Retno Kustijah (born 19 June 1942; as Retno Koestijah) is an Indonesian

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player who competed internationally from the early 1960s to the early 1970s.

Career

Though she played singles in high level events, Kustijah's greatest success came in the women's doubles with regular partner Minarni. They were the first of only two Indonesian teams to win women's doubles at the prestigious All England Championships (1968). Their titles together included the quadrennial

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(1962, 1966), and the

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(1966, 1967),

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(1967),

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(1968),

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(1969), and

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(1969) Opens. Kustijah also won mixed doubles at the 1967 Malaysia Open with Tan Joe Hok and at the 1971 Asian Championships with Christian Hadinata. She was a member of Indonesian teams which finished second to

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in the

1969 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1969th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 969th year of the 2nd millennium, the 69th year of the 20th century, and the ...

and

1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, ...

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(women's world team) championships.Davis, 133, 134.

Awards and nominations

Achievements

Asian Games

''Women's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles''

Asian Championships

''Women's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles''

International tournaments (11 titles, 8 runners-up)

''Women's singles'' ''Women's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles''

Other tournament

''Women's doubles''

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kustijah, Retno 1942 births Living people People from Kebumen Regency Indonesian female badminton players Badminton players at the 1962 Asian Games Badminton players at the 1966 Asian Games Badminton players at the 1970 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for Indonesia Asian Games badminton players for Indonesia Asian Games silver medalists for Indonesia Asian Games bronze medalists for Indonesia Asian Games medalists in badminton Medalists at the 1962 Asian Games Medalists at the 1966 Asian Games Medalists at the 1970 Asian Games 20th-century Indonesian sportswomen