Mia Audina

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Mia Audina
Personal information
Birth name	Mia Audina Tjiptawan
Date of birth	August 22, 1979 (1979-08-22) (age 28)
Place of birth	Jakarta, Indonesia
Women's singles
Country	Netherlands
Handedness	Right
BWF Profile

Mia Audina Tjiptawan (Chinese: 張海麗 (Zhang Haili); born August 22, 1979) is a retired female badminton player born in Indonesia, and competing for the Netherlands since 2000.

Contents 1 Career 1.1 2004 Olympics 1.2 Retirement 2 References 3 External links

[edit] Career

Olympic medal record
Women’s Badminton
Competitor for  Indonesia
Silver	1996 Atlanta	Singles
Competitor for the  Netherlands
Silver	2004 Athens	Singles

Mia Audina won a silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics for Indonesia.

She competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia for the Netherlands but lost in the quarterfinals.

[edit] 2004 Olympics

Audina played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics. In women's singles, she defeated Nigella Saunders of Jamaica and Aparna Popat of India in the first two rounds. In the quarterfinals, Audina beat Tracey Hallam of Great Britain 11-0, 11-9 to advance to the semifinals. There, she defeated Gong Ruina of China 11-4, 11-2. Audina lost to Zhang Ning, also of China, 8-11, 11-6, 11-7 in the final to finish with the silver medal.

Audina also competed in women's doubles with partner Lotte Bruil. They had a bye in the first round and defeated Ella Tripp and Joanne Wright of Great Britain in the second. In the quarterfinals, Bruil and Audina lost to Ra Kyung-min and Lee Kyung-won of Korea 15-5, 15-2.

[edit] Retirement

In August 2006 she has announced that she will retire from badminton.^[1]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• BWF Player Profile