S. Antonius Budi Ariantho (born 3 October 1973), also known as Antonius Ariantho or Antonius Irianto, is a retired

Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania, between the Indian Ocean, Indian and Pacific Ocean, Pacific oceans. Comprising over List of islands of Indonesia, 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, ...

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 who specialized in men's doubles. During the 1990s he shared numerous international titles with his regular partner Denny Kantono including the French (1993);

Hong Kong Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the wor ...

(1993);

Denmark Denmark is a Nordic countries, Nordic country in Northern Europe. It is the metropole and most populous constituent of the Kingdom of Denmark,, . also known as the Danish Realm, a constitutionally unitary state that includes the Autonomous a ...

(1994);

Thailand Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand and historically known as Siam (the official name until 1939), is a country in Southeast Asia on the Mainland Southeast Asia, Indochinese Peninsula. With a population of almost 66 million, it spa ...

(1994);

Chinese Taipei "Chinese Taipei" is the term used in various international organizations and tournaments for groups or delegations representing the Republic of China (ROC), a country commonly known as Taiwan. Due to the One China principle stipulated by the ...

(1995, 1996); and

(1996) Opens; and the (now defunct)

Badminton World Cup The World Cup in badminton was an annual tournament organized by the International Management Group (IMG). It was held from 1979 to 1997. After the tournament ceased for seven years, Badminton World Federation The Badminton World Federation, a ...

(1996) and

World Badminton Grand Prix The World Badminton Grand Prix Finals was an annual badminton tournament organized by the International Badminton Federation (IBF) to crown the best badminton player of the year. The tournament only invited the top eight players in the year-end wor ...

(1998) events. They were runners-up at the prestigious All-England Open in 1995, and bronze medalists at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta.

1996 Olympics

Ariantho competed in

badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics Badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics included the four events (men's and women's singles, men's and women's doubles) as well as a new event: mixed doubles. An additional change to the tournament was the playoff game for the bronze medal ...

in men's doubles, with Denny Kantono, and won a bronze medal. They lost in semifinals against

Cheah Soon Kit Datuk Cheah Soon Kit (Current name: / Birth name: ) (born 9 January 1968) is a former Malaysian badminton player and coach. Career Soon Kit was won the Olympic silver with Yap Kim Hock in Atlanta 1996. Before combining with Kim Hock, Soo ...

and Yap Kim Hock, of Malaysia, 15–10, 15–4, and in the bronze medal match they defeated

Soo Beng Kiang Soo Beng Kiang (, born 19 March 1968) is a former badminton player from Malaysia. Career He had played with different pairs such as Cheah Soon Kit (1990–1994) and Tan Kim Her (1995-1996). Soo competed in badminton at the 1996 Summer O ...

and Tan Kim Her, of Malaysia, 15–4, 12–15, 15–8.

Achievements

Olympic Games

''Men's doubles''

World Cup

''Men's doubles''

Asian Championships

''Men's doubles''

Asian Cup

''Men's doubles''

Southeast Asian Games

''Men's doubles''

IBF World Grand Prix

The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) since 1983. ''Men's doubles''

IBF International

''Men's doubles''

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ariantho, Antonius 1973 births Living people People from Pekalongan Badminton players from Central Java Indonesian male badminton players Badminton players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic badminton players for Indonesia Olympic bronze medalists for Indonesia Olympic medalists in badminton Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Competitors at the 1995 SEA Games SEA Games gold medalists for Indonesia SEA Games bronze medalists for Indonesia SEA Games medalists in badminton World No. 1 badminton players 20th-century Indonesian people