Darmadi (born 1945; as Wong Pek Sen; zh, s=黄培森) is an Indonesian badminton player from the 60s to 70s.

Career

Darmadi competed at the

1966 Asian Games The 1966 Asian Games, also known as the V Asiad or Bangkok 1966, were a continental multi-sport event that was held from 9 to 20 December 1966, in Bangkok, Thailand. A total of 142 events in 16 sports were contested by athletes during the games. T ...

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, Thailand. He managed to bring home two medals; a silver in the men's singles and bronze in the mixed doubles. He and with the men's team also succeeded in bringing Indonesia to conquer Malaysia in the third

1969 Asian Badminton Championships The 1969 Asian Badminton Championships took place from 3–15 February 1969, in Manila, Philippines The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an Archipelagic state, archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. Located in ...

in the Philippines for the first time. He also played in the men's doubles with partner Ang Tjin Siang (later known as

Muljadi Muljadi (born 1942; as Ang Tjin Siang; zh, s=翁振祥) was a world class badminton player who represented Indonesia between 1963 and 1973. Career Muljadi's career spanned two separate eras of Indonesian domination of the then triennial Thomas ...

) and won the

French Open The French Open (), also known as Roland-Garros (), is a tennis tournament organized by the French Tennis Federation annually at Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France. It is chronologically the second of the four Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam ...

in 1966. Partnered with

Minarni Minarni (later Minarni Soedaryanto; 10 May 1944 in Pasuruan, East Java – 14 May 2003 in Pertamina Central Hospital, South Jakarta) was an Indonesian badminton player who won major titles around the world and who represented her country int ...

in the mixed doubles, they won 1967

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and

Canada Open The Canada Open () in badminton is an international open held in Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its Provinces and territories of Canada, ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Oce ...

s. Darmadi and the Indonesian men's team also succeeded in bringing Indonesia back to the winner of the

1970 Thomas Cup The 1970 Thomas Cup was the eighth tournament of Thomas Cup, the most important men's badminton team competition in the world. The final set of ''ties'' (team matches) were held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Indonesia won its fourth title after beat ...

men's team championship after defeating Malaysia in the final.Pat Davis, The''Guinness Book of Badminton'' (Enfield, Middlesex, England: Guinness Superlatives Ltd., 1983) 123 - 125.

Achievements

Asian Games

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

International tournaments

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

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Darmadi Living people 1945 births Badminton players from Surakarta Indonesian male badminton players Badminton players at the 1966 Asian Games Asian Games silver medalists for Indonesia Asian Games badminton players for Indonesia Asian Games bronze medalists for Indonesia Medalists at the 1966 Asian Games 20th-century Indonesian sportsmen Asian Games silver medalists in badminton Asian Games bronze medalists in badminton