Fung Permadi ( zh, s=陈锋, t=陳鋒, p=Chén Fēng; born 30 December 1967 in

Purwokerto Purwokerto () is a large but non-autonomous town on the island of Java, Indonesia. It is the coordinating centre of local government (''Bakorwil 3'') and the largest city in southwestern Central Java (known as the ''Barlingmascakeb'' regio ...

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) is a former male

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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. He was a singles specialist who played internationally first for

and later for

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Career

Though Permadi had demonstrated impressive ability by 1990, he was often passed over in selection for international competition at a time when Indonesia had elite world class singles players such as

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, and

Hermawan Susanto Hermawan Susanto (; born 24 September 1967) is a former Indonesian badminton player who played at the world level during the 1990s. Career Susanto was one of an impressive cadre of Indonesians who won numerous international tournaments and cap ...

. Moving to Taiwan in the middle of the decade, Permadi played perhaps his best badminton in the late 1990s, after his thirtieth birthday. He won a number of significant international titles (as shown by the chart below), and at thirty-one was runner-up to

China's China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...

Sun Jun at the

1999 IBF World Championships The 1999 IBF World Championships ( World Badminton Championships) were held in Copenhagen, Denmark, between 10 May and 23 May 1999. During men's single semi final match between Fung Permadi and Peter Gade, a historical decision was made by Perm ...

. He competed for Chinese Taipei at the 2000 Summer Olympics in the badminton men's singles event.

Coaching career

He is currently the Head Coach for

PB Djarum PB Djarum is an Indonesian badminton club in Kudus, Central Java. The club was founded at the Djarum ''brak'' (cigarette factory) located at Jl. Bitingan Lama (now called Jl. Lukmonohadi) No. 35 in Kudus in 1969. Djarum's CEO, Budi Hartono, ...

, Indonesia's most successful badminton club.

Achievements

World Championships

''Men's singles''

Asian Championships

''Men's singles''

Asian Cup

''Men's singles''

East Asian Games

''Men's singles''

IBF World Grand Prix

The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) from 1983 to 2006. ''Men's singles''

IBF Junior International (1 title)

''Boys' singles''

References

Smash: Fung Permadi

BWF Player Profile

External links

* * * * 1967 births Living people Taiwanese male badminton players Taiwanese people of Indonesian descent Indonesian male badminton players Indonesian sportspeople of Chinese descent Olympic badminton players for Taiwan Badminton players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Asian Games badminton players for Indonesia Badminton players at the 1998 Asian Games Badminton players at the 2002 Asian Games World No. 1 badminton players People from Banyumas Regency Badminton players from Central Java 20th-century Indonesian sportsmen {{Indonesia-badminton-bio-stub