Ricky Subagja (born 27 January 1971) is a former Indonesian

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player. He was rated among the greatest doubles specialists in the sport's history.

Career

In 1993 the fast moving, faster hitting Subagja won men's doubles at the then biennial

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with fellow countryman

Rudy Gunawan Rudy Gunawan ( zh, c=郭宏源; born 31 December 1966) is a former Indonesian badminton player who played between 1980s and 1990s. Rudy Gunawan won various international championships, both in the men's doubles and mixed doubles events. He has p ...

. However, Subagja's regular partner for most of the 90s was another fellow countryman, the equally fast and hard-hitting

Rexy Mainaky Rexy Ronald Mainaky (born 9 March 1968) is a former men's doubles badminton world champion from Indonesia who is often simply known as Rexy. He won the men's doubles Olympic gold medal in 1996 with Ricky Subagja. As of October 2021, he was appoin ...

, and they formed the most successful team of the decade. Subagja and Mainaky won more than thirty international titles together, including all of badminton's major championships at least once. They captured Olympic gold at

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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 ...

, the

in 1995 at

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(a repeat title for Subagja), and the prestigious All-England Championships back to back in 1995 and 1996. A partial listing of their other titles includes the open championships of the five strongest nations in men's badminton:

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(1992),

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(1993, 1994, 1998, 1999),

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(1993, 1994, 1997),

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(1995, 1996), and

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(1998); as well as the

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(1992, 1994, 1996), the

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(1993, 1995, 1997), and the quadrennial

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(1994, 1998). Subagja and Mainaky were bronze medalists at the

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. They were eliminated in the quarterfinals at both the

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and the

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. They paired together on

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(men's international) teams that won four consecutive world team titles in

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and

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Awards and nominations

Achievements

Olympic Games

''Men's doubles''

World Championships

''Men's doubles''

World Cup

''Men's doubles''

Asian Games

''Men's doubles''

Asian Championships

''Men's doubles''

Asian Cup

''Men's doubles''

SEA Games

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

World Junior Championships

The Bimantara World Junior Championships was an international invitation badminton tournament for junior players. It was held in Jakarta, Indonesia from 1987 to 1991. ''Boys' singles'' ''Boys' doubles'' ''Mixed doubles''

IBF World Grand Prix (28 titles, 11 runners-up)

The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) since 1983. ''Men's doubles'' : IBF Grand Prix tournament : IBF Grand Prix Finals tournament

IBF International (1 title, 1 runners-up)

''Men's doubles''

IBF Junior International (1 title)

''Boys' doubles''

References

External links

Smash – Ricky Subagja

Profile in Koni
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Subagja, Ricky 1971 births Living people Indonesian Muslims Sundanese people Badminton players from Bandung Indonesian male badminton players Badminton players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Badminton players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Badminton players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic badminton players for Indonesia Olympic gold medalists for Indonesia Olympic medalists in badminton Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Badminton players at the 1994 Asian Games Badminton players at the 1998 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for Indonesia Asian Games medalists in badminton Medalists at the 1994 Asian Games Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games SEA Games gold medalists for Indonesia SEA Games silver medalists for Indonesia SEA Games bronze medalists for Indonesia SEA Games medalists in badminton Competitors at the 1991 SEA Games Competitors at the 1993 SEA Games Competitors at the 1995 SEA Games Competitors at the 1997 SEA Games World No. 1 badminton players