Rinov Rivaldy (born 12 November 1999) 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 gold medal at the 2017 World Junior Championships, and bronze medals at the

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and

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in the mixed doubles with

Pitha Haningtyas Mentari Pitha Haningtyas Mentari (born 1 July 1999) is an Indonesian badminton player affiliated with Jaya Raya Jakarta badminton club. She won the gold medal at the 2017 BWF World Junior Championships, 2017 World Junior Championships, and bronze medals ...

Career

In September-October 2021, Rivaldy alongside the Indonesian team competed at the

2021 Sudirman Cup The 2021 Sudirman Cup (officially known as the TotalEnergies BWF Sudirman Cup Finals 2021 for sponsorship reasons) was the 17th edition of the Sudirman Cup, the biennial international badminton championship contested by the mixed national teams ...

in Vantaa, Finland. He won a match in the group stage against B. R. Sankeerth and Crystal Lai of Canada. Indonesia advanced to the knockout stage but lost at the quarterfinals against Malaysia.

2023

In January, Rivaldy and

started 2023 BWF World Tour by losing in the first round of Malaysia Open from 8th seed

Thom Gicquel Thom Mark Gicquel (born 12 January 1999) is a French badminton player. Competing in the mixed doubles, he was able to reach the top 10 of the BWF world rankings with his partner Delphine Delrue. Together with Delrue, he won the gold medal in the ...

and

Delphine Delrue Delphine Aurore Delrue (born 6 November 1998) is a French badminton player. Delrue started playing badminton at aged seven, and she affiliate with the USEE Badminton club in 2006. Delrue was selected to join the national team in INSEP in 2016. I ...

of France. In the next week, they also lost the first round of

India Open The India Open is an annual badminton event which has been held in India since 2008 and is a BWF World Tour Super 750 international badminton tournament. Its first three editions were designated as Grand Prix Gold events. In 2011, it was upgr ...

from 4th seed

Wang Yilyu Wang Yilyu (; ; born 8 November 1994), sometimes also transliterated as Wang Yilu, Wang Yilv or Wang Yilü, is a Chinese badminton player. He is the mixed doubles Olympic Champion at the 2020 Summer Olympics, and was two-time mixed doubles As ...

and

Huang Dongping Huang Dongping (; born 30 April 1995) is a Chinese badminton player. She is the mixed doubles Olympic Champion at the 2020 Summer Olympics, and was three-time mixed doubles Asian Champion, winning in 2018, 2019 and 2024. Huang was ranked first ...

of China. They competed in the home tournament,

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 ...

, but lost in the second round from unseeded Chinese pair Feng Yanzhe and Huang Dongping. In February, Rivaldy join the

Indonesia national badminton team The Indonesia National Badminton Team () represents Indonesia in international badminton team competitions and is controlled by the Badminton Association of Indonesia, the governing body for badminton in Indonesia. Indonesia is one of the only tw ...

to compete at the

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, but the teams lost in the quarter-finals from team Korea. In March, Rivaldy and Mentari competed in the All England Open but had to lose in the first round from 6th seed Malaysian pair

Tan Kian Meng Tan Kian Meng (, born 1 June 1994) is a Malaysian badminton player who specializes in the doubles events. He is currently playing with Lai Pei Jing in mixed doubles. Originally a singles player, he switched to play in the doubles events since ...

and

Lai Pei Jing Lai Pei Jing (; born 8 August 1992) is a Malaysian badminton player who played in the doubles events. She started her career in the women's singles event. She briefly partnered Chan Peng Soon in mid-2014 and in August that year, they reached ...

. In the next tour, he competed in the Swiss Open, but had to retire in the quarter-finals from Chinese Taipei pair

Ye Hong-wei Ye Hong-wei (; born 1 November 1999) is a Taiwanese badminton player. He was the mixed doubles gold medalist in the 2021 World University Games partnered with Lee Chia-hsin. Achievements World University Games ''Mixed doubles'' BWF Wor ...

and

Lee Chia-hsin Lee Chia-hsin (; born 14 May 1997) is a Taiwanese badminton player. She won her first international title at the 2013 Polish International in the women's doubles event partnered with Wu Ti-jung. Lee was the gold medalists at the 2017 Summer U ...

. In late April, Rivaldy and Mentari competed at the

Asian Championships An Asian Championship is a top level international sports competition between Asian athletes or sports teams representing their respective countries or professional sports clubs. List of championships (Summer Olympic Sports) ;Aquatics and wate ...

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, United Arab Emirates, but had to lose in the quarter-finals from 8th seed Malaysian pair

Goh Soon Huat Goh Soon Huat (; born 27 June 1990) is a Malaysian badminton player. He was a part of the Malaysia team that won bronze in the men's team event at the Incheon 2014 Asian Games. He switched to mixed doubles and paired up with Shevon Jemie Lai ...

and

Shevon Jemie Lai Shevon Jemie Lai (; born 8 August 1993) is a Malaysian badminton player. Career Lai started playing badminton at her primary school SJKC Kuen Cheng 2, then in 2011 she joined the Malaysia national badminton team. She competed at the BWF World ...

in three games. In May, Rivaldy alongside the Indonesian team competed at the

2023 Sudirman Cup The 2023 Sudirman Cup (officially known as the TotalEnergies BWF Sudirman Cup Finals 2023 for sponsorship reasons) was the 18th edition of the Sudirman Cup, the biennial international badminton championship contested by the mixed national teams o ...

