Here are Some of Best Indonesian Badminton Players All the Time

VIVA – Indonesia is known as a country that consistently has the best badminton of all the time as evidenced by the list of the names of the world's great badminton players released by BWF that’s often filled by players from Indonesia.

The best Indonesian badminton players successfully get titles in prestigious tournaments to gold medals at the Olympics.

So, here are some of the best Indonesian Badminton Players all the time, such as:

1. Rudy Hartono

Rudy Hartono is known as one of the world's legendary badminton players. Rudy Hartono or usually known as "Wonder Boy"

Rudy has also been recorded in the Guinness Book of World Records for his achievements in bringing home eight All England champions and four Thomas Cup titles.

This single Indonesian badminton legend is dubbed the 'King of the Smash', he played in the late 1970s to mid-1980s.

Lim Swie King has recorded many achievements for Indonesia, including three All England titles, a gold medal in the Asian Games and the Thomas Cup.

Taufik Hidayat is one of the best badminton athletes from Indonesia. Taufik has received many awards. In 2013, Taufik Hidayat retired from badminton.

During his career, he has recorded many proud achievements. Among them were the 2004 Athens Olympic gold medals and the 2005 world champion.

Maria Kristin is one of the best badminton Indonesian players. During his career, the athlete, nicknamed the 'Queen of Rubber Game', has won a number of BWF titles and achievements.

The woman who has this allure must be willing to retire early after suffering a right knee injury, but she is always one of Indonesia's best badminton players.

Susi Susanti and her husband Alan Budikusuma won gold medals in women's singles and men's singles at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics.

Not only that, a number of world champion victories have also been achieved by Susi Susanti. She also won four titles such as All England 1990, 1991, 1993 and 1994.

Hendra Setiawan is one of Indonesia's mainstay men's doubles athletes. Hendra recorded four titles at the Badminton World Championships, namely in 2007, 2013, 2015, and 2019.

This achievement also made Hendra Setiawan listed as the men's doubles champion with the most titles at the World Championships along with two men's doubles specialist badminton players from China, Cai Yun and Fu Haifeng.

Liliyana Natsir or ‘Butet' is the favorite of Indonesian badminton lovers until now. Butet has won two Olympic medals with two different partners, her first Olympic medal was won in 2008 at the Beijing Olympics with Nova Widianto.

In January, 2019 at Istora Senayan, Liliyana Natsir officially retired from the badminton world.

The Indonesian badminton player who just retired on June 12, 2022 in a farewell entitled “Greysia Polii: Testimonial Day” has won many victories. Greysia Polii joined the Indonesian national badminton team in 2003.

Repeatedly changing partners in the women's doubles sector, Greysia always shows harmony and solidarity in playing with her partner.

Greysia Polii managed to get a gold medal with Apriyani Rahayu at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Many foreign media exposed the victory of this Indonesian representative.

Kevin Sanjaya has the nickname 'The Hand of Lightning' because his hand has high speed when playing on the court.

Athletes under PB Djarum mini have successfully won a number of victories with Marcus Gideon. They are known as 'The Minions' successfully bringing many prestigious titles.

The Minions also the world's best men's doubles pair by sitting in the BWF's ranking of 1 for 149 weeks and it’s being a record too.