Sony Dwi Kuncoro
| Sony Dwi Kuncoro | |
|---|---|
.jpg)
Sony Dwi Kuncoro at the 2013 French Open Superseries
|
|
| Personal information | |
| Country |
 Indonesia
|
| Born |
July 7, 1984 Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia |
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| Handedness | Right |
| Coach | Gading Safitri–his wife |
| Men's singles | |
| Highest ranking | 3 (7 October 2003) |
| Current ranking | 26 (28 July 2016) |
|
Medal record
|
|
| BWF profile | |
Sony Dwi Kuncoro (born July 7, 1984 in Surabaya, East Java) is a male badminton singles player from Indonesia. He is the 2004 Olympic bronze medallist, two-time World Championships medallist (silver–2007, bronze–2009) and three-time Asia champion (2002, 2003, 2005). He was two-time participated at the Olympic Games in 2004 and 2008. He had missed the Olympic Games in 2012 after injury set him back in the qualification process.
When he was young, he joined the Suryanaga Surabaya badminton club. Currently, he joins the Tjakrindo Masters badminton club in Surabaya. His parents are Moch. Sumadji (father) and Asmiati (mother). His hobbies are fixing automobiles and hanging-out or travelling. Generally people call him Sony, which can also be spelled as Soni. He married to Gading Safitri on 24 July 2009, who is also becoming his coach and manager.
Kuncoro played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's singles, defeating M. Roslin Hashim of Malaysia and Jim Ronny Andersen of Norway in the first two rounds. In the quarterfinals, Kuncoro defeated Park Tae-sang of Korea 15–13, 15–4. Kuncoro advanced to the semifinals, in which he lost to Shon Seung-mo of Korea 15–6, 9–15, 15–9. Playing in the bronze medal match, he defeated Boonsak Ponsana of Thailand by a score of 15–11, 17–16 for the bronze medal.
He became runner up at the 2007 IBF World Championships after losing to Lin Dan in straight sets with score 11–21 20–22 in Putra Stadium, Bukit Jalil, Malaysia.But, in his road through the final, he defeated Lee Chong Wei in the third round 21–9 21–11, Peter Gade in the quarter final, 22–20 21–18. He also beat Chen Yu in the semifinal in 3 tough games.
...
Wikipedia