Hendrawan (; born 27 June 1972) is an

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coach and former player.

Personal life

Hendrawan began to play badminton at 10 years old and began his top-level career at Cipayung National Training Center. He retired from the Indonesian team in 2003. He married his longtime girlfriend, former player

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, the sister of Hendra Setiawan, on January 7, 2001. The couple has two children, daughter Josephine Sevilla and son Alexander Thomas. The second names of both children showing their parents love of badminton, the daughter is named after the city of

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, Spain, where Hendrawan was crowned World Champion in

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and the son Thomas after the

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, which Hendrawan won three times, especially commemorating the 2002 edition were Hendrawan won the deciding 5th match in the final against Malaysian Roslin Hashim. He currently trains Malaysian badminton team players after stints in Indonesia as a national women's singles and then men's singles team coach.

Career

Hendrawan began playing internationally in the early 1990s but at first was overshadowed by a number of his countrymen who rated among the world's elite players. His results gradually improved, peaking at the end of the decade and the beginning of the next. He earned a silver medal at the

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in men's singles, and won men's singles the 2001 World Championships over

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's Peter Gade. Hendrawan was an outstanding

(men's world team) performer for

, winning each of his championship round singles matches in the

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, 2002 editions won by Indonesia. In the last of these his final match victory over Malaysia's Roslin Hashim was decisive, breaking a 2–2 tie. Currently, he is working as a coach for Malaysia's national badminton team.

Achievements

Olympic Games

''Men's singles''

IBF World Championships

''Men's singles''

Asian Games

''Men's singles''

Asian Championships

''Men's singles''

IBF World Grand Prix (5 titles, 3 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

Record against selected opponents

Includes results against athletes who competed in World Championships semifinals, and Olympic quarterfinals. * Bao Chunlai 0–1 * Chen Hong 3–1 * Dong Jiong 3–1 * Ji Xinpeng 0–2 * Sun Jun 2–3 * Xia Xuanze 4–2 *

Fung Permadi Fung Permadi (; born 30 December 1967 in Purwokerto, Indonesia) is a former male Chinese Indonesian badminton player. He was a singles specialist who played first for Indonesia and later for Chinese Taipei. Career Though Permadi had demonstrat ...

1–2 * Peter Gade 2–1 * Poul-Erik Høyer 3–5 * Thomas Stuer-Lauridsen 1–5 * Tam Kai Chuen 4–0 * Pullela Gopichand 1–1 *

Heryanto 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 ...

1–3 * Taufik Hidayat 1–2 * Joko Suprianto 0–1 *

Ardy B. Wiranata Ardy Bernardus Wiranata (born 10 February 1970) is an Indonesian former badminton player who rated among the top singles players in the world (several of whom were fellow Indonesians) during most of the 1990s. Career Quick, supple, and powerf ...

2–0 * Lee Hyun-il 1–0 *

Lee Kwang-jin Lee Kwang-Jin (; born 23 July 1991) is a South Korean footballer who plays as midfielder for Cheonan City FC in K League 2. Career He joined FC Seoul in 2010. but didn't make any appearance in FC Seoul. He moved to Daejeon Citizen after a s ...

1–0 * Park Tae-sang 2–0 * Shon Seung-mo 0–1 * Ronald Susilo 0–2 * Boonsak Ponsana 1–0

References

External links

BWF Profile

Hendrawan's profile

Hendrawan's results
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hendrawan 1972 births Living people Sportspeople from Malang Badminton players from East Java Indonesian people of Chinese descent Indonesian male badminton players Badminton players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic badminton players for Indonesia Olympic silver medalists for Indonesia Olympic medalists in badminton Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Badminton players at the 1998 Asian Games Badminton players at the 2002 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for Indonesia Asian Games silver medalists for Indonesia Asian Games bronze medalists for Indonesia Asian Games medalists in badminton Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games Competitors at the 2001 SEA Games SEA Games silver medalists for Indonesia SEA Games medalists in badminton Badminton coaches Indonesian expatriate sportspeople in Malaysia