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Susi Susanti was born in 1971 in Indonesia and is considered the country's first Olympic gold medalist in badminton. She began playing badminton as a child with the full support of her father, who was also a player. Susi trained extensively and had success winning junior championships. She went on to have an illustrious career winning numerous international titles including Olympic gold in 1992 and bronze in 1996 as well as being inducted into the Badminton World Federation Hall of Fame. Susi married fellow Olympic gold medalist Alan Budikusuma in 1997 and they have three children together.

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Susi Susanti

Susi Susanti was born in 1971 in Indonesia and is considered the country's first Olympic gold medalist in badminton. She began playing badminton as a child with the full support of her father, who was also a player. Susi trained extensively and had success winning junior championships. She went on to have an illustrious career winning numerous international titles including Olympic gold in 1992 and bronze in 1996 as well as being inducted into the Badminton World Federation Hall of Fame. Susi married fellow Olympic gold medalist Alan Budikusuma in 1997 and they have three children together.

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SUSI SUSANTI

Lucia Francisca Susy Susanti HaditonoSusi Susanti was born in Tasikmalaya,


West Java on February 11, 1971. She is a badminton player from Indonesia of
Chinese descent. He is Indonesia's first gold medalist at the Olympics.
Since childhood, Susi has practiced badminton. Full support from parents
makes his ability to play badminton develop well. His father is a badminton
athlete who dreams of becoming a world champion. But his father's dream had to
run aground because he suffered a knee injury when he was young. It was this
dream that failed to be passed on to Susi. Susi is trained every day by her father,
not just hitting practice, but also details such as footwork, stamina, and so on.
Susi trained at her uncle's club, PB Tunas Tasikmalaya, for seven years and
won a junior championship. In 1985, Susi, who was still in junior high school,
decided to expand her career in the world of badminton by moving to Jakarta. At
that time he was asked to join by two big Indonesian clubs, PB Jaya Raya and PB
Djarum. However, due to consideration of having relatives in Jakarta, Susi finally
chose to join Jaya Raya.
Susi has been involved in badminton since 1980. In 1985, she joined the PB
Jaya Raya club, under coach Liang Ciu Sia.
Susi won the women's singles gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in
Barcelona, Spain and a bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta,
United States. Susi was the most dominant female singles player in the first
round.
Susi also won the All England Open in 1990, 1991, 1993 and 1994, the
World Badminton Grand Prix Finals five times in a row from 1990 to 1994 as well
as in 1996, and the IBF World Championships in 1993. She is the only female
player who holds the singles Olympic, World Championship, and All-England titles
simultaneously. He won the Japan Open three times and the Indonesian Open five
times. He also won many Badminton Grand Prix series and five Badminton World
Cups.
She also led the Indonesian team to victory over reigning champions China
in the 1994 and 1996 Uber Cup competitions. All of this occurred during a
relatively strong period in women's international badminton. His main
competitors in his early prime years were Chinese players Tang Jiuhong and
Huang Hua, and, later, Chinese Ye Zhaoying and Bang Soo-hyun.
Susi Susanti was inducted into the Badminton World Federation Hall of
Fame (IBF, currently BWF) in May 2004, and received the Herbert Scheele Trophy
in 2002.
Susi Susanti married Alan Budikusuma in 1997 after dating for 9 years. This
pair was also nicknamed the "Olympic Gold Couple" because both of them won
Olympic gold for Indonesia at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics.
The couple Alan and Susi have 3 children named Laurencia Averina (1999),
Albertus Edward (2000), and Sebastianus Frederick (2003).

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