Alan Budikusuma

Alan Budikusuma
Personal information
Birth name	Goei Djien Phang 魏仁芳
Country	Indonesia
Born	(1968-03-29) March 29, 1968 (age 49) Surabaya, Indonesia
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Handedness	Right
Men's singles
Highest ranking	1
Medal record Men's badminton Representing  Indonesia Olympic Games 1992 Barcelona Singles World Championships 1991 Copenhagen Singles Asian Games 1990 Beijing Team 1990 Beijing Singles Badminton World Cup 1993 New Delhi Singles Thomas Cup 1996 Hong Kong Team 1994 Jakarta Team 1992 Kuala Lumpur Team Sudirman Cup 1995 Lausanne Team

Alexander Alan Budikusuma (born March 29, 1968 as Goei Djien Phang; Chinese: 魏仁芳) is a former Indonesian badminton player who excelled at the world level from the late 1980s to the mid-1990s.

In 1991 he was runner-up to China's Zhao Jianhua at the IBF World Championships in Copenhagen. He won the 1992 Olympic men's singles gold medal at Barcelona, defeating fellow countryman Ardy Wiranata in the final. This achievement, together with a gold medal for his then fiance Susi Susanti, was historical for Indonesia winning the first Olympic golden medals in 50 years history of the country. Some estimated a crowd of at least 500,000; others estimated more than a million Indonesians were lining the streets of the massive, sprawling city of Jakarta when Susi Susanti and Alan Budikusuma came home in August 1992 and received a two-hour parade. They stood in an open car with leis and Olympic gold medals around their necks and inched toward the national monument in Merdeka square, on Sudirman, the main street, they could hardly move; it was jammed with people all shouting congratulations to the new badminton hero's.

Among his titles, all in singles, are the Thailand Open (1989, 1991), China Open (1991), German Open (1992), Indonesian Open (1993), World Cup (1993), and Malaysian Open(1995). Budikusuma was a member of world champion Indonesian Thomas Cup teams in 1994.

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