Fernando Kurniawan | |
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Personal information | |
Nickname(s) | Edo |
Country |
Indonesia Hong Kong 2012-2015 |
Born |
Palembang, South Sumatra |
5 June 1988
Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) |
Weight | 54 kg (119 lb) |
Handedness | Right |
Men's & mixed doubles | |
Highest ranking | 34 (MD) 22 Oct 2010 53 (XD) 27 Nov 2014 |
BWF profile |
Fernando Kurniawan (born 5 June 1988) is an Indonesian male badminton player.
His brother Fran Kurniawan also a professional badminton player. His hobbies are playing basketball, and automotive modified.
He joined PB Djarum badminton club in 2003, then in 2006 he chose to join the Indonesia national badminton team. In 2008, he became the champion of the Smiling Fish International Series tournament in men's doubles event partnered with Lingga Lie. They also won Singapore Asian Satellite tournament after beat Chayut Triyachart and Danny Bawa Chrisnanta of Singapore with the score 21-12, 17-21, 21-19. He became the runner-up of the New Zealand Open Grand Prix tournament in men's doubles event after defeated by Chen Hung-ling and Lin Yu-lang of Chinese Taipei with the score 22-20, 21-10. He also became the semifinalist at the Macau Open Grand Prix Gold tournament in men's doubles event after defeated by Koo Kien Keat and Tan Boon Heong of Malaysia. He represented North Maluku at the National Sports Week tournament in men's doubles event partnered with Mohammad Ahsan. They won a silver medal after defeated by Tony Gunawan and Bambang Supriyanto of East Java in the final round with the score 21-19, 12-21, 22-20.