Ronald Susilo

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Ronald Susilo (born June 6, 1979 in Kediri, East Java, Indonesia) is a Singaporean badminton player. He started playing badminton at the age of 8 at the Perlita Jaya Club in Jakarta. He studied in Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) for his Secondary education under a scholarship. He speaks English, Indonesian, and Malay and he understands spoken Chinese. He joined the Singapore Badminton Association at the age of 19. In the 2004 Summer Olympics opening ceremony he was national flag-bearer of Singapore. He is currently engaged to fellow Singaporean Li Jia Wei, a national table tennis player.

Susilo played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's singles, defeating number 1 seed Lin Dan of China and Björn Joppien of Germany in the first two rounds. In the quarterfinals, Susilo was defeated by Boonsak Ponsana of Thailand 15-10, 15-1.