Joko Suprianto (born 21 January 1966) is an Indonesian former

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 who was one of the world's leading men's singles players in the early and mid-1990s, a period during which Indonesia was especially deep in top tier singles players, winning many of the world's major events.

Career

Suprianto became world champion in men's singles in the

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, defeating fellow countryman Hermawan Susanto in the final, and was a member of world champion Indonesian

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(men's international) teams in

1994 The year 1994 was designated as the " International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations. In the Line Islands and Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, 1994 had only 364 days, omitti ...

1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

, and

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...

. He played badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics in men's singles. He was the #1-seed but was defeated in the quarterfinals by

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15–5, 15–12. In September 1996, Suprianto once again took top spot in the men's singles world ranking over Chinese top player Dong Jiong.

Personal life

Suprianto married former Indonesian women's double badminton player,

Zelin Resiana Zelin Resiana (born 9 July 1972) is an Indonesian former badminton player who specialized in doubles. She trained at the PB Djarum, Djarum club. For her achievements in badminton, a statue of her has been unveiled outside GOR Djarum in Tidar, Mag ...

in 1999, and the two have twins on 24 March 2003, Bilqis Prasista and Bilqis Pratista, both join Djarum Badminton Club. Bilqis Prasista joined Indonesia national badminton team in 2020.

Achievements

World Championships

''Men's singles''

World Cup

''Men's singles''

World Senior Championships

''Men's singles''

Asian Games

''Men's singles''

Asian Championships

''Men's singles''

Asian Cup

''Men's singles''

SEA Games

''Men's singles''

IBF World Grand Prix (14 titles, 12 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

Invitational tournament

''Men's doubles''

References

External links

BWF Player Profile

{{DEFAULTSORT:Suprianto, Joko 1966 births Living people Badminton players from Surakarta Indonesian male badminton players Badminton players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic badminton players for Indonesia Badminton players at the 1990 Asian Games Badminton players at the 1994 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 1990 Asian Games Medalists at the 1994 Asian Games Competitors at the 1991 SEA Games Competitors at the 1993 SEA Games Competitors at the 1995 SEA Games Competitors at the 1997 SEA Games SEA Games gold medalists for Indonesia SEA Games silver medalists for Indonesia SEA Games bronze medalists for Indonesia SEA Games medalists in badminton World No. 1 badminton players 20th-century Indonesian sportsmen