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Sarwendah Kusumawardhani

Sarwendah Kusumawardhani
Personal information
Birth name Sarwendah Kusumawardhani Sukiran
Country  Indonesia
Born (1967-08-22) 22 August 1967 (age 49)
Malang, Indonesia
Handedness Right
Event Women's singles
Olympic medal record
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1991 Copenhagen Women's Singles
Bronze medal – third place 1989 Jakarta Women's Singles
Badminton World Cup
Gold medal – first place 1990 Jakarta Women's Singles
Silver medal – second place 1991 Macau Women's Singles
Southeast Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 1993 Singapore Women's Singles
Silver medal – second place 1989 Malaysia Women's Singles
Silver medal – second place 1991 Philippines Women's Singles
Sudirman Cup
Gold medal – first place 1989 Jakarta Team
Silver medal – second place 1991 Copenhagen Team
Silver medal – second place 1993 Birmingham Team

Sarwendah Kusumawardhani Sukiran (born August 22, 1967) is a retired female badminton player from Indonesia.

Kusumawardhani 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. Her titles included the Dutch Open (1987, 1991, 1992), the Swiss Open (1990, 1991), the Malaysia Open (1991), the Badminton World Cup (1990), and the Southeast Asian Games (1991). Kusumawardhani came close in badminton's three most prestigious tournaments for individual players. She was a bronze medalist at the 1989 IBF World Championships and a silver medalist to China's Tang Jiuhong at the tournament's next edition in 1991. She was also runner-up at the venerable All-England Championships in 1991, this time to Susanti. At the 1992 Barcelona Olympics won by Susanti, Kusumawardhani missed reaching the medal rounds by the narrowest of margins, losing in the quarterfinals. She is married to Hermawan Susanto who was one of Indonesia's and the world's leading men's singles players in the 1990s.



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