Eddy Kurniawan (; born 2 July 1962 in

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) is a retired

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male

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player.

Career

Kurniawan's prime years, the mid to late 1980s, were a period of Chinese domination of international men's singles competition. Though he frequently appeared in the later rounds of major international tournaments, the hard-fighting Kurniawan rarely won them. One exception was his victory at the 1990 World Badminton Grand Prix, where he defeated Malaysia's

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in the final. He won the

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in 1992. Kurniawan 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 Jakarta Jakarta (; , bew, Jakarte), officially the Special Capital Region of Jakarta ( id, Daerah Khusus Ibukota Jakarta) is the capital city, capital and list of Indonesian cities by population, largest city of Indonesia. Lying on the northwest coa ...

. Perhaps the highlight of his career was his performance at the

1989 Sudirman Cup The 1989 Sudirman Cup was the first tournament of the World Mixed Team Badminton Championships, the Sudirman Cup. It was held from May 24 to May 29, 1989, in Central Jakarta, Indonesia. Teams 28 teams around the world took part in this tournament ...

(combined men's and women's team world championship) when his victories over

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opponents in both singles and mixed doubles in the last two matches of the contest secured the title for

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Achievements

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''Men's Singles''

World Cup

''Men's singles''

Asian Championships

''Men's singles''

Southeast Asian Games

''Men's singles''

International Tournaments

''Men's singles''

External links

* * Indonesian male badminton players Living people Asian Games medalists in badminton Badminton players at the 1986 Asian Games Asian Games bronze medalists for Indonesia Southeast Asian Games medalists in badminton Southeast Asian Games silver medalists for Indonesia 1962 births Medalists at the 1986 Asian Games Competitors at the 1985 Southeast Asian Games Competitors at the 1987 Southeast Asian Games Competitors at the 1989 Southeast Asian Games People from Semarang Sportspeople from Central Java 20th-century Indonesian people {{Indonesia-badminton-bio-stub