Riky Widianto (born 28 December 1991) 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 who specializes in doubles play.

Career

Widianto career as a badminton player began in 2005 when Singapore Badminton Association (SBA) invited him to join the Singapore National Badminton Team while he was a member of Wima badminton club in Surabaya, Indonesia. He played in the open tournament under the Singapore flag although he was not a Singapore citizen. In 2009, he resigned from the national team and returned to Indonesia after he rejected an SBA proposal that he take citizenship, to be eligible to participate in the upcoming

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, or return. Widianto and his family felt he was too young to change citizenship at age 17, and SBA did not wish to wait two years so that he could avoid the country's mandatory

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. After returning to Indonesia, he resumed play for his old club, Wima, until the

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(PBSI) invited him to join the national team in 2010. His career has grown rapidly since, especially after coach Richard Mainaky paired him with Richi Puspita Dili.

Achievements

SEA Games

''Mixed doubles''

Summer Universiade

''Mixed doubles''

BWF Superseries (2 runners-up)

The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, was a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the

Badminton World Federation The Badminton World Federation, aka BWF, is the international governing body for the sport of badminton approved by the International Olympic Committee. It was founded on 5 July 1934 as the International Badminton Federation with nine member ...

(BWF). BWF Superseries levels were Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries consisted of twelve tournaments around the world that had been introduced since 2011. Successful players were invited to the Superseries Finals, which were held at the end of each year. ''Mixed doubles'' : BWF Superseries Finals tournament : BWF Superseries Premier tournament :

BWF Superseries The BWF Super Series was a series of Grade 2 badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). It was launched on December 14, 2006 and implemented in 2007. Since 2011, the Super Series includes two levels of tournament, S ...

tournament

BWF Grand Prix (3 titles, 4 runners-up)

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the

(BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017. ''Mixed doubles'' : BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament : BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Satellite/Series (5 titles, 3 runners-up)

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

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tournament :

BWF International Series The BWF International Series is a grade 3 and level 2 tournament part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Challenge (level 1) and Future Series (level 3), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. ...

tournament

Performance timeline

Indonesian team

* ''Senior level''

Individual competitions

* ''Senior level''

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Widianto, Riky 1991 births Living people Badminton players from Surabaya Indonesian male badminton players Competitors at the 2013 SEA Games Competitors at the 2015 SEA Games SEA Games gold medalists for Indonesia SEA Games bronze medalists for Indonesia SEA Games medalists in badminton FISU World University Games gold medalists for Indonesia FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Indonesia Summer World University Games medalists in badminton Medalists at the 2011 Summer Universiade Indonesian emigrants to Singapore Singaporean male badminton players 21st-century Indonesian sportsmen