Hendrawan (; born 27 June 1972) is an Indonesian

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coach and former player.

Personal life

Hendrawan began to play badminton at 10 years old and began his top-level career at Cipayung National Training Center. He retired from the Indonesian team in 2003. He married his longtime girlfriend, former player Silvia Anggraini, the sister of

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, on January 7, 2001. The couple has two children, daughter Josephine Sevilla and son Alexander Thomas. The second names of both children showing their parents love of badminton, the daughter is named after the city of

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, Spain, where Hendrawan was crowned World Champion in

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and the son Thomas after the

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, which Hendrawan won three times, especially commemorating the

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edition were Hendrawan won the deciding 5th match in the final against Malaysian

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. Since 2009, Hendrawan trained Malaysian badminton team players after stints in Indonesia as a national women's singles and then men's singles team coach until his contract was not continued in 2024.

Career

Hendrawan began playing internationally in the early 1990s but at first was overshadowed by a number of his countrymen who rated among the world's elite players. His results gradually improved, peaking at the end of the decade and the beginning of the next. He earned a silver medal at the

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in men's singles, and won men's singles the 2001 World Championships over

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Peter Gade Peter Høeg Gade (born 14 December 1976 in Aalborg, Denmark)BWF World Ranking
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. Hendrawan was an outstanding

(men's world team) performer for

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, winning each of his championship round singles matches in the

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editions won by Indonesia. In the last of these his final match victory over Malaysia's

was decisive, breaking a 2–2 tie.

Achievements

Olympic Games

''Men's singles''

World Championships

''Men's singles''

Asian Games

''Men's singles''

Asian Championships

''Men's singles''

IBF World Grand Prix (5 titles, 3 runners-up)

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

IBF International (1 runner-up)

''Men's singles''

Record against selected opponents

Includes results against athletes who competed in World Championships semifinals, and Olympic quarterfinals. *

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0–1 * Chen Hong 3–1 * Dong Jiong 3–1 *

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0–2 * Sun Jun 2–3 * Xia Xuanze 4–2 * Fung Permadi 1–2 *

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2–1 * Poul-Erik Høyer 3–5 *

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1–5 * Tam Kai Chuen 4–0 * Pullela Gopichand 1–1 * Heryanto Arbi 1–3 *

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1–2 *

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0–1 * Ardy B. Wiranata 2–0 *

Lee Hyun-il Lee Hyun-il (; born 17 April 1980) is a former badminton player from South Korea. He is a former World and Asian Championships bronze medalist, and was part of South Korean team that won the 2003 Sudirman Cup as well the gold medals at the ...

1–0 * Lee Kwang-jin 1–0 *

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2–0 *

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0–1 *

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0–2 *

Boonsak Ponsana Boonsak Ponsana (; ; born 22 February 1982) is a Thai badminton player. His younger sister Salakjit Ponsana is also part of the Thailand badminton team. He got a Bachelor of Laws from Sripatum University. Career Ponsana competed at the Badmin ...

1–0

References

External links

BWF Profile

Hendrawan's profile

Hendrawan's results
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hendrawan 1972 births Living people Sportspeople from Malang Badminton players from East Java Indonesian sportspeople of Chinese descent Indonesian male badminton players Badminton players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic badminton players for Indonesia Olympic silver medalists for Indonesia Olympic medalists in badminton Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Badminton players at the 1998 Asian Games Badminton players at the 2002 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for Indonesia Asian Games silver medalists for Indonesia Asian Games bronze medalists for Indonesia Asian Games medalists in badminton Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games Competitors at the 2001 SEA Games SEA Games silver medalists for Indonesia SEA Games medalists in badminton Indonesian badminton coaches Indonesian expatriate sportspeople in Malaysia