Fajar Alfian (born 7 March 1995) is an Indonesian

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player affiliated with the SGS PLN Bandung. He won the men's doubles silver medal at the

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, the bronze medals at the 2019 World Championships and at the

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. Alfian was part of Indonesia winning team at the 2020 Thomas Cup.

Career

Alfian started his partnership with Muhammad Rian Ardianto in July 2014. In the beginning of their career, they have won international tournaments including the Indonesia International in 2014, 2015, and 2016; the

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in 2015; and at the

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level, the

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. Alfian was a member of the Indonesia men's team that won gold medals at the

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and

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. He also played with Ardianto, and clinched the men's doubles bronze at that event in 2017. Alfian and Ardianto competed on the

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, and won titles at the

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and the Syed Modi International; and also the 2019 Swiss and Korea Opens. Together with Ardianto he won a bronze medal in the men's doubles at the

, the silver at the

, and another bronze at the

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. In February 2020, Alfian alongside Indonesia men's team won the Asia Team Championships held in Manila. In September–October 2021, Alfian alongside Indonesia team competed at the

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in Vantaa, Finland. He and Ardianto contribute a point in a tie against Canada. Indonesia team advanced to the knocked-out stage, but stopped in the quarter-finals to Malaysia. In the next tournament, he helped Indonesia team won the World Men's Team Championships, the 2020 Thomas Cup. In the first half of 2022, the Alfian and Ardianto partnership have won three titles of seven finals. The duo won the

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and

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, and finished runners-up at the

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and Singapore Opens. They also won bronze medal at the Asian Championships. In October, they won their fourth title of the year at the

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. In the final week of 2022, they reach career high of world number 1.

2023

In January, the Alfian and Ardianto partnership won their first Super 1000 tournament at the Malaysia Open by defeating Chinese pair Liang Weikeng and Wang Chang.

Awards and nominations

Achievements

BWF World Championships

''Men's doubles''

Asian Games

''Men's doubles''

Asian Championships

''Men's doubles''

Southeast Asian Games

''Men's doubles''

BWF World Tour (9 titles, 5 runners-up)

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(BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100. ''Men's doubles''

BWF Grand Prix (1 title, 2 runners-up)

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the

(BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017. ''Men's doubles'' : BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament :

tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (4 titles)

''Men's doubles'' :

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tournament :

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tournament

Performance timeline

National team

* ''Junior level'' * ''Senior level''

Individual competitions

Junior level

=Boys' doubles

=Mixed doubles

Senior level

=Men's doubles

=Mixed doubles

Record against selected opponents

Men's doubles results with Muhammad Rian Ardianto against year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi-finalists, and Olympic quarter-finalists. Accurate as of 11 December 2022.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Alfian, Fajar 1995 births Living people Sportspeople from Bandung Indonesian male badminton players Badminton players at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Games silver medalists for Indonesia Asian Games medalists in badminton Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games Competitors at the 2017 Southeast Asian Games Competitors at the 2019 Southeast Asian Games Southeast Asian Games gold medalists for Indonesia Southeast Asian Games bronze medalists for Indonesia Southeast Asian Games medalists in badminton 21st-century Indonesian people