese retired badminton player from Panasonic badminton team, and in 2013, started to play for the Hokuto Bank. Teamed-up with Koharu Yonemoto, they won the 2011 New Zealand and Austrian International tournament. They also won the Gran ...

and

Koharu Yonemoto is a retired Japanese badminton player who affiliate with Hokuto Bank. She was the women's doubles bronze medalist at the 2018 World Championships, and the silver medalist at the 2013 East Asian Games. She won the year-end tournament Superserie ...

in the final with the score of 21–7, 21–13. At the Super Series event, they later finished as semi-finalists in

and the

; also quarter-finalists in Indonesia Open and

. In the French Open, she and Maheswari beat the world number one and first seeded pairing from China,

and Yu Yang in a close rubber game, 21–17, 14–21, 23–21. In December, she won her third women's doubles silver medal at the

held in Myanmar. In 2014, Polii began the season as a semi-finalist in the Korea Open and quarter-finalist in the Malaysia Open with

. In March, she became a finalist in the Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold after beating the first seeded

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and

in the quarter-finals and the 7th seeded

Luo Ying Luo Ying (; born 1991) is a Chinese badminton player. She specializes in doubles and partnered with her twin sister, Luo Yu. The twins competed at the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics but did not advance to the knock-out stage after placing third in the ...

and

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in the semi finals. Later she and Maheswari were defeated by the 2nd seeded

Bao Yixin Bao Yixin (; born 29 September 1992) is a Chinese badminton doubles player. She won titles in the women's doubles category with many different partners. She won two World Junior titles at the 2010 BWF World Junior Championships held in Guadalaja ...

and

Tang Jinhua Tang Jinhua (; born 8 January 1992) is a Chinese retired badminton player who competed at the highest level during the second decade of the 2000s, winning numerous women's doubles and occasional mixed doubles events with a variety of partners. S ...

21–19, 16–21, 13–21. In four meetings against Bao and Tang, each match had ended with a rubber game, and after the loss in Switzerland, the head-to-head record between the pairs stood at 0–4. At the quarter-finals of the Singapore Open, she and Maheswari were defeated for fifth time by Bao and Tang, this time losing in two close games 20–22, 20–22. In May, she participated at the

held in New Delhi, but the team were eliminated in the quarter-finals. In June, she competed in the Indonesia Open in the women's doubles with Maheswari and mixed doubles with

Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo (born 2 August 1995) is an Indonesian badminton player who was formerly ranked world number 1 in the men's doubles by the Badminton World Federation. He plays for PB Djarum, and has been a member of the club since 2007 ...

. In both events, she lost in the second round, but in the mixed doubles, she and Sukamuljo were able to upset the defending champions and world number one Zhang Nan and

in the first round with the score of 15–21, 21–18, 23–21. In July 2014, Polii claimed her second BWF Grand Prix Gold title with

in the

, beating

and Yu Yang in the final. She qualified to compete in the

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, but lost to

Reika Kakiiwa is a Japanese badminton player from Renesas badminton club. Reika Kakiiwa has gained prominence in the badminton community because of her success in women's doubles. She has reached a career high ranking of third in the world with her partner Mi ...

and

in the quarter-finals. In September, Polii won the women's doubles gold medal at the

in Incheon, South Korea, partnered with Maheswari. En route to the gold medal, she and Maheswari beat 3rd seeds Kakiiwa and Maeda in the quarter-finals, 2nd seeds

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and

in the semi-finals, and 1st seeds

Misaki Matsutomo is a Japanese badminton player who is a doubles specialist. She won the gold medal at the 2016 Summer Olympic women's doubles alongside Ayaka Takahashi. Despite playing doubles, she was also a finalist in girls' singles at the 2010 BWF World ...

and

Ayaka Takahashi is a retired Japanese badminton player who was affiliated with Unisys badminton team. She is an Olympic Games gold medalist, two-time Asian Champion, two-time Asian Games silver medalist, and World Championship bronze medalist. Playing for the ...

in the final. After finishing as quarter-finalists in the China Open, and semi-finalists in the Hong Kong Open, she and Maheswari played in the Dubai World Superseries Finals, but had to retire from the competition due to an injury suffered by Maheswari in the opening match against Kakiiwa and Maeda. In 2015, Polii opened the season as a quarter-finalist in the Malaysia Masters partnered with

. She and her partner were also eliminated in the quarter-finals of All England,

, and

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. In May, she was part of the Indonesia team that won the bronze medal of

in Dongguan, China. In June, she and Maheswari made it to the final of the Indonesia Open, but they were not able to win the title after losing to

and

in the final. Polii and Maheswari managed to retain their title in the

after beating world number one

and

in the semi-finals, and the second seeded world number 3

and

in the final. In August, Polii and Maheswari won a bronze medal in the

in Jakarta. A month later, they then captured their first Super Series title in the Korea Open. At several Super Series tournaments at the end of 2015, she finished as a semi-finalist in French,

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, and Dubai World Superseries Finals, and as a finalist in a Grand Prix Gold event, the Indonesian Masters. She and Maheswari ended the season as world number 3 in the BWF World rankings.

