Rehan Naufal Kusharjanto (born 28 February 2000) is an Indonesian

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 affiliated with

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club. He won the mixed doubles and men's team gold medals in

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Early life

His father

Tri Kusharjanto Tri Kusharjanto (born 18 January 1974) is a badminton player from Indonesia. His name also appears variously as ''Tri Kusharyanto, Trikus Harjanto, Trikus Heryanto, and Trikus Haryanto''. Personal life He married fellow former Asian Champions ...

, is an Olympic silver medalist in badminton in 2000, and his mother Sri Untari, was an Asian Champion in 1992. He started practicing badminton with his father at the age of 5, and joined the Djarum club in 2013. He was the champion at the 2016 Asian U-17 Junior Championships in the boys' doubles event partnered with Haffiz Nur Adila, and in 2017, he clinched the mixed doubles title at the Asian Junior Championships with

Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti (born 16 November 2000) is an Indonesian badminton player affiliated with the Djarum club. She won the gold medal in the mixed doubles at the 2017 Asian Junior Championships, and in the women's doubles at the 2021 SEA ...

. He was also a two-times mixed doubles World Junior Championship silver medalists in

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with Ramadhanti.

Senior career

2022

In March, Kusharjanto and his partner

Lisa Ayu Kusumawati Lisa Ayu Kusumawati (born 15 January 2000) is an Indonesian badminton player affiliated with Djarum club. Career Kusumawati was born in Sleman, Yogyakarta, and joining Djarum club in 2012. She has won four U17 National circuit titles. She won ...

reached their first BWF World Tour final in the

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, but lost to Singaporean pair

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and

Tan Wei Han Jessica Tan Wei Han (; born 16 July 1993) is a Singaporean badminton player. Together with Terry Hee, they won their first BWF World Tour title as a duo at the 2022 India Open. Tan along with Hee also won the gold medal in the mixed doubles eve ...

. This year, they debuted at the

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. In October, they reached another final in the Vietnam Open but lost to fellow Indonesians

Dejan Ferdinansyah Dejan Ferdinansyah (born 21 January 2000) is an Indonesian badminton player who is affiliated with the Djarum club. Career Ferdinansyah has been affiliated with the PB Djarum club since 2019. In that same year, he partnered with Serena Kani a ...

and

Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja (born 28 December 1993) is an Indonesian badminton player affiliated with PB Djarum since 2007. She was the 2011 Indonesia National and World Junior Champions in the mixed doubles event. For her achievements, Widjaja w ...

. They also reached the semi-finals of the

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, but lost to Dutch pair

Robin Tabeling Robin Tabeling (born 24 April 1994) is a Dutch badminton player, specializing in doubles play. He started playing badminton in Amstelveen at a club called BV van Zijderveld. He won a silver medal at the 2013 European Junior Championships in the ...

and

Selena Piek Selena Piek (born 30 September 1991) is a Dutch badminton player who specializes in doubles. She won the gold medals at the European Games in 2019 in the women's doubles, and in 2023 in the mixed doubles. She was part of the Badminton Europe At ...

. In November, they claimed their first ever BWF World Tour title at the

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by defeating

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and

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in the final in straight games. Their progress, particularly their victory at the Hylo Open, led them to break through the world top 20 in mixed doubles.

2023

In the beginning of the 2023 season, Kusharjanto with his partner Kusumawati suffered a fourth consecutive early exit. They lost in the second round of the Malaysia Open,

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, and in the first round of the

Indonesia Masters The Indonesia Masters is an international badminton tournament in BWF World Tour Super 500. Formerly known as the Indonesia Open Grand Prix Gold, it was first held in 2010 in Samarinda, East Kalimantan, and change its venue in different cities ev ...

. He then was called up to the Indonesian team for the Asia Mixed Team Championships, but the teams lost in the quarter-finals from South Korea. In March–April, Kusharjanto and Kusumawati reached the semi-finals in the

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and

, and also reached the quarter-finals in the

Spain Masters The Spain Masters () is an annual badminton tournament held in Spain. This tournament is part of the BWF World Tour tournaments and is leveled in BWF World Tour Super 300. Venue & host city * 2018–2020: Pavelló de la Vall d'Hebron, Barcelon ...

. In Europe tour, they only suffered an early exits in the

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. He and his partner competed competed at the

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, United Arab Emirates, but had to retire in the first round due to injury he suffered before the tournament begin. Kusharjanto made his debut at the

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in Cambodia, and won the gold medals in the mixed doubles and team events. He and his father,

, are the first parent-child pair who won SEA Games badminton gold medal. Kusharjanto and Kusumawati then suffered a sixth consecutive early exit, stopped in the second round of the

Malaysia Masters The Malaysia Masters () is an annual badminton tournament held in Malaysia that began in 2009. The total prize money is currently US$475,000. Until 2017, the tournament was part of the Grand Prix Gold series. BWF categorised Malaysia Masters ...

, Indonesia Open, and

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, and also in the first round of the Singapore Open, 2023 Japan Open, and

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. In his second appearance at the

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, he and his partner lost in the third round from 2nd seed Japanese pair

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and

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in straight games. The inconsistency in performance shown by the pair of Kusharjanto and Kusumawati continued into the

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and Hong Kong Opens, where the pair again failed in the early rounds. Indonesian badminton fans then criticized Kusharjanto's posture which looked too fat, disproportionate like an athlete. Indonesia's mixed doubles coach, Herry IP, confirmed this; However, the Indonesian national team nutritionist, Paulina Toding, stated that Kusharjanto's fat mass index was normal close to the upper limit. Kusharjanto made his debut at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, but unable to win any medals both in the mixed doubles and team events.

Achievements

SEA Games

''Mixed doubles''

World Junior Championships

''Mixed doubles''

Asian Junior Championships

''Mixed doubles''

BWF World Tour (1 title, 5 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the

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(BWF). The BWF World Tours are divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100. ''Mixed doubles''

BWF International Challenge/Series (3 titles, 1 runner-up)

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

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tournament :

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tournament

BWF Junior International (1 title, 3 runners-up)

''Boys' doubles'' ''Mixed doubles'' : BWF Junior International Grand Prix tournament : BWF Junior International Challenge tournament : BWF Junior International Series tournament : BWF Junior Future Series tournament

Performance timeline

National team

* ''Junior level'' * ''Senior level''

Individual competitions

Junior level

* ''Mixed doubles''

Senior level

=Men's doubles

=Mixed doubles

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kusharjanto, Rehan Naufal 2000 births Living people Sportspeople from Bekasi Badminton players from West Java Indonesian male badminton players Badminton players at the 2022 Asian Games Asian Games badminton players for Indonesia SEA Games gold medalists for Indonesia SEA Games medalists in badminton 21st-century Indonesian sportsmen Medalists at the 2023 SEA Games