Tjun Tjun (; born 4 October 1952) is an Indonesian
badminton
Badminton is a racquet sport played using racket (sports equipment), racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net (device), net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per s ...
player. Though a world level singles player early in his career, he became one of the sport's greatest ever doubles specialists. His game was notable for its speed, power, accuracy, and aggressiveness.
Tjun Tjun became world champion in men's doubles with
Johan Wahjudi at the very first
IBF World Championships held in
1977
Events January
* January 8 – 1977 Moscow bombings, Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group.
* January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (no ...
. They also won 6 of the 7
All England Open Badminton Championships held from 1974 through 1980. They were clearly the world's number one team during this period, often beating fellow countrymen
Christian Hadinata and
Ade Chandra in the finals of major events. The duo were the first ever men's doubles world number one in the first IBF world ranking release in 1978.
Playing one stint at singles and regularly in doubles (first with
Rudy Hartono, and later with Wahjudi) Tjun Tjun won all of his matches in three consecutive
Thomas Cup campaigns (
1973
Events January
* January 1 – The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark 1973 enlargement of the European Communities, enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union.
* January 14 - The 16-0 19 ...
,
1976
Events January
* January 2 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force.
* January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea.
* January 18 – Full diplomatic ...
,
1979
Events
January
* January 1
** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ...
), all of which resulted in world team titles for Indonesia.
[Pat Davis, The ''Guinness Book of Badminton'' (Enfield, Middlesex, England: Guinness Superlatives Ltd., 1983) 125-128.] He was elected to the
World Badminton Hall of Fame in 2009.
Personal life
Tjun Tjun is of Chinese descent. He is the brother of
Liang Qiuxia, who is also a badminton player and coach.
Awards and nominations
Achievements
World Championships
''Men's doubles''
Asian Games
''Men's doubles''
''Mixed doubles''
Asian Championships
''Men's doubles''
SEA Games
''Men's doubles''
International tournaments (14 titles, 3 runners-up)
''Men's singles''
''Men's doubles''
''Mixed doubles''
Invitational tournaments
''Men's singles''
''Men's doubles''
''Mixed doubles''
Other tournament
''Men's doubles''
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Tjun, Tjun
1952 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Cirebon
Badminton players from West Java
Indonesian sportspeople of Chinese descent
Indonesian male badminton players
Badminton players at the 1974 Asian Games
Asian Games gold medalists for Indonesia
Asian Games silver medalists for Indonesia
Asian Games medalists in badminton
Medalists at the 1974 Asian Games
Competitors at the 1977 SEA Games
SEA Games gold medalists for Indonesia
SEA Games medalists in badminton
World No. 1 badminton players
20th-century Indonesian sportsmen