2016: World number 2, and Rio Olympics

In January, Polii and

reached a career high as world number 2 in the women's doubles. She and Maheswari started the season in March, and finished as semi finalists in the German Open, losing in the final to Thai pair

Puttita Supajirakul Puttita Supajirakul (; born 29 March 1996) is a Thai badminton player who competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She was part of Thailand's gold medals-winning team at the 2015, 2017 and 2019 Southeast Asian Games in the ...

and

Sapsiree Taerattanachai Sapsiree Taerattanachai (; ; born 18 April 1992) is a Thai badminton player. She claimed titles in the mixed doubles with Dechapol Puavaranukroh at the 2017 Southeast Asian Games and at the 2021 World Championships. Taerattanachai and Puavaranu ...

in a close rubber game. In April, the duo also reached the semi-finals in

and the Malaysia Open, and then they won their second Super Series title together in the Singapore Open without stepping on court, after their opponents

and

withdrew from the final match due to an injury suffered by Matsutomo in the semi-finals. Polii and Maheswasi won the bronze medal in

held in Wuhan, losing in the semi-finals to

Naoko Fukuman is a Japanese badminton player. Career In 2009 and 2010 she became the semifinalist of the Osaka International tournament in women's doubles event. In 2010, she became the runner-up of the Austrian International tournament partnered with Minat ...

and

Kurumi Yonao is a Japanese badminton player. She won a bronze medal in 2015 BWF World Championships in Jakarta with Naoko Fukuman. Achievements BWF World Championships ''Women's doubles'' Asian Championships ''Women's doubles'' BWF Superseries T ...

in a close rubber game by the score of 21–13, 19–21, 22–24. The match lasted two hours, 41 minutes, setting a record for the longest badminton match ever. In May, she alongside the Indonesian women's team competed in the

in Kunshan, China, but the team lost in the quarter-finals to South Korea. In June, Polii and Maheswari finished as runners-up in the

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, defeated by

and

Chen Qingchen Chen Qingchen (born 23 June 1997) is a Chinese badminton player. She started her achievements under her coach Li Yongbo, with partner in the women's doubles Jia Yifan, and in the mixed doubles Zheng Siwei. She ended the 2016 BWF Season by win ...

. She made her second appearance at the

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, this time with Maheswari. The duo won three matches in the group stage and advanced to the knocked-out stage. In the quarter-finals, they lost to Chinese pair

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and Yu Yang in straight games 11–21, 14–21. At the European tour in October, she and her partner reached the semi-finals in

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and quarter-finals in the

. The duo were qualified for the

BWF Superseries Finals The BWF Super Series Finals (named as BWF Super Series Masters Finals until 2009) was an annual badminton tournament held at the end of the year where the players with the most points from that calendar year's twelve events of the BWF Super Series c ...

. However, they withdrew from the tournament due to Maheswari's scheduled knee surgery and their position was taken by

Vivian Hoo Vivian Hoo Kah Mun (; Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ''Hí Kâ-vùn''; born 19 March 1990) is a Malaysian badminton player. Career Teamed-up with Woon Khe Wei in the women's doubles event, they reached top 10 BWF World Ranking. Being a regular women's do ...

and

Woon Khe Wei Janice Woon Khe Wei (born 18 March 1989) is a Malaysian former badminton player in the doubles event. Career Her regular partner was Vivian Hoo. Together, they had ranked as high as No. 9 worldwide. They won the gold medal at the Badminton ...

2017: New partner, French Open and second Thailand Open title

Due to an injury suffered by Maheswari, Polii tried partnerships with

Rosyita Eka Putri Sari Rosyita Eka Putri Sari (born 6 July 1996) is an Indonesian badminton player specializing in doubles. She is from PB. Djarum, a badminton club in Kudus, Central Java, having joined the club in 2011. She is the girls' and mixed doubles silver m ...

and

Rizki Amelia Pradipta Rizki Amelia Pradipta (born 1 September 1990) is an Indonesian badminton player specializing in doubles affiliated with Jaya Raya Jakarta club. She was two times Asian Championships bronze medalists winning in 2018 and 2019. Pradipta also part o ...

