Eti Lesmina Tantra ( zh, t=蒂·坦蒂, p=Dì·tǎn dì; born 14 October 1975), is an Indonesian

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player of Chinese descent. She has represented

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and the

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in international tournaments.

Career

Tantri who affiliate with Tangkas club, was selected to join the national team in 1993. She won her first title in 1997

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in the women's doubles partnered with Cynthia Tuwankotta. Together with Tuwankotta, she also won the 1997

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, becoming the first Indonesians to win a women's doubles title, and at the 1997 Polish Open. Tantri and Tuwankotta were the bronze medalists at the 1997 and 1999 Asian Championships. She claimed the gold medal for the Indonesian women's team and women's doubles (with Tuwankotta) at the

1999 Southeast Asian Games The 1999 SEA Games (), officially known as the 20th SEA Games and commonly known as Brunei Darussalam 1999, were a Southeast Asian multi-sport event held in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei. This was the first time Brunei hosted the Southeast Asian ...

. Tantri competed in

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with Tuwankotta as the eight seeds, but they were eliminated in the quarterfinals, defeated by Ge Fei and Gu Jun. Partnered with

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, she won the women's doubles silver medal at the 2000 Asian Championships. In the mixed doubles, she won the 1997 Polish Open with

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, also the 2002 and 2003 U.S Open with Tony Gunawan. She was part of the national team that won the bronze medal at the 2000 Uber Cup, also the silver and bronze medals at the

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and

1999 Sudirman Cup The 1999 Sudirman Cup was the 6th tournament of the World Mixed Team Badminton Championships. It was held from May 10 to May 15, 1999, in Copenhagen, Denmark. Teams 50 teams around the world took part in this tournament, Zambia also entered but d ...

Personal life

Tantri married Tony Gunawan, a 2000 Olympic Games men's doubles gold medalist, on the 29th of July 2002 at the Monte Carlo Chapel in

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. They have two sons, Christopher and Leon.

Achievements

Asian Championships

''Women's doubles''

Southeast Asian Games

''Women's doubles''

IBF World Grand Prix

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

IBF International

''Women's doubles''

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Tantri Etty 1975 births Living people Sportspeople from Riau Indonesian sportspeople of Chinese descent Indonesian female badminton players Indonesian emigrants to the United States American people of Chinese-Indonesian descent American female badminton players Badminton players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic badminton players for Indonesia Competitors at the 1999 SEA Games SEA Games gold medalists for Indonesia SEA Games medalists in badminton 21st-century American women 20th-century American sportswomen