Candra Wijaya

Candra Wijaya
Personal information
Country	Indonesia
Born	(1975-09-16) September 16, 1975 Cirebon
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	67 kg (148 lb)
Handedness	Right
Men's doubles
BWF profile

Candra Wijaya (Chinese: 陳甲亮, born in Cirebon, West Java, 16 September 1975) is a male Chinese Indonesian badminton player.

Career

Wijaya is a doubles specialist. He has been rated among the best men's doubles players in the world for over a decade. Noted for his ability in all phases of the doubles game, he has reached the final of the BWF World Championships three times with countryman Sigit Budiarto. They won the 1997 edition in Glasgow, Scotland and finished second in 2003 and 2005. With Tony Gunawan he captured the men's doubles gold medal at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney. Though Budiarto has been his most frequent partner, Wijaya has won top tier men's doubles events (and a mixed doubles event or two) with a variety of players, recently renewing an earlier partnership with Gunawan. Wijaya was a member of the world champion Indonesia Thomas Cup (men's international) teams of 1998, 2000, and 2002.

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

Personal life

When he was young, he joined the Jaya Raya Jakarta badminton club. His parent's names are Hendra Wijaya (father) and Indranita (mother). His hobby is listening music. Normally people called him Candra.

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)

Major achievements

References

External links

• Candra Wijaya Terpacu Prestasi sang Kakak (In Indonesian)
• Candra Wijaya Teman Curhat yang Asyik (In Indonesian)