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, China. He won a match in the group stage, against Jones Ralfy Jansen and Linda Efler of Germany. Indonesia advanced to the knockout stage but lost at the quarterfinals against China, where he almost upsetting the world no. 1

Zheng Siwei Zheng Siwei (; born 26 February 1997) is a Chinese badminton player specializing in doubles. He is an Olympic gold medalist, a three-time World Champion and two-time Asian Games gold medalist in the mixed doubles with his current partner Huang ...

and

Huang Yaqiong Huang Yaqiong (, born 28 February 1994) is a Chinese badminton player who specializes in doubles. She is an Olympic gold medalist, three-time World Champion, two-time Asian Games gold medalist, and two-time Asian Champion. She also won a silv ...

in the first match with scrapped doubles partner Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja. In the following week, Rivaldy and Mentari competed in the second Asian Tour at 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 ...

. They were lost in the quarter-finals from 3rd seed Korean pair

Seo Seung-jae Seo Seung-jae (; born 4 September 1997) is a South Korean badminton player. He is the first South Korean player in 24 years to have won two gold medals in a single edition of the BWF World Championships, by winning the mixed and men's doubles e ...

and

Chae Yoo-jung Chae Yoo-jung (; born 9 May 1995) is a South Korean badminton player who affiliated with Incheon International Airport team. She is the daughter of former singles player Kim Bok-sun. She won the mixed doubles title at the 2023 World Champions ...

. In June, Rivaldy and Mentari competed at the Singapore Open, but had to lose in the second round from 2nd seed and eventual finalist Japanese pair Yuta Watanabe and

Arisa Higashino is a Japanese badminton player. She won bronze in the mixed team event at the Badminton Asia Junior Championships, Asian Junior Championships in 2013 and 2014, and competed at the 2014 BWF World Junior Championships, 2014 World Junior Champions ...

. In the next tour, they competed at the home tournament, Indonesia Open, but lost in the quarter-finals from 2nd seed and eventual finalist Japanese pair Yuta Watanabe and Arisa Higashino for the second consecutive tour. In the next tour, they lost at the second round of the

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from their fellow Indonesian junior player Jafar Hidayatullah and Aisyah Salsabila Putri Pranata. In late July, Rivaldy competed at the 2023 Japan Open, but lost in the first round against 6th seed Korean pair

and

. In early August, Rivaldy competed at the

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, but had to lose in the quarter-finals from Chinese pair Cheng Xing and

Chen Fanghui Chen Fanghui (; born 18 April 2000) is a Chinese badminton player. She reached her first BWF World Tour final at the 2023 Spain Masters. Achievements BWF World Tour (4 titles, 5 runners-up) The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March ...

in straight games. In late August, he competed at the

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, but lost in the third round from 4th seed Thai pair

Dechapol Puavaranukroh Dechapol Puavaranukroh (; born 20 May 1997) is a Thai badminton player. He was a gold medalist at the 2014 BWF World Junior Championships in the boys' doubles event with his partner Kittinupong Kedren. Dechapol claimed doubles titles at the Badmi ...

and

Sapsiree Taerattanachai Sapsiree Taerattanachai (; ; born 18 April 1992) is a Thai badminton player. She claimed titles in the mixed doubles with Dechapol Puavaranukroh at the 2017 SEA Games and at the 2021 World Championships. Sapsiree and Dechapol made history as th ...

in straight games. He made his debut at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, but unable to win any medals both in the mixed doubles and team events.

2025

Starting 2025 with new partner Lisa Ayu Kusumawati, they played in

but lost since the first round to the fourth seed,

and

. They clinched semifinal at

, but lost to the seventh seed

Hiroki Midorikawa is a Japanese badminton player and a member of the national team. He primarily competes in mixed doubles with Natsu Saito, reaching a career-high world ranking of No. 8 as of 13 May 2025. Together, they won two Super 500 titles – the 2023 ...

and

Natsu Saito is a Japanese badminton player. As of 2025, Saito is affiliated with the Plenty Global Linx badminton team. Saito won her first BWF World Tour title at the 2023 Canada Open in mixed doubles with partner Hiroki Midorikawa. Saito also played ...

. Unfortunately they also lost in the first round on

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to their compatriot as well as Kusumawati's ex partner,

Rehan Naufal Kusharjanto Rehan Naufal Kusharjanto (born 28 February 2000) is an Indonesian badminton player affiliated with PB Djarum, Djarum club. He won the mixed doubles and men's team gold medals in Badminton at the 2023 SEA Games, 2023 SEA Games. Early life His f ...

and Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja. He was a part of Indonesia's squad at Asia Mixed Team Championships in which he played with Kusumawati on group stage, defeating Lui Chun Wai and Fu Chi Yan from

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, and on the final match with Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti, defeating the home favorite Gao Jiaxuan and Wu Mengying, thus started Indonesia first reign on BAMTC since 2017. He was planned to be paired back with

at Asia Championships on April.

Achievements

SEA Games

''Mixed doubles''

World Junior Championships

''Boys' doubles'' ''Mixed doubles''

Asian Junior Championships

''Mixed doubles''

BWF World Tour (3 titles, 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

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). The BWF World Tour is 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 (1 title)

''Mixed doubles'' :

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

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

BWF Junior International (2 titles, 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

* ''Boys' doubles'' * ''Mixed doubles''

Senior level

=Men's doubles

=Mixed doubles

References

External links

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Rinov Rivaldy
at the

Paris 2024 Summer Olympics The 2024 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad () and branded as Paris 2024, were an international multi-sport event held in France from 26 July to 11 August 2024, with several events started from 24 July. P ...

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rivaldy, Rinov 1999 births Living people Sportspeople from Bekasi Badminton players from West Java Indonesian sportspeople of Chinese descent Indonesian male badminton players Badminton players at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic badminton players for Indonesia Badminton players at the 2022 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for Indonesia Competitors at the 2019 SEA Games Competitors at the 2021 SEA Games SEA Games gold medalists for Indonesia SEA Games bronze medalists for Indonesia SEA Games medalists in badminton 21st-century Indonesian sportsmen