. Together with Putri Sari, she reached the semi-finals in the

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, losing to

and

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, while with Pradipta, the duo lost in the second round of the European tour in the

, All England and

. In May, Polii partnered with

, and they competed as a new pair at the

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, Australia. Even though they had only been paired for about a month, the duo won their first title in the Thailand Open after defeating the home pair

Chayanit Chaladchalam Chayanit Chaladchalam ( th, ชญานิษฐ์ ฉลาดแฉลม; born 8 March 1991) is a Thai badminton player. She was part of Thai squad that won gold medal at the 2019 Philippines SEA Games. Career She plays in the women's do ...

and

Phataimas Muenwong Phataimas Muenwong ( th, ผไทมาส เหมือนวงษ์; born 5 July 1995) is a Thai badminton player. Career Muenwong studied at the Rattana Bundit University, and competed at the 2015 and 2017 Summer Universiade. She play ...

in straight games 21–12, 21–12 in the final. They also won the Superseries title at the

, just five months into their partnership. Other achievements by Polii and Rahayu in 2017 were runner-up in

, semi-finalists in

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, and quarter-finalists in Korea Open. Polii also helped the Indonesia women's team win the bronze medal at the

held in Kuala Lumpur, unfortunately, in the individual women's doubles event, she and Rahayu lost in the first round to eventual champion

Jongkolphan Kititharakul Jongkolphan Kititharakul ( th, จงกลพรรณ กิติธรากุล; born 1 March 1993) is a Thai badminton player who specializes in doubles. She was the women's doubles gold medalist at the 2017 Southeast Asian Games, also p ...

and

Rawinda Prajongjai Rawinda Prajongjai ( th, รวินดา ประจงใจ; born 29 June 1993) is a Thai badminton player. She was part of the national women's team that clinched the gold medal at the 2015, 2017 and 2019 Southeast Asian Games, also won th ...

of Thailand. The Polii and Rahayu partnership, first paired in May, reached a career high as world number 10 in the BWF World rankings in November.

2018: India Open and third Thailand Open title

In January, Polii and

began the season by finishing as runners-up in the

Indonesia Masters The Indonesia Masters is an international badminton tournament in BWF World Tour Super 500 (Super 750 in 2021). Formerly known as the Indonesia Open Grand Prix Gold, it was first held in 2010 in Samarinda, East Kalimantan, and change its venue in ...

, losing to second seeded

and

in the final. A month later, the duo played as the third seeds in the

and won the title after beating the first-seeded

and

in the semi-finals, and the second-seeded

and

in the final. She featured in the Indonesian women's team that won bronze at the Asia Team Championships held in

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and were quarter-finalists in the

in Bangkok. In July, she and her partner lost in the quarter-finals of the Indonesia Open to

Yuki Fukushima is a Japanese badminton player affiliated with Marusugi Bluvic. She and her partner Sayaka Hirota won the 2017 Most Improved Player of the Year award. The duo were ranked as world No. 1 at the BWF World Ranking in 21 June 2018. Achievements ...

and

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, but a week later, she won her third Thailand Open title, as she and Rahayu defended the title they had won in Thailand the previous year, when the event was known as the Grand Prix. In August, the duo won the bronze medal at the

in Nanjing, and further bronze medals at the

in the women's doubles and team events. In the remainder of the 2018 tour, she and Rahayu only reached the semi-finals in

, French,

, and quarter-finals in the Fuzhou China Open. The duo achieved their career high as world number 3 in the BWF rankings in September.

2019–2022: Second India Open, first Southeast Asian Games, home soil title and Olympic Games gold medal

Polii opened the 2019 season as a finalist in the Malaysia Masters with

. In the semi-finals, they beat their arch-rivals

and

in a close rubber game, improving their head-to-head record against the Japanese pair to 2–8. A week later, they again lost to Matsutomo and Takahashi in the

. They led 18–10 in the first game, but lost it 20–22, eventually losing the match in a close rubber game. In March, she and Rahayu lost in the quarter-finals of both the

and All England Open. Polii and Rahayu then clinched their second

title defeating

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and

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in the final. In May, she alongside the Indonesia team finished as semi-finalists in the

in Nanning, settling for the bronze medal. In June, she and Rahayu advanced to the semi-finals of the

after beating the first seeded, world number one

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and

Wakana Nagahara is a Japanese badminton player. She is a two-time world champion in the women's doubles. Nagahara attended Aomori Yamada High School, and was part of the Japanese national junior team that won the bronze medals at the 2013, 2014 Asian and 201 ...

in the quarter-finals, but the duo were beaten by Chinese pair

and

, the fifth defeat in seven meetings between them. At the

in Basel, Switzerland, she and her partner won the bronze medal, after defeat in the semi-finals to eventual champions Matsumoto and Nagahara. After the World Championships, her coach,

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, evaluated that she and Rahayu had fallen short of their previous standard. In the end of 2019 season, their best results were only the semi-finalists in

, after that, they often lost in the initial stage. She finally won her first women's doubles gold medal at the

