Ricky Subagja (born 27 January 1971) is a former Indonesian

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player. He was rated among the greatest doubles specialists in the sport's history.

Career

In 1993 the fast moving, faster hitting Subagja won men's doubles at the then biennial

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with fellow countryman

Rudy Gunawan Rudy Gunawan (; born 31 December 1966) is a former Indonesian badminton player who played between 1980s and 1990s. He is arguably one of the best doubles players ever to play for Indonesia. Rudy Gunawan won various international championships, b ...

. However, Subagja's regular partner for most of the 90s was another fellow countryman, the equally fast and hard-hitting

Rexy Mainaky Rexy Ronald Mainaky (born 9 March 1968) is a former men's doubles badminton world champion from Indonesia who is often simply known as Rexy. He won the men's doubles Olympic gold medal in 1996 with Ricky Subagja. As of October 2021, he was appoin ...

, and they formed the most successful team of the decade. Subagja and Mainaky won more than thirty international titles together, including all of badminton's major championships at least once. They captured Olympic gold at

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in 1995 at

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(a repeat title for Subagja), and the prestigious All-England Championships back to back in 1995 and 1996. A partial listing of their other titles includes the open championships of the five strongest nations in men's badminton:

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(1992),

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(1993, 1994, 1998, 1999),

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(1993, 1994, 1997),

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(1995, 1996), and

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(1998); as well as the

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(1992, 1994, 1996), the

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(1993, 1995, 1997), and the quadrennial

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(1994, 1998). Subagja and Mainaky were bronze medalists at the

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. They were eliminated in the quarterfinals at both the 1992 Olympics in

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and the

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. They paired together on

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(men's international) teams that won four consecutive world team titles in

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and

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Awards and nominations

Achievements

Olympic Games

''Men's doubles''

World Championships

''Men's doubles''

World Cup

''Men's doubles''

Asian Games

''Men's doubles''

Asian Championships

''Men's doubles''

Asian Cup

''Men's doubles''

Southeast Asian Games

''Men's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles''

World Junior Championships

The Bimantara World Junior Championships was an international invitation badminton tournament for junior players. It was held in Jakarta, Indonesia from 1987 to 1991. ''Boys' singles'' ''Boys' doubles'' ''Mixed doubles''

IBF World Grand Prix (28 titles, 11 runners-up)

The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) since 1983. ''Men's doubles'' : IBF Grand Prix tournament : IBF Grand Prix Finals tournament

IBF International (1 title, 1 runners-up)

''Men's doubles''

References

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