Hastomo Arbi (born Ang Tjong Hauw, 5 August 1958, in Kudus,

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) is a retired male

Chinese Indonesian Chinese Indonesians ( id, Orang Tionghoa Indonesia) and colloquially Chindo or just Tionghoa are Indonesians whose ancestors arrived from China at some stage in the last eight centuries. Chinese people and their Indonesian descendants have ...

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 who represented

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Career

He was active as an international level player from the late 1970s to the mid-1980s. He is the older brother of

Hariyanto Arbi Michael Ludwig Hariyanto Arbi (born 21 January 1972) is a former badminton player from Indonesia who rated among the world's top few singles players in the 1990s. He is the younger brother of Eddy Hartono and Hastomo, who were also world class ...

, an Indonesian player of the 1990s who won men's singles at the

1995 IBF World Championships The 1995 IBF World Championships (World Badminton Championships) were held in Lausanne, Switzerland, between 22 May and 28 May 1995. Venue *Malley Sports Centre Medalists Medal table Events External linksBWF Results {{World badminton champ ...

and

Eddy Hartono Eddy Hartono Arbie (; born 19 July 1964) is an Indonesian former badminton player who excelled in the late 1980s and early 1990s. After a brief stint competing in singles, he soon became a doubles specialist noted for his deft racket control and ...

who was a silver men's doubles medalist at the

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...

. Arbi, who developed his game at

PB Djarum PB Djarum is an Indonesian badminton club in Kudus, Central Java. The club was founded at the Djarum ''brak'' (cigarette factory) located at Jl. Bitingan Lama (now called Jl. Lukmonohadi) No. 35 in Kudus in 1969. Djarum's CEO, Budi Hartono, ...

, is best remembered for helping

regain the Thomas Cup (men's world team championship) from

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast A ...

by upsetting China's Han Jian in the second singles match. In 1979 he won men's singles at the Southeast Asian Games. In 2015, the 26th, in the category 55 years, he is the world champion in the world senior championship at Helsinborg in Sweden.

Achievements

World Cup

''Men's singles''

World Senior Championships

''Men's singles''

Southeast Asian Games

''Men's singles''

IBF World Grand Prix (4 runners-up)

The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) from 1983 to 2006. ''Men's singles'' : IBF Grand Prix tournament : IBF Grand Prix Finals tournament

References

Profile
*Sabaruddin Sa: Apa & siapa sejumlah orang bulutangkis Indonesia, Jurnalindo Aksara Grafika 1994, *Sam Setyautama: Tokoh-tokoh etnis Tionghoa di Indonesia, 2008, Indonesian male badminton players 1958 births Living people Indonesian people of Chinese descent Southeast Asian Games gold medalists for Indonesia Southeast Asian Games medalists in badminton Competitors at the 1979 Southeast Asian Games People from Kudus Regency Sportspeople from Central Java {{Indonesia-badminton-bio-stub