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 paired up with players such as Eddy Hartono, Rosiana Tendean, Bambang Suprianto, and Ricky Subagja. He was on the Thomas Cup team of Indonesia five times (1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, and 1996) but only won gold in 1994 and 1996. He led the Indonesian team to win the 1989 Sudirman Cup. Rudy twice competed in the Summer Olympics. In the 1992 Olympics, Rudy and Eddy won a silver medal following the defeat in the final match to South Korean pair Park Joo-bong and Kim Moon-soo. In the

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, Rudy and Bambang pair lost in the round of 16.

Career

Rudy Gunawan was a member of world champion Indonesian Thomas Cup (men's international) teams in

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and

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, winning his final round match on both occasions. He won men's doubles at the

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, England with Ricky Subagja. However, he shared most of his international men's doubles titles with two other fellow countrymen, Eddy Hartono and Bambang Suprianto. These included the prestigious All-England title in 1992 and 1994, the

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in 1990 and 1993, the SEA Games in 1991; as well as the

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(1989, 1992, 1995), Dutch (1989, 1991),

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(1990),

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(1991, 1993),

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(1993),

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(1994), and

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(1995) Opens. Gunawan was a silver medalist at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona with Eddy Hartono. He also shared a number of international mixed doubles titles, including victories at the

(1990, 1993),

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(1993), Polish (1993) Opens and World Cup for 3 years running (1990 - 1991).

Achievements

Olympic Games

''Men's doubles''

World Championships

''Men's doubles''

World Cup

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

Asian Games

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

Asian Cup

''Men's doubles''

SEA Games

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

IBF World Grand Prix (19 titles, 18 runners-up)

The World Badminton Grand Prix, sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) from 1983 to 2006. ''Men's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles'' : IBF Grand Prix tournament : IBF Grand Prix Finals tournament

IBF International (1 title)

''Mixed doubles''

Invitational tournament

''Men's doubles''

After badminton

Gunawan retired from competitive badminton following the 1996 season, and turned to Christian ministry work in Indonesian villages. In 1999, he went to California for study and received a B.A. degree in theology from Promise Christian University. He is currently serving as a senior pastor in both the Los Angeles and San Francisco areas. Although he has retired from the Indonesian badminton team, he has not retired from the sport. As of 2014, he currently is a coach at the Orange County Badminton Club located in

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and is also a coach of the USA national badminton team. Not only does the coach, but he is also a professional player, again making a comeback into professional badminton with partner Ryan Chew. As of 2015 he currently ranked 132 in men's doubles.

Family

Gunawan married to Febijane N. Lumingkewas on 11 December 1992 and have 5 children; 4 boys and 1 girl. His mother, Sally Young, was the daughter of Fifi Young an Indonesian actress of mixed French and Chinese and Njoo Cheong Seng a

Chinese-Indonesian Chinese Indonesians (), or simply ''Orang Tionghoa'' or ''Tionghoa'', are Indonesians whose ancestors arrived from China at some stage in the last eight centuries. Chinese Indonesians are the fourth largest community of Overseas Chinese in th ...

playwright and film director.

References

External links

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Miracle Center USA

YouTube - Miracle Center USA
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