Prima Simpatiaji (born 16 October 1981) is a former professional

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player from Indonesia.

Biography

A right-handed player, Simpatiaji featured in twelve

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ties for Indonesia from 2003 to 2009. All of his 20 matches were in singles. Simpatiaji represented Indonesia at tennis in various multi-sport competitions during his career. He won a total of six medals at the

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, including team gold in 2003, as well as a silver at the

2005 Islamic Solidarity Games The 1st Islamic Solidarity Games held in the Islamic holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia from 8–20 April 2005 with an Olympic-style tournament aimed at showing Muslim sports prowess and featuring 6,000 athletes. Only men's events were included on ...

and a bronze at the

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, both in the men's doubles. Since retiring from the tennis circuit he has taken up the sport of

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. At the

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he won singles, doubles and team gold in his adopted sport. He also competed in soft tennis at the

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and won a bronze medal in the mixed doubles.

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