Ade Chandra (; born 4 February 1950) is a retired

Chinese Indonesian Chinese Indonesians ( id, Orang Tionghoa Indonesia) and colloquially Chindo or just Tionghoa are Indonesians whose ancestors arrived from China at some stage in the last eight centuries. Chinese people and their Indonesian descendants have l ...

badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racket (sports equipment), racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net (device), net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per s ...

player.

Career

A doubles specialist of ample bulk by Indonesian standards, he was noted for his power and quick defensive reflexes. With the formidable

Christian Hadinata Christian Hadinata (, born 11 December 1949) is a former Chinese Indonesian badminton player. Profile Though early in his career he was a fine singles player who reached the final of the prestigious All-England Championship in 1973, Christi ...

he won numerous international men's doubles titles between 1972 and 1980, including a pair of

All-England The All England Open Badminton Championships is the world's oldest badminton tournament, held annually in England. With the introduction of the BWF's latest grading system, it was given Super Series status in 2007, upgraded to Super Series Pre ...

titles, though they were often runners-up to fellow countrymen Tjun Tjun and Johan Wahjudi at major events . They were unbeaten in two

Thomas Cup The Thomas Cup, sometimes called the World Men's Team Championships, is an international badminton competition among teams representing member nations of the Badminton World Federation (BWF), the sport's global governing body. The championships h ...

campaigns together (

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1976 Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 Phil ...

) both of which resulted in world team titles for Indonesia. Late in Chandra's career he won men's doubles with Christian at the

1980 IBF World Championships The 1980 IBF World Championships were held in Jakarta, Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, i ...

in Jakarta.

Achievements

Olympic Games (demonstration)

''Men's doubles''

World Championships

''Men's doubles''

World Cup

''Men's doubles''

Asian Games

''Men's doubles''

Asian Championships

''Men's doubles''

Southeast Asian Games

''Men's doubles''

International Open Tournaments (6 titles, 9 runners-up)

''Men's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles''

Invitational Tournaments

''Men's doubles''

References

Bibliography

* Living people 1950 births Sportspeople from Jakarta Indonesian people of Chinese descent Indonesian male badminton players Badminton players at the 1972 Summer Olympics Badminton players at the 1974 Asian Games Badminton players at the 1978 Asian Games Asian Games medalists in badminton Asian Games gold medalists for Indonesia Asian Games silver medalists for Indonesia Medalists at the 1974 Asian Games Medalists at the 1978 Asian Games {{indonesia-badminton-bio-stub