Maria Kristin Yulianti (born 25 June 1985) is an Indonesian

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player. She is a bronze medalist in women's singles at the 2008 Olympics.

Career

2004

Yulianti played in some satellite competitions and won the

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tournament.

2005

Yulianti played in more satellite tournaments and won three: the Surabaya, Jakarta, and the Cheers Asian satellite tournaments.

2006

Yulianti started to play tougher competitions but still played in satellite tournaments. She played in the

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and achieved runner-up, beaten by

Xu Huaiwen Huaiwen Xu (; born 2 August 1975) is a German badminton player. Born in Guiyang, Guizhou, China, she decided to play for Germany because the Chinese thought that she was too short to play professional world badminton.Said by David Mercer/ Gilli ...

of Germany in the final, but she scored an upset by beating the seeded player

Pi Hongyan Pi Hongyan (; born 25 January 1979) is a former Chinese badminton player, who later represented France. Career Pi Hongyan is one of a number of talented Chinese-born badminton players who have emigrated from China, in part, because of the inte ...

of France in the quarterfinal. She played in the Singapore Satellite tournament and claimed the title. She became the most successful player on the national team.

2007

This year, Yulianti was the dominant player on her team. She played in the

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as the 15th seed, her highest rank in 2007. She was beaten in the third round by the world number one,

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 ...

of China. She reached her first quarterfinal of the Super Series tournament in

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, by beating

Lu Lan Lu Lan (born 2 May 1987) is a badminton player from China. Career In 2004, she won the Polish Open. In 2006, she won the Korea Open and finished the year in the 5th position in the BWF World Ranking. In 2007, she won the Denmark Super Series ...

of China in a rubber set. She was stopped by

Petya Nedelcheva Petya Nedelcheva ( bg, Петя Неделчева; born 30 July 1983) is a Bulgarian badminton player. She was born in Stara Zagora, Bulgaria. At the Bulgarian National Badminton Championships she won more than 20 titles. Career A right-hande ...

of Bulgaria in straight sets. In December, she won the

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in Thailand over fellow countrywoman

Adriyanti Firdasari Adrianti Firdasari (born 16 December 1986) is a retired Indonesian badminton player from Jaya Raya Jakarta club. Career In 2005, Firdasari won the women's singles at the New Zealand Open. Firdasari played the 2007 BWF World Championships in ...

2008

She competed in a few Super Series tournaments such as All England and the

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but was stopped in the first round in each. She entered the

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team and won against the second-seeded country, Japan, by a score of 4–1. While she was defeated by the Japanese,

Eriko Hirose is a badminton player from Japan. Career She competed at the 2005 World Badminton Championships in Anaheim. In the women's singles event she reached the third round before losing to Wang Chen of Hong Kong. At the same year, she won the women ...

, 21–9, 20–22, 20–22, her teammates secured the team victory against the other Japanese players. They reached the final for the first time in 14 years by beating Hong Kong in the quarterfinal and Germany in the semifinal. They were defeated in the final by China, 0–3. Yulianti competed in the Indonesia Open. She beat her compatriot,

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' ...

and

Yao Jie Yao Jie (; born 10 April 1977) is a Chinese-born badminton player who now resides in the Netherlands. Yao is one of a number of badminton players who have emigrated from China, in part, because the depth of badminton talent in that country h ...

of Netherlands in the first two rounds. She followed this by defeating the 7th seed, Zhou Mi of Hong Kong in three sets, 21–17, 15–21, 21–16. She accomplished a big upset by beating the Chinese senior player and second seed,

, in a very tight match, 21–14, 20–22, 22–20 and reached her first Super Series final. There she was beaten by the 1st seed, Zhu Lin, after fighting for more than an hour in three sets, 18–21, 21–17, 14–21. Yulianti's biggest achievement in the sport, thus far, is earning the women's singles bronze medal at the

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as an unseeded player. She is only the third Indonesian woman, and the fifth woman not representing China, to be awarded a medal in women's singles since badminton entered the Games in

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. In the round of 64, she saved a match point against

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of Germany and won the game in the rubber set, 18–21, 21–13, 22–20. She followed this by defeating

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of Spain in straight sets. She started to get noticed after she defeated the All England champion,

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of Denmark, in three sets, 18–21, 21–19, 21–14. She reached the semifinal by beating

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of India after she saved 8 game points and won 26–28, 21–14, 21–15. She lost to eventual gold medalist

in the semifinal, 15–21, 15–21. However, Yulianti defeated the 3rd seed,

, in the playoff for the bronze medal, 11–21, 21–13, 21–15. After the Olympics, she competed in some Super Series tournaments, although she was always defeated by

in three sets. Notable matches include her victory over the 6th-seeded

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of Malaysia in the Japan Open, 18–21, 21–13, 21–6, as well as her defeat of Zhu Lin, the 5th seed, 21–15, 21–14, in the

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2009

This year might be her worst time in her career. She got injured from December last year, and played her first Super Series tournament in June. Before that time, she was followed Malaysia, but failed to enter the next round, after beaten by Zhang Beiwen in the first round. Then, she was represented Indonesia in

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by only winning her first match against

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Achievements

Olympic Games

''Women's singles''

Southeast Asian Games

''Women's singles''

BWF Superseries (1 runner-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

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(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 singles'' :

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tournament : BWF Superseries Premier tournament :

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tournament

IBF Grand Prix (1 runner-up)

The World Badminton Grand Prix was sanctioned by the International Badminton Federation from 1983 to 2006. ''Women's singles''

BWF International Challenge/Series/Asian Satellite (5 titles, 1 runner-up)

''Women's singles'' :

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tournament :

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/Satellite tournament

Performance timeline

National team

* ''Senior level''

Individual competitions

* ''Senior level''

Record against selected opponents

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

References

External links

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PB Djarum Player's Profile
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