Tjun Tjun

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Tjun Tjun is a former badminton player from Indonesia. Though a world class level singles player early in his career, he became a brilliant doubles specialist. His game was notable for its speed, power, accuracy, and aggressiveness. He is the brother of Liang Qiu-xia, also a world-class badminton player and a very successful coach.

Tjun Tjun became world champion in men's doubles in the 1977 IBF World Championships, with Johan Wahjudi^[1].

They also won 6 All England Open Badminton Championships between 1974 and 1980^[2]. Playing doubles, first with Rudy Hartono, and later with Wahjudi, he won all of his matches in three consecutive Thomas Cup campaigns (1973, 1976, 1979), all of which ended in world championships for Indonesia^[3].

[edit] Major achievements

Rank	Event	Date	Venue
World Championships
1	Men's doubles	1977	Malmo, SWE
Asian Games
1	Men's doubles	1974	Tehran, IRI
Open Championships
1	Men's doubles	1972, 1973, 1974	Denmark Open
	Mixed doubles	1974
1	Men's doubles	1977	Swedish Open Open
1	Men's doubles	1974, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980	All England
2		1973, 1981

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