Candra Wijaya

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Candra Wijaya
Personal information
Date of birth	September 16, 1975 (1975-09-16) (age 32)
Place of birth	Cirebon
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	67 kg (150 lb)
Men's doubles
Country	Indonesia
Handedness	Right
BWF Profile

Candra Wijaya (born in Cirebon, West Java, 16 September 1975) is a male badminton player from Indonesia.

He has an older brother, Indra Wijaya and two younger siblings Rendra Wijaya and Sandra Wijaya.

1 Career
2 Personal life
3 Participation at Indonesian Team
4 Major achievements
5 References
6 External links

[edit] Career

Men's badminton
Olympic medal record
Gold	2000 Sydney	Doubles

With Tony Gunawan they are men's double badminton winner of 2000 Olympic in Sydney.

In 2007 he joined Japanese club owned by Tonami.^[1]

[edit] Personal life

When he was young, he joined the Jaya Raya Jakarta badminton club. The parents name of Wijaya is Hendra Wijaya (father) and Indranita (mother). His hobby is listening music. Normally people called him Candra.

[edit] Participation at Indonesian Team

6 times at Sudirman Cup (1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007)
6 times at Thomas Cup (1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008)

[edit] Major achievements

Rank	Event	Date	Venue
Summer Olympics
1	Men's doubles	2000	Sydney, AUS
World Championships
1	Men's doubles	1997	Glasgow, SCO
2	Men's doubles	2003	Birmingham, ENG
2	Men's doubles	2005	Anaheim, USA
Asian Championships
1	Men's doubles	1996	Surabaya, INA
2	Men's doubles	2001	Manila, PHI
2	Men's doubles	2004	Kuala Lumpur, MAS
World Grand Prix
1	Men's doubles	1997, 2000, 2001, 2006	Indonesia Open
1	Men's doubles	1997, 1998, 2005	Singapore Open
1	Men's doubles	1997, 1999, 2000	World Grand Prix finals
1	Men's doubles	1999, 2003	All England Open
1	Men's doubles	2001, 2005	Malaysia Open
1	Men's doubles	2005	Swiss Open
1	Men's doubles	2006	Korea Open
2	Men's doubles	1998, 2001	All England Open
2	Men's doubles	2007	Malaysia Open