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Vita Marissa at the 2013 French Open Superseries
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Personal information | |
Birth name | Vita Marissa |
Country | Indonesia |
Born |
Jakarta, Indonesia |
4 January 1981
Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) |
Weight | 66 kg (146 lb; 10.4 st) |
Handedness | Right |
Event | Mixed & Women's doubles |
Medal record
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BWF profile |
Vita Marissa (born Jakarta, DKI Jakarta; 4 January 1981) is a female badminton player from Indonesia.
Marissa competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in mixed doubles with partner Nova Widianto. They had a bye in the first round and defeated Robert Blair and Natalie Munt of Great Britain in the second. In the quarterfinals, Marissa and Widianto lost to Jens Eriksen and Mette Schjoldager of Denmark 15–12, 15–8. In September 2008 Marissa and her new partner Muhammad Rizal won mixed doubles at the Japan Super Series after beating Nova Widianto/Lilyana Natsir 14–21, 21–15, 21–19 in the all Indonesian final. Early 2009, she resigned from Indonesia National Team and no longer PBSI player. She continues her career as independent professional with her partner Flandy Limpele and her friend Nadya Melati, also an ex national team player in Women's Doubles.
The BWF Super Series, launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). A season of Super Series features twelve tournaments around the world, including five elevated as Premier Series, which introduced since 2011, with successful players invited to the Super Series Masters Finals held at the year end. Vita played with many partners such as Nova Widianto, Liliyana Natsir, Muhammad Rijal and Flandy Limpele.