Mia Audina Tjiptawan (born 22 August 1979) is a former Indonesian
badminton
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player who represented Indonesia and later the Netherlands in international competitions.
A badminton prodigy, Audina first played
Uber Cup
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(the women's world team championship) for
Indonesia
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...
at age fourteen, winning the decisive final match in the championship round against
China
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in
1994
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.
She was briefly ranked as the
World No.1 women's singles player in October 1996. Audina helped Indonesia to retain 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 ...
title in
1996
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, and was a member of the
1998
1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''.
Events January
* January 6 – The '' Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently ...
Indonesian team which relinquished the Cup to China, before moving to the Netherlands with her Dutch-national husband in 2000.
Career
As a Dutch resident she continued to compete, winning titles in both Europe and Asia before retiring from high-level competition in 2006. Top honors in badminton's three most prestigious events for individual players, the
Olympics
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, the
All-Englands, and the
World Championships
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, eluded Audina, though she was twice an Olympic silver medalist in singles (
1996
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,
2004
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Events January
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) and was a bronze medalist at the World Championships in
2003
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. Her most significant victories included the open singles titles of the USA (
1996
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), Singapore (
1997
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), Japan (
1997, 2004), Indonesia (
1998
1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''.
Events January
* January 6 – The '' Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently ...
), Korea (
2003
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), the Netherlands (
2001, 2002), Switzerland (
2002
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), and
Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...
(2000, 2003). She won singles at the
Southeast Asian Games
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in 1997 and both singles and women's doubles at the
European Championships
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in 2004. A gritty competitor and, in her youth, exceptionally mobile and supple (she was rarely forced into hitting backhands), Audina was a crowd favorite throughout her career.
Achievements
Olympic Games
''Women's singles''
World Championships
''Women's singles''
World Cup
''Women's singles''
European Championships
''Women's singles''
''Women's doubles''
Asian Cup
''Women's singles''
Southeast Asian Games
''Women's singles''
World Junior Championships
''Girls' singles''
''Girls' doubles''
IBF World Grand Prix
The World Badminton Grand Prix has been sanctioned by the International Badminton Federation from 1983 to 2006.
''Women's singles''
''Women's doubles''
IBF International
''Women's singles''
''Women's doubles''
Record against selected opponents
Record against year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi-finalists, and Olympic quarter-finalists.
References
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1979 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Jakarta
Indonesian sportspeople of Chinese descent
Indonesian female badminton players
Badminton players at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Badminton players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Olympic badminton players of Indonesia
Olympic silver medalists for Indonesia
Olympic medalists in badminton
Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Badminton players at the 1998 Asian Games
Asian Games bronze medalists for Indonesia
Asian Games medalists in badminton
Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games
Competitors at the 1997 Southeast Asian Games
Southeast Asian Games gold medalists for Indonesia
Southeast Asian Games medalists in badminton
Indonesian emigrants to the Netherlands
Indonesian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
Sportspeople from Rotterdam
Dutch female badminton players
Badminton players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Olympic badminton players of the Netherlands
Olympic silver medalists for the Netherlands
Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
World No. 1 badminton players