Halim Haryanto Ho (born September 23, 1976) is an Indonesian-born American former

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player. He is a former

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along with his doubles partner Tony Gunawan. Haryanto immigrated to the

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in 2004 to pursue a coaching career. He now resides in

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, California, coaching in

and representing the United States as a badminton player of

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Personal life

Halim Haryanto Ho was born in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia on September 23, 1976 to Hadimulya Ho and Ana Wun. Haryanto began playing badminton at the age of 8. He graduated from West Java, Indonesia High School in 1994 and joined the Indonesia National Badminton Team in 1995, specializing as a men's doubles player. He is currently married to Jeanny N. Ho, whose father is

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, silver medalist at the 1980 IBF World Championships and gold medalist of the All England, Indonesian Open, and

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. Together they have two daughters, Gabriella Ho and Graciella Ho. Amongst his hobbies are

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, watching

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movies, and

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. He also became a certified massage therapist in 2006. After living in the United States for seven years, Haryanto gained his U.S. Citizenship on August 19, 2011.

Career

From 1995 to 2004 Haryanto played for the

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with various partners before immigrating to the U.S. in fall of 2004 to pursue a career as a badminton coach. In those 9 years he played for Indonesia, he enjoyed his most success with fellow countryman and now U.S. citizen, Tony Gunawan. He won his first ever gold medals at the 1998 Malaysia Open and Brunei Open in men's doubles with Tony Gunawan. That year he was also the bronze medalists at the

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. In 2001 he won the bi-annual International Badminton Federation World Championship as well as the 2001 All England Championship in men's doubles with Tony Gunawan. They also won the 2001

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Open that year as well. The Singapore Open would be the last international badminton tournament that Haryanto and Gunawan would compete in together under the PBSI.

2002–2004

After the Singapore Open, Haryanto was paired up with

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as a part of the Indonesian 2002 Thomas Cup team. They eventually won the

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, winning their final round match against

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in men's doubles. Near the end 2002 Haryanto began coaching the Indonesian Junior National Badminton team at the SGS Badminton Club in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia. In 2003 Haryanto was paired up with

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, Olympic gold medalist at the

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in men's doubles with Haryanto's previous partner, Tony Gunawan. Their short-lived partnership won them the Copenhagen Masters in 2003 before Haryanto resigned from the Indonesia National Badminton Team and moved to the United States in October 2004.

2004–present

After moving to the United States he procured a job as a badminton coach at Bay Badminton Center in

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, while maintaining international presence. In 2005 Haryanto paired up with his former partner, Tony Gunawan (who moved to the United States as well), and won the 2005 Chinese Taipei Open, 2005

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, and the

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Open later in 2006. Since then, Haryanto has competed in and several won national level titles including the international level U.S. Open as a representative of the United States. Haryanto is also a legendary coach, achieving Level 4 Certified High Performance Coach of USA Badminton, the highest coaching status in the United States. He was also a part of the 2011 United States Pan American Games Badminton Team that competed at the 2011

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in Guadalajara, Mexico. He is currently coaching badminton for young ages in San Diego, California and pursuing other careers as a medical laboratory technician.

Achievements

World Championships

''Men's doubles''

Pan American Games

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

Asian Games

''Men's doubles''

Asian Championships

''Men's doubles''

BWF Grand Prix

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(BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017. The World Badminton Grand Prix was sanctioned by the International Badminton Federation from 1983 to 2006. ''Men's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles'' : BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament : BWF & IBF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series/Satellite

''Men's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles'' :

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tournament :

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/ Satellite tournament

Invitation tournament

''Men's doubles''

References

External links

BWF Player Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Haryanto, Halim 1976 births Living people Badminton players from Bandung Indonesian sportspeople of Chinese descent Indonesian male badminton players Badminton players at the 2002 Asian Games Asian Games silver medalists for Indonesia Asian Games bronze medalists for Indonesia Asian Games medalists in badminton Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games Competitors at the 1999 SEA Games SEA Games gold medalists for Indonesia SEA Games medalists in badminton Indonesian emigrants to the United States Sportspeople from Milpitas, California American people of Chinese-Indonesian descent American male badminton players Indonesian badminton coaches Badminton players at the 2011 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States in badminton World No. 1 badminton players Naturalised sports competitors 20th-century American sportsmen