Ivana Lie Ing Hoa (; born March 7, 1960) is an Indonesian former

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player who played at the world level from the late 1970s to the late 1980s.

Early life

She was born in

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on 7 March 1960. She came from a poor family; her mother was a dressmaker. She became interested in badminton during her childhood; she won a Junior Championship in

West Java West Java ( id, Jawa Barat, su, ᮏᮝ ᮊᮥᮜᮧᮔ᮪, romanized ''Jawa Kulon'') is a province of Indonesia on the western part of the island of Java, with its provincial capital in Bandung. West Java is bordered by the province of Banten ...

in 1975.

Career

In the

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in Jakarta she earned a silver medal in women's singles, losing the final to fellow countrywoman

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, after defeating defending champion

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in the semifinal.Craig Reedy, "Indonesia Take Four Titles." ''World Badminton'', June 1980, 10, 11. She won singles at the Taiwan Open in 1982, the Indonesia Open and the

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in 1983, and at the Chinese Taipei Masters Invitation in 1984. She was runner-up at the 1984

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to China's formidable

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. Though primarily a singles player early in her career, she eventually achieved success in the other games; winning mixed doubles at the quadrennial

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(1982), the

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(1983), and the Indonesia (1983, 1984) and

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(1988) Opens, all with

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; and winning the Indonesia Open twice (1986, 1987), the first China Open (1986), and reaching the final of the World Badminton Grand Prix (1986) in women's doubles . She played on four Indonesian Uber Cup (women's international) squads, three of which (

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, and

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) finished second in this world team competition. Attractive and popular, she became a badminton commentator after her playing career was over.

Achievements

World Championships

World Cup

Asian Games

Southeast Asian Games

International tournaments

The World Badminton Grand Prix has been sanctioned by the International Badminton Federation from 1983 to 2006.

Invitational tournaments

References

1960 births Living people Sportspeople from Bandung Indonesian people of Chinese descent Indonesian Hokkien people Indonesian female badminton players Badminton players at the 1978 Asian Games Badminton players at the 1982 Asian Games Badminton players at the 1986 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 1978 Asian Games Medalists at the 1982 Asian Games Medalists at the 1986 Asian Games Competitors at the 1979 SEA Games Competitors at the 1981 SEA Games Competitors at the 1983 SEA Games Competitors at the 1985 SEA Games SEA Games gold medalists for Indonesia SEA Games silver medalists for Indonesia SEA medalists in badminton {{Indonesia-badminton-bio-stub