Muljadi (born 1942; as Ang Tjin Siang; zh, s=翁振祥) was a world class

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player who represented Indonesia between 1963 and 1973.

Career

Muljadi's career spanned two separate eras of Indonesian domination of the then triennial

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(men's international team) competition: 1958 to 1964 and 1970 to 1979. Though he occasionally dropped matches in earlier Thomas Cup rounds, he was undefeated in singles (6-0) in four consecutive final round showdowns (

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1967 Events January * January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Canadian Confederation, Confederation, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair. * January 6 – Vietnam War: United States Marine Corps and Army of ...

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1973 Events January * January 1 – The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark 1973 enlargement of the European Communities, enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union. * January 14 - The 16-0 19 ...

), a record unmatched by better known teammates such as

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, and

Rudy Hartono Rudy Hartono Kurniawan (born Nio Hap Liang ( zh, s=梁海量, p=Liáng Hǎiliàng, poj=Niô͘ Hái-liâng); 18 August 1949) is an Indonesian former badminton player holding the record of winning the men's singles title at the All-England Champio ...

. He won several Indonesian national singles titles during the 1960s as well as the

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(1966), the

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(1969), and individual honors in the

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(1966). He was runner-up to Hartono at the prestigious All-England Championships in 1971 but defeated Hartono to win the

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title that year. Muljadi died on 14 March 2010.

Achievements

Asian Games

''Men's singles'' ''Men's doubles''

Asian Championships

''Men's singles''

International tournaments

''Men's singles'' ''Men's doubles''

References

Indonesian male badminton players 2010 deaths Asian Games medalists in badminton Badminton players at the 1966 Asian Games Badminton players at the 1970 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for Indonesia Asian Games silver medalists for Indonesia Medalists at the 1966 Asian Games Medalists at the 1970 Asian Games Indonesian sportspeople of Chinese descent 1942 births People from Jember Regency Badminton players from East Java 20th-century Indonesian sportsmen {{Indonesia-badminton-bio-stub