Hendra Setiawan

Hendra Setiawan
Personal information
Born August 25, 1984 (1984-08-25) (age 27)
Pemalang
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 72 kg (160 lb)
Country  Indonesia
Handedness Right
Men's doubles
Highest Ranking 1 (September 27, 2007[1])
Current Ranking 6 (March 24, 2011 [2])
BWF Profile
Olympic medal record
Competitor for  Indonesia
Badminton
Olympic Games
Gold 2008 Beijing Doubles
Asian Games
Gold 2010 Guangzhou Doubles
Bronze 2006 Doha Doubles
Bronze 2006 Doha Men's Team
Bronze 2010 Guangzhou Men's Team
Sudirman Cup
Silver 2007 Glasgow Mixed Team
Thomas Cup
Bronze 2006 Tokyo Men's Team
Bronze 2008 Jakarta Men's Team
Silver 2010 Kuala Lumpur Men's Team

Hendra Setiawan (born in Pemalang, Central Java, August 24, 1984) is a male badminton player from Indonesia and one of the world's leading doubles players.

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Career

In 2005, with Markis Kido, he won men's doubles at the Asian Badminton Championships and the Indonesia Open. In 2006, they also won the Jakarta Satellite, the Hong Kong Open and the 2006 China Open (badminton)China Open after defeating China's Cai Yun and Fu Haifeng, the 2006 IBF (BWF) world champions in the finals.

2007 was a big year for Setiawan and Kido. They were crowned world champions after defeating Jung Jae-sung and Lee Yong-dae from South Korea, 21–19 and 21–19, at the World Championship finals in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. They also captured the China Super Series after defeating China 's Guo Zhengdong and Xie Zhongbo and the BWF World Cup Invitation after beating Malaysia's Mohd. Fairuzizuan Mohd. Tazari and Lin Woon Fui at Yiyang, Hunan. In July they were runners-up at the China Masters Super Series, this time losing to Cai Yun and Fu Haifeng, 15–21, 16–21. They won the Chinese Taipei Grand Prix Gold event in September over the Danish veterans Lars Paaske and Jonas Rasmussen. In December they won the Hong Kong Super Series after overcoming two of Indonesia's "all-time" greats Candra Wijaya and Tony Gunawan 21–12, 18–21, 21–13 in the final. At the 2007 Southeast Asian Games in Thailand, they helped Indonesia win the men's team gold medal, and won men's doubles gold in the individual events after defeating Hendri Kurniawan Saputra and Hendra Wijaya, Indonesian-born players who represented Singapore.

In January 2008 they won the Malaysian Super Series. In August 2008 they captured their most prestigious prize yet, at the Beijing Olympic Games. They took the gold medal in men's doubles after defeating Cai Yun and Fu Haifeng of China 12–21, 21–11, 21–16, thus more than avenging their loss to that team in the 2007 China Masters event. In September 2008 Setiawan teamed with Kido to win the 2008 China Masters Super Series after beating the Chinese pair of Sun Junjie and Xu Chen in the final round. In October they won the Denmark Super Series after beating another Chinese pair, Fu Haifeng and Shen Ye in a straight set final. In November in Paris, they added the French Super Series to their list after defeating yet another Chinese pairing, Cai Yun and Xu Chen, in another straight set final round.

In January 2009 they won the Malaysian Super Series. In September 2009 they won Japan Super Series after beating other Indonesian pair, Rian Sukmawan and Yonatan Suryatama 21–19 and 24–22 in final round. In October 2009 they won French Super Series.

On December 17, 2009.they defeated Malaysian Koo Kien Kiat/Tan Boon Heong to win Gold Medal at South East Asian Games 2009

They continued their domination to win Gold Medal Asian Games XVI in Guangzhou, China after beating Koo Kien Keat and Tan Boon Heong

Participation at Indonesian Team

Personal life

When he was young, he joined the Jaya Raya Jakarta badminton club. Setiawan's parents are named Ferry Yoegianto (father) and Kartika Christyaningrum (mother). His hobby is listening music. Normally people called him Hendra or Junkies. His older sister Sylvia Anggraeny is married to the former Indonesian star badminton player Hendrawan.

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