Taty Sumirah (9 February 1952 – 13 February 2020) was a

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 of

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Career

Sumirah started her career by following 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 ...

1971 in Jakarta, she won a bronze medal after being defeated by

Utami Dewi Utami Dewi Kinard (born 16 June 1951) is a former world-class badminton player who was considered Indonesia's #1 women's singles player in the 1970s, and became the United States' #1 player in 1981, after marrying former 6 time U.S. men's single ...

and get another bronze medal at the

1980 IBF World Championships The 1980 IBF World Championships were held in Jakarta, Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania, between the Indian Ocean, Indian and Pacific Ocean, Pacific oceans. Comprising ...

after being defeated by

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in women's singles. Sumirah was a member of several

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Uber Cup The Uber Cup, sometimes called the World Women's Team Championships, is a major international badminton competition contested by women's national badminton teams. First held in 1956–1957 and contested at three year intervals, it has been contes ...

(women's international) teams, helping the 1975 team to win the world championship.Pat Davis, The ''Guinness Book of Badminton'' (Enfield, Middlesex, England: Guinness Superlatives Ltd., 1983) 134, 135.

Achievements

World Championships

''Women's singles''

Asian Championships

''Women's singles''

International tournaments

''Women's singles'' ''Women's doubles''

Invitational tournaments

''Women's singles''

References

1952 births 2020 deaths Badminton players from Jakarta Indonesian female badminton players Badminton players at the 1974 Asian Games Asian Games silver medalists for Indonesia Asian Games medalists in badminton Medalists at the 1974 Asian Games 20th-century Indonesian sportswomen {{Indonesia-badminton-bio-stub