, having made her debut at the Games 14 years ago. She and Rahayu defeated

and

of Thailand 21–3, 21–18. Greysia-Apriyani-Juara-Indonesia-Masters-130120-app-1

In 2020, Polii and

who ranked as world number eight started their tour in the Malaysia Masters. At that tournament, they finished as semi-finalists defeated by Chinese pair

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and

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in a rubber game. A week later in the

, Polii won her first ever international title in Indonesia, after she and Rahayu triumphed in a thrilling match against Maiken Fruergaard and Sara Thygesen of Denmark. In February, she won her second title of the year by winning the Barcelona Spain Masters. In the final, she and Rahayu defeated

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and Stefani Stoeva of Bulgaria in a rubber game. In March All England Open, she and her partner lost in the first round to Korean pair

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and Kim Hye-rin in straight games. Due to the

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, numerous tournaments on the 2020 BWF World Tour were either cancelled or rescheduled for later in the year. In June, Polii then took part at the PBSI home tournament partnered with Febby Valencia Dwijayanti Gani. The duo finished third at that tournament. Polii returned in the international competitions at the 2020 Asian Leg tournament in January 2021. Together with Rahayu, she won her first ever BWF Super 1000 tournament, the Yonex Thailand Open. She dedicated the title to her elder brother, Rickettsia, a father-figure to her ever since their father's death when she was a child, who died after Polii's wedding in December 2020. A week later in the semi-finals of the Toyota Thailand Open, Polii and Rahayu fell in two games to

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and

Shin Seung-chan Shin Seung-chan (신승찬; ; born 6 December 1994) is a South Korean doubles specialist badminton player. She won the women's doubles bronze medals at the 2016 Summer Olympics, and 2014 BWF World Championships. Shin clinched the women's and mi ...

of South Korea. The duo then played at the

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, but was eliminated in the group stage. In 2021, Polii scheduled to participating at the All England Open, but later Indonesia team were forced to withdraw from the competition by BWF after the team members will self-isolate for 10 days from the date of their inbound flight after an anonym person traveling onboard tested positive for

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. Polii qualified to compete in the women's doubles event at the

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. She competed in her third straight

with debutant

. In the final, they defeated the 2017 World Champions

and

in two straight games, 21–19, and 21–15. Polii and Rahayu became the first unseeded pair to win the gold medal in women's doubles. This was Indonesia's first Olympic Games gold in women's doubles. At 33 years and 356 days, Polii is the oldest female badminton player to win a gold medal at the Olympics. With this win,

became just the second country after China to have won gold medals in all five disciplines of

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. After her Olympic success, the Student Sports Training Center in Jakarta was named after Polii and fellow olympian Apriyani Rahayu. In December 2021, Polii was elected as BWF Athletes' Commission, and has been appointed as the chair of the commission in February 2022. Polii officially announced her retirement from the international badminton tournament at the Istora Senayan on 12 June 2022.

Awards and nominations

Achievements

Olympic Games

''Women's doubles''

BWF World Championships

''Women's doubles''

Asian Games

''Women's doubles''

Asian Championships

''Women's doubles''

Southeast Asian Games

''Women's doubles''

IBF World Junior Championships

''Girls' doubles'' ''Mixed doubles''

Asian Junior Championships

''Girls' doubles''

BWF World Tour (6 titles, 3 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the

Badminton World Federation The Badminton World Federation (BWF) is the international governing body for the sport of badminton recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). It was founded in 1934 as the International Badminton Federation (IBF) with nine member ...

(BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100. ''Women's doubles''

BWF Superseries (3 titles, 6 runners-up)

The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, was a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the

(BWF). BWF Superseries levels were Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries consisted of twelve tournaments around the world that had been introduced since 2011. Successful players were invited to the Superseries Finals, which were held at the end of each year. ''Women's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles'' :

tournament :

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Premier tournament :

tournament

BWF Grand Prix (5 titles, 6 runners-up)

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the

(BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017. The World Badminton Grand Prix was sanctioned by the International Badminton Federation from 1983 to 2006. ''Women's doubles'' : BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament : BWF & IBF Grand Prix tournament

Performance timeline

National team

* ''Junior level'' * ''Senior level''

Individual competitions

Junior level

In the junior international tournament, Polii won bronze medals in the girls' doubles at the 2004 World, 2005 Asian Junior Championships and also a silver medal in the mixed at the 2004 World Junior Championships. ''Girls' doubles'' ''Mixed doubles''

Senior level

In the senior level tournament, Polii won gold medals in the

, and at the

. She also won 14 individual titles in the BWF tour equivalent events.

=Women's doubles

=Mixed doubles

Record against selected opponents

Record against year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi-finalists, and Olympic quarter-finalists.

Nitya Krishinda Maheswari

Meiliana Jauhari

Apriyani Rahayu

References

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