Sarwendah Kusumawardhani

Sarwendah Kusumawardhani
Personal information
Birth name	Sarwendah Kusumawardhani Sukiran
Country	Indonesia
Born	22 August 1967 Malang, Indonesia
Handedness	Right
Women's singles

Olympic medal record
World Championships
	1991 Copenhagen	Women's Singles
	1989 Jakarta	Women's Singles
Badminton World Cup
	1990 Jakarta	Women's Singles
	1991 Macau	Women's Singles
Southeast Asian Games
	1993 Singapore	Women's Singles
	1989 Malaysia	Women's Singles
	1991 Philippines	Women's Singles
Sudirman Cup
	1989 Jakarta	Team
	1991 Copenhagen	Team
	1993 Birmingham	Team

Sarwendah Kusumawardhani Sukiran (born August 22, 1967)^[1] is a retired female badminton player from Indonesia.

Career

Kusumawardhani rated among the world's leading singles players in the late 1980s and early 1990s, though she was somewhat overshadowed by her younger Indonesian teammate, Susi Susanti. Her titles included the Dutch Open (1987, 1991, 1992), the Swiss Open (1990, 1991), the Malaysia Open (1991), the Badminton World Cup (1990), and the Southeast Asian Games (1991). Kusumawardhani came close in badminton's three most prestigious tournaments for individual players. She was a bronze medalist at the 1989 IBF World Championships and a silver medalist to China's Tang Jiuhong at the tournament's next edition in 1991. She was also runner-up at the venerable All-England Championships in 1991, this time to Susanti. At the 1992 Barcelona Olympics won by Susanti, Kusumawardhani missed reaching the medal rounds by the narrowest of margins, losing in the quarterfinals.^[2] She is married to Hermawan Susanto who was one of Indonesia's and the world's leading men's singles players in the 1990s.

IBF/BWF Word Championships

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
1991	Istora Senayan, Copenhagen, Denmark	Tang Jiuhong	6-11, 1-11	Silver
1989	Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia	Huang Hua	11-8, 7-11, 2-11	Bronze

Open Tournaments

Year	Tournament	Opponent in the Final	Score	Result
1992	German Open	Susi Susanti	7-11, 12-10, 8-11	Runner-up
1992	Indonesia Open	Ye Zhaoying	7-11, 6-11	Runner-up
1992	Dutch Open	Lim Xiaoqing	11-4, 11-8	Winner
1991	China Open	Huang Hua	12-11, 6-11, 2-11	Runner-up
1991	Dutch Open	Eline Coene	11-3, 11-3	Winner
1991	Malaysia Open	Tang Jiuhong	12-11, 11-1	Winner
1991	All England Open	Susi Susanti	0-11, 11-21, 6-11	Runner-up
1987	Dutch Open	Eline Coene	12-11, 12-11	Winner

References

1. "Sarwendah Kusumawardhani". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2010-07-03.
2. "Badminton at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Women's Singles". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2010-07-03.