Mia Audina Tjiptawan (born 22 August 1979) is a former Indonesian

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player who represented Indonesia and later the Netherlands in international competitions. A badminton prodigy, Audina first played Uber Cup (the women's world team championship) for

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at age fourteen, winning the decisive final match in the championship round against

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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 title in

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, and was a member of the

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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

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, the All-Englands, and the

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, eluded Audina, though she was twice an Olympic silver medalist in singles (

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) and was a bronze medalist at the World Championships in

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. Her most significant victories included the open singles titles of the USA (

), Singapore (

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), Japan ( 1997, 2004), Indonesia (

), Korea (

), the Netherlands ( 2001, 2002), Switzerland (

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), and

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(2000, 2003). She won singles at the

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in 1997 and both singles and women's doubles at the

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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

Bibliography

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External links

* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Audina, Mia 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