Pia Zebadiah Bernadet (born 22 January 1989) is an Indonesian

badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per side) and "doubles" (with two players p ...

player. She is the sister of men's doubles world and Olympic champion

Markis Kido Markis Kido (11 August 1984 – 14 June 2021) was an Indonesian badminton player and one of the world's leading in men's doubles discipline. He won the discipline's gold medal at the 2006 World Cup, 2007 World Championships, 2008 Olympic Games ...

Career

Women's singles

In 2007, Zebadiah contributed to the Indonesian women's team's capture of the gold medal at the

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by beating Singapore's Gu Juan 21–15, 17–21, 21–12 in the decisive match. Perhaps her best performance came in the

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. She helped Indonesia to defeat

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in the semifinals by dominating Karin Schnaase 21–7, 21–15. She played in the 2008 Indonesia, Japan, and Denmark Superseries, advancing farthest in Denmark where she reached the quarterfinals. Another good performance came at the

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, where she defeated her compatriot Maria Kristin Yulianti, who won the bronze medal at the 2008 Olympic Games, in the quarter-final. However, she lost to the young star from India,

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, in the semifinals.

Women's doubles

Pia Zebadiah plays in the women's doubles with

Rizki Amelia Pradipta Rizki Amelia Pradipta (born 1 September 1990) is an Indonesian badminton player specializing in doubles affiliated with Jaya Raya Jakarta club. She was two times Asian Championships bronze medalists winning in 2018 and 2019. Pradipta also part o ...

. Previously, she played with Debby Susanto, but they were often defeated in the earlier rounds of a tournament. Because she couldn't play well in several tournaments in the women's doubles discipline, she broke her partnership with Susanto. In 2011, Zebadiah decided to be a professional player along with her brother Kido, rather than be in the national training center. After becoming a professional player, she became partners with Pradipta. Together they achieved better results in women's doubles. In 2012, she with Pradipta won

, and in 2013, they won the Malaysia Grand Prix Gold.

Mixed doubles

Pia Zebadiah played in the mixed doubles with

Fran Kurniawan Fran Kurniawan Teng (born 1 April 1985) is an Indonesian badminton player from PB Djarum who specializes in doubles. In 2011, he became the determinant for the Indonesian team to qualified from the group stage at the 2011 Sudirman Cup. In the e ...

. She always appeared confident, and very lissom. In 2009, Zebadiah took the first title from

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and defeated World number 10

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and

Chau Hoi Wah Chau Hoi Wah (Chinese: 周凱華, also known as Cathy Chau Hoi Wah; born 5 June 1986) is a Hong Kong badminton player, specializes in doubles play. She was the first ever Hong Kong player that won the Asian Championships in 2014, and also a bronze ...

from Hong Kong. In 2010, they reached the semi-finals in the Indonesia Grand Prix Gold, but were defeated by

Tontowi Ahmad Tontowi Ahmad (born 18 July 1987) is a retired Indonesian badminton player. He plays for PB. Djarum, a badminton club in Kudus, Central Java and joined the club in 2005. Tontowi Ahmad rose to prominence in the world badminton in 2010 when he pa ...

and

Liliyana Natsir Liliyana Natsir (born 9 September 1985) is an Indonesian former badminton player who specialized in doubles. She is one of the standout front court player, with dexterousness and skill in controlling and executing the shuttlecock. Natsir has tre ...

. In 2011, they could reach their first final in the Superseries event at the

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, but they were once again defeated by Ahmad and Natsir with just straight sets of 18–21 and 21–23. They became the main pair of mixed doubles in the

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due to Natsir injury.

Personal life

Zebadiah started playing badminton in Jaya Raya Jakarta badminton club. Her parents are Djumharbey Anwar (father) and Yul Asteria Zakaria (mother). In her spare time she plays football. Her brothers,

Bona Septano Bona Septano (born 22 September 1987) is an Indonesian former badminton player. He currently works as pilot in Indonesian airlines. Bona Septano concentrates on men's doubles with Mohammad Ahsan. They have competed successfully on the internat ...

, and

, are also Indonesian national badminton players.

Achievements

BWF World Junior Championships

''Girls' doubles''

Asian Junior Championships

''Mixed doubles''

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 Badminton World Federation (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. ''Mixed doubles'' : Superseries Finals Tournament : Superseries Premier Tournament : Superseries Tournament

BWF Grand Prix (6 titles)

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017. ''Women's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles'' : Grand Prix Gold tournament : Grand Prix tournament

International Challenge/Series/Satellite (9 titles, 4 runners-up)

''Women's singles'' ''Women's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles'' : BWF International Challenge tournament : BWF International Series tournament

Performance timeline

National team

* ''Junior level'' * ''Senior level''

Individual competitions

* ''Junior level'' * ''Senior level''

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Zebadiah, Pia 1989 births Living people Sportspeople from Medan Indonesian female badminton players Badminton players at the 2006 Asian Games Badminton players at the 2010 Asian Games Asian Games bronze medalists for Indonesia Asian Games medalists in badminton Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games Competitors at the 2007 Southeast Asian Games Southeast Asian Games gold medalists for Indonesia Southeast Asian Games medalists in badminton Universiade bronze medalists for Indonesia Universiade medalists in badminton Medalists at the 2007 Summer Universiade