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Susi Susanti

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Susi Susanti is a retired Indonesian badminton player and the inaugural Olympic women's singles badminton champion, winning gold at the 1992 Barcelona Games as the first Indonesian Olympic gold medalist. Known for her defensive prowess and elegant technique, she also won the 1993 World Championship, four All England Open titles, and five World Cups, becoming the only woman to simultaneously hold the Olympic, World Championship, and All-England singles titles. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Birth Year
1971 1
Career Highlight
Won the inaugural Olympic women's badminton gold medal at the 1992 Barcelona Games, the first Indonesian Olympic gold medalist, and the 1993 World Championship. 1
Classification
Competition Category
Individual 1
Connections

Competed In

1992 Summer Olympics, Competitions
Source Wikipedia, Susi Susanti
Olympic Games, Competitions
Source Wikipedia, Susi Susanti

Long-Form Articles

Barcelona 1992: how one badminton program gave Indonesia its first Olympic gold, Articles

Plays

Badminton, Sports
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Nationality

Indonesia

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Source Wikidata: Susi Susanti
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1. Wikipedia, Susi Susanti
Wikipedia
  • Lead section, Susi Susanti
    She was the inaugural Olympic women's badminton champion and the first Indonesian Olympic gold medalist.
  • Lead section, Susi Susanti (birth year)
    She was the inaugural Olympic women's badminton champion and the first Indonesian Olympic gold medalist.
  • Lead section, Susi Susanti (achievement)
    She was the inaugural Olympic women's badminton champion and the first Indonesian Olympic gold medalist.
  • Wikipedia or cited reference, description lead (competition-category)
    Relatively small of stature, she combined quick and graceful movement with elegant shotmaking technique, and is regarded by many as one of the greatest women's singles players of all time. She was the inaugural Olympic women's badminton champion and the first Indonesian Olympic gold medalist. Susanti won the women's singles gold medal at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, Spain and the bronze medal at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, United States.
  • Competed In: Olympic Games, Lead or career section
    Susanti won the women's singles gold medal at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, Spain and the bronze medal at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, United States.
  • Competed In: 1992 Summer Olympics, Lead or career section
    She retired from the world badminton circuit not long after her marriage, in February 1997, to Alan Budikusuma, who had also won a badminton singles gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics.
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