Alan Budikusuma, born on 29 March 1968 as Goei Djien Phang, is an Indonesian former badminton player who excelled at the world level from the late 1980s to the mid-1990s. In 1991 he was runner-up to China's Zhao Jianhua at the IBF World Championships in Copenhagen, and in 1992 he won the Olympic men's singles gold medal at Barcelona, beating his compatriot Ardy Wiranata in the final. Together with the gold medal of his then fiancee Susi Susanti, it gave Indonesia its first Olympic gold medals, and a crowd estimated at half a million to a million people lined the streets of Jakarta to welcome them home. His singles titles include the Thailand Open, China Open, German Open, Indonesian Open, World Cup and Malaysian Open, and he was a member of the Indonesian Thomas Cup team that won in 1996. He is married to Susi Susanti, and the couple run a badminton club in North Jakarta.
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is an Indonesian former badminton player
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He won the 1992 Olympic men's singles gold medal at Barcelona
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Budikusuma was a member of world champion Indonesian Thomas Cup teams in 1996
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