Hariyanto Arbi

Hariyanto Arbi
Personal information
Birth name	Michael Ludwig Hariyanto Arbi
Country	Indonesia
Born	(1972-01-21) January 21, 1972 Kudus, Central Java
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Men's singles
Highest ranking	1 (February 7, 1995[1])
Medal record Competitor for  Indonesia Men's badminton World Championships 1995 Lausanne Men's Singles 1997 Glasgow Men's Singles Asian Games 1994 Hiroshima Team 1994 Hiroshima Men's Singles All-England 1994 Birmingham Men's Singles 1993 Birmingham Men's Singles World Cup 1994 Ho Chi Minh Men's singles Thomas Cup 1994 Jakarta Team 1996 Hong Kong Team 1998 Hong Kong Team Sudirman Cup 1995 Lausanne Team
BWF profile

Hariyanto Arbi (often known as Heryanto Arbi; born 21 January 1972 in Kudus) is a former male badminton player from Indonesia who rated among the world's top few singles players in the 1990s. He is the younger brother of Eddy Hartono and Hastomo, who were also world class badminton players.

Career

The hard smashing Arbi was arguably the most internationally successful of an impressive cadre of Indonesian singles players who were his contemporaries. These included Ardy Wiranata, Joko Suprianto, Alan Budikusuma, Hermawan Susanto, and Hendrawan. Curiously he never won the open singles title of Indonesia which Wiranata dominated in the nineties. This and the Olympic gold medal were about the only prizes that eluded him. He won the coveted All-England singles title in 1993 and 1994 and the then biennial IBF (BWF) World Championship in 1995. Arbi played singles for Indonesian teams that won consecutive Thomas Cup (world team) titles in 1994, 1996, and 1998.

Arbi's other individual victories included the Chinese Taipei Open (1993, 1994), Japan Open (1993, 1995), Badminton World Cup (1994), Hong Kong Open (1995), Korea Open (1995), Singapore Open (1997, 1999), SEA Games (1997) and the badminton competition at the quadrennial Asian Games (1994).

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