Sarwendah Kusumawardhani Sukiran (born 22 August 1967) is a retired

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player from Indonesia. She was the women's singles champions at the 1990 World Cup and 1993 Southeast Asian Games. Kusumawardhani was part of Indonesia winning team at the inaugural Sudirman Cup, also the women's team event of Southeast Asian Games in 1987, 1989, 1991 and 1993.

Career

Kusumawardhani was rated among the world's leading singles players in the late 1980s and early 1990s, though she was somewhat overshadowed by her younger Indonesian teammate,

Susi Susanti Lucia Francisca "Susi" Susanti Haditono (; born 11 February 1971) is an Indonesia retired badminton player. Relatively small of stature, she combined quick and graceful movement with elegant shotmaking technique, and is regarded by many as one o ...

. Her titles included the

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(1987, 1991, 1992), the

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(1990, 1991), the Malaysia Open (1991), the World Cup (1990), and the Southeast Asian Games (1993). Kusumawardhani came close in badminton's three most prestigious tournaments for individual players. She was a bronze medalist at the

1989 IBF World Championships The 1989 IBF World Championships the sixth edition of the IBF World Championships which were held in Jakarta, Indonesia, in 1989. Venue *Istora Senayan Medalists Medal table Medalists ReferencesResults Tang Jiuhong Tang Jiuhong (; born February 14, 1969) is a former Chinese badminton star who was one of the world's leading women's singles players of the late 1980s and early 1990s. Career She won the then biennial 1991 World Championship in 1991 and was a ...

at the tournament's next edition in

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. She was also runner-up at the venerable

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in 1991, this time to Susanti. At the

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won by Susanti, Kusumawardhani narrowly missed reaching the medal rounds after an extremely tight quarterfinal loss to the eventual silver medalist

Bang Soo-hyun Bang Soo-hyun (Hangul: 방수현; Hanja: 方銖賢; born 13 September 1972) is a former badminton player from South Korea who was one of the world's leading women's singles players of the 1990s. She was a contemporary and rival of Indonesia's Su ...

Personal life

Kusumawardhani is married to

Hermawan Susanto Hermawan Susanto (; born 24 September 1967) is a former Indonesian badminton player who played at the world level during the 1990s. Career Susanto was one of an impressive cadre of Indonesians who won numerous international tournaments and cap ...

who was one of Indonesia's and the world's leading men's singles players in the 1990s. Her elder sister, Ratih Kumaladewi is also a former national badminton player. After retiring from her playing career, Kusumawardhani began a new path as a coach. She started out at PB Tangkas and eventually opened her own academy, Sarwendah Badminton Club, in 2010. She also coached the women's singles squad under the

Badminton Association of Indonesia The Badminton Association of Indonesia or Persatuan Bulutangkis Seluruh Indonesia ( id, Persatuan Bulutangkis Seluruh Indonesia; sometimes translated as ''All Indonesia Badminton Association'') is the sport governing body, governing body of badmint ...

, but resigned in 2011, citing incompatibility with head coach Li Mao. She was rehired in 2013 as the assistant coach for women's singles.

Achievements

World Championships

''Women's singles''

World Cup

''Women's singles''

Southeast Asian Games

''Women's singles''

IBF World Grand Prix (4 titles, 7 runners-up)

The World Badminton Grand Prix has been sanctioned by the International Badminton Federation from 1983 to 2006. ''Women's singles'' ''Women's doubles'' : IBF Grand Prix tournament : IBF Grand Prix Finals tournament

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