Tjun Tjun () is a retired

Chinese-Indonesian Chinese Indonesians ( id, Orang Tionghoa Indonesia) and colloquially Chindo or just Tionghoa are Indonesians whose ancestors arrived from China at some stage in the last eight centuries. Chinese people and their Indonesian descendants have ...

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.

Career

Though a world level singles player early in his career, he became one of the sport's greatest ever doubles specialists. His game was notable for its speed, power, accuracy, and aggressiveness. He is the brother of

Liang Qiu-xia Liang Qiuxia (Chinese language, Chinese: 梁秋霞 W.-G. Liang Chiu Hsia, born, Cirebon, West Java; 9 September 1950) is a former badminton player representing China, after migrating from Indonesia. She is also the sister of 6 time All-England M ...

, also a badminton player and coach. Tjun Tjun became world champion in men's doubles with Johan Wahjudi at the very first

IBF World Championships The BWF World Championships, formerly known as IBF World Championships, and also known as the World Badminton Championships, is a badminton tournament sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). The tournament is one of the most prestigious ...

held in

1977 Events January * January 8 – Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group. * January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (now the Democrati ...

. They also won 6 of the 7

All England Open Badminton Championships The All England Open Badminton Championships is the world's oldest badminton tournament, held annually in England. With the introduction of the Badminton World Federation, BWF's latest grading system, it was given BWF Super Series, Super Series st ...

held from 1974 through 1980. They were clearly the world's number one team during this period, often beating fellow countrymen

Christian Hadinata Christian Hadinata (, born 11 December 1949) is a former Chinese Indonesian badminton player. Profile Though early in his career he was a fine singles player who reached the final of the prestigious All-England Championship in 1973, Christi ...

and Ade Chandra in the finals of major events. Playing one stint at singles and regularly in doubles (first with Rudy Hartono, and later with Wahjudi) Tjun Tjun won all of his matches in three consecutive

Thomas Cup The Thomas Cup, sometimes called the World Men's Team Championships, is an international badminton competition among teams representing member nations of the Badminton World Federation (BWF), the sport's global governing body. The championships h ...

campaigns (

1973 Events January * January 1 - The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark 1973 enlargement of the European Communities, enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union. * January 15 – Vietnam War: ...

1976 Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 Phil ...

1979 Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ...

), all of which resulted in world team titles for Indonesia.Pat Davis, The ''Guinness Book of Badminton'' (Enfield, Middlesex, England: Guinness Superlatives Ltd., 1983) 125-128. He was elected to the

World Badminton Hall of Fame The Badminton Hall of Fame honors players who have shown exceptional skill at badminton, all-time great coaches and referees, and other major contributors to the game. There is also a USA Badminton Hall of Fame and a Badminton Canada's Hall of Fame ...

in 2009.

Achievements

World Championships

''Men's doubles''

Asian Games

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

Asian Championships

''Men's doubles''

Southeast Asian Games

''Men's doubles''

International Open Tournaments (13 titles, 4 runners-up)

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

Invitational tournament

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

References

Indonesian male badminton players Indonesian sportspeople of Chinese descent Living people Asian Games medalists in badminton Badminton players at the 1974 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for Indonesia Asian Games silver medalists for Indonesia Southeast Asian Games gold medalists for Indonesia Southeast Asian Games medalists in badminton 1952 births Medalists at the 1974 Asian Games Competitors at the 1977 Southeast Asian Games People from Cirebon Sportspeople from West Java {{indonesia-badminton-bio-stub