Sony Dwi Kuncoro

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Sony Dwi Kuncoro

Personal information
Date of birth	July 7, 1984 (1984-07-07) (age 23)
Place of birth	Surabaya, Jawa Timur, Indonesia
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 7+¹⁄₂ in)
Men's singles
Country	Indonesia
Handedness	Right
Coach	Hendrawan

Highest Ranking	3 (October 7, 2004^[1])
Current Ranking	6 (May 15, 2008)
BWF Profile

Sony Dwi Kuncoro (born July 7, 1984, Surabaya, Jawa Timur, Indonesia) is a male badminton player from Indonesia. He is currently Indonesia's no. 1 badminton player.

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

[edit] Personal life

When he was young, he joined the Suryanaga Surabaya badminton club. 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.

[edit] Career

[edit] Major achievements

Rank	Event	Date	Venue
Summer Olympics
3	Singles	2004	Athens, GRE
World Championships
2	Singles	2007	Kuala Lumpur, MAY
Asian Championships
1	Singles	2002
1	Singles	2003
1	Singles	2005
2	Singles	2004

[edit] 2004 Summer Olympics

Men's badminton
Olympic medal record
Bronze	2004 Athens	Singles

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.

[edit] 2007 IBF World Championships

He became runner up at the 2007 IBF World Championships after losing to Lin Dan in straight sets by a score of 11-21 and 20-22 in Putra Stadium, Bukit Jalil, Malaysia.

[edit] Other achievements

In September 23, 2007, Sony won the Chinese Taipei Open after beating Taufik Hidayat at the final round by 18-21, 21-6, 21-13. Sony has also 2 times winning men's single gold medal at SEA Games (2003, 2005). At SEA Games 2007, Sony help Indonesian team won gold medal men's team event.