Rudy Heryanto ( zh, c=楊榮美; born 19 October 1954) is an Indonesian former

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player.

Career

A men's doubles specialist, Heryanto and fellow countrymen Hariamanto Kartono formed one of the world's leading teams between 1980 and 1985. As upstarts they earned silver medals at the 1980 IBF World Championships in

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, losing the final to veteran Indonesian teammates Ade Chandra and Christian Hadinata. At the 1981 All-England Championships they avenged that loss in the semifinal and went on to defeat another venerable Indonesian pair, Tjun Tjun and Johan Wahjudi in the final. They won the All-Englands again in 1984 and the Indonesia Open in 1982 and 1983. In the momentous

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series of

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(China's debut) they split their matches against

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in Indonesia's narrow 4—5 final round loss. After the partnership broke up, Heryanto won the Thailand Open with Bobby Ertanto in 1985.

Achievements

World Championships

''Men's doubles''

World Cup

''Men's doubles''

World Games

''Men's doubles''

World Masters Games

''Men's doubles''

Southeast Asian Games

''Men's doubles''

International tournaments

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

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Heryanto, Rudy 1954 births Living people Indonesian male badminton players World Games medalists in badminton World Games bronze medalists Medalists at the 1981 World Games Asian Games medalists in badminton Asian Games gold medalists for Indonesia Asian Games silver medalists for Indonesia Badminton players at the 1982 Asian Games Badminton players at the 1978 Asian Games Medalists at the 1978 Asian Games Medalists at the 1982 Asian Games SEA Games medalists in badminton SEA Games gold medalists for Indonesia Competitors at the 1981 SEA Games Sportspeople from Tasikmalaya Badminton players from West Java World Games medalists for Indonesia 20th-century Indonesian sportsmen