Halim Haryanto

Halim Haryanto Ho (born September 23, 1976) is an Indonesian-born American former badminton player. He is a former world champion along with his doubles partner Tony Gunawan. Haryanto immigrated to the United States in 2004 to pursue a coaching career. He now resides in San Diego, California, coaching in San Diego and representing the United States as a badminton player of Team USA.

Halim Haryanto Ho
Personal information
Country	United States
Born	(1976-09-23) September 23, 1976 (age 48) Bandung, West Java, Indonesia
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	75 kg (167 lb ; 11.9 st)
Handedness	Right
Coach	Christian Hadinata Herry Iman Pierngadi
Event	Men's doubles
Medal record Men's badminton Representing  United States Pan American Games 2011 Guadalajara Men's doubles 2011 Guadalajara Mixed doubles Representing  Indonesia World Championships 2001 Seville Men's doubles Thomas Cup 2002 Guangzhou Men's team Asian Games 2002 Busan Men's team 2002 Busan Men's doubles Asian Championships 2004 Kuala Lumpur Men's doubles 2002 Bangkok Men's doubles 1998 Bangkok Men's doubles Southeast Asian Games 1999 Bandar Seri Begawan Men's team
BWF profile

Personal life

Halim Haryanto Ho was born in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia on September 23, 1976 to Hadimulya Ho and Ana Wun. Haryanto began playing badminton at the age of 8. He graduated from West Java, Indonesia High School in 1994 and joined the Indonesia National Badminton Team in 1995, specializing as a men's doubles player. He is currently married to Jeanny N. Ho, whose father is Hariamanto Kartono, silver medalist at the 1980 IBF World Championships and gold medalist of the All England, Indonesian Open, and Thomas Cup. Together they have two daughters, Gabriella Ho and Graciella Ho. Amongst his hobbies are basketball, swimming, watching James Bond movies, and That '70s Show. He also became a certified massage therapist in 2006.^[1] After living in the United States for seven years, Haryanto gained his U.S. Citizenship on August 19, 2011.^[2]

Career

From 1995 to 2004 Haryanto played for the Indonesia National Badminton Team with various partners before immigrating to the U.S. in fall of 2004 to pursue a career as a badminton coach. In those 9 years he played for Indonesia, he enjoyed his most success with fellow countryman and now U.S. citizen, Tony Gunawan. He won his first ever gold medals at the 1998 Malaysia Open and Brunei Open in men's doubles with Tony Gunawan. That year he was also the bronze medalists at the Badminton Asia Championships. In 2001 he won the bi-annual International Badminton Federation World Championship as well as the 2001 All England Championship in men's doubles with Tony Gunawan. They also won the 2001 Singapore Open that year as well. The Singapore Open would be the last international badminton tournament that Haryanto and Gunawan would compete in together under the PBSI.

2002–2004

After the Singapore Open, Haryanto was paired up with Tri Kusharjanto as a part of the Indonesian 2002 Thomas Cup team. They eventually won the 2002, winning their final round match against Malaysia in men's doubles. Near the end 2002 Haryanto began coaching the Indonesian Junior National Badminton team at the SGS Badminton Club in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia. In 2003 Haryanto was paired up with Candra Wijaya, Olympic gold medalist at the 2000 Summer Olympics in men's doubles with Haryanto's previous partner, Tony Gunawan. Their short-lived partnership won them the Copenhagen Masters in 2003 before Haryanto resigned from the Indonesia National Badminton Team and moved to the United States in October 2004.^[1]

2004–present

After moving to the United States he procured a job as a badminton coach at Bay Badminton Center in Burlingame, California, while maintaining international presence. In 2005 Haryanto paired up with his former partner, Tony Gunawan (who moved to the United States as well), and won the 2005 Chinese Taipei Open, 2005 Bitburger Open, and the U.S. Open later in 2006.^[1] Since then, Haryanto has competed in and several won national level titles including the international level U.S. Open as a representative of the United States. Haryanto is also a legendary coach, achieving Level 4 Certified High Performance Coach of USA Badminton, the highest coaching status in the United States. He was also a part of the 2011 United States Pan American Games Badminton Team that competed at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico.^[1] He is currently coaching badminton for young ages in San Diego, California and pursuing other careers as a medical laboratory technician.

Achievements

World Championships

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2001	Palacio de Deportes de San Pablo, Seville, Spain	Tony Gunawan	Ha Tae-kwon Kim Dong-moon	15–0, 15–13	Gold

Pan American Games

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2011	Multipurpose Gymnasium, Guadalajara, Mexico	Sattawat Pongnairat	Howard Bach Tony Gunawan	10–21, 14–21	Silver

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2011	Multipurpose Gymnasium, Guadalajara, Mexico	Eva Lee	Toby Ng Grace Gao	13–21, 21–9, 17–21	Silver

Asian Games

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2002	Gangseo Gymnasium, Busan, South Korea	Tri Kusharjanto	Pramote Teerawiwatana Tesana Panvisvas	15–17, 8–15	Bronze

Asian Championships

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1998	Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand	Tony Gunawan	Kang Kyung-jin Ha Tae-kwon	15–6, 8–15, 12–15	Bronze
2002	Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand	Tri Kusharjanto	Ha Tae-kwon Kim Dong-moon	6–15, 12–15	Bronze
2004	Kuala Lumpur Badminton Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Candra Wijaya	Sigit Budiarto Tri Kusharjanto	13–15, 5–15	Silver

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017. The World Badminton Grand Prix was sanctioned by the International Badminton Federation from 1983 to 2006.

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1995	Brunei Open	Davis Efraim	Cun Cun Haryono Ade Lukas	8–15, 15–11, 6–15	Runner-up
1995	Sydney Open	Davis Efraim	Cun Cun Haryono Ade Lukas	14–18, 15–3, 15–10	Winner
1996	Brunei Open	Davis Efraim	Cun Cun Haryono Ade Lukas	15–8, 4–15, 4–15	Runner-up
1996	Indonesia Open	Davis Efraim	Antonius Ariantho Denny Kantono	3–15, 10–15	Runner-up
1998	Malaysia Open	Tony Gunawan	Liu Yong Yu Jinhao	6–15, 15–5, 15–11	Winner
1998	Brunei Open	Tony Gunawan	Michael Søgaard Denny Kantono	15–2, 15–8	Winner
1998	World Grand Prix Finals	Tony Gunawan	Antonius Ariantho Denny Kantono	11–15, 15–5, 11–15	Runner-up
1999	Hong Kong Open	Sigit Budiarto	Cheah Soon Kit Yap Kim Hock	12–15, 12–15	Runner-up
2000	Thailand Open	Sigit Budiarto	Zhang Jun Zhang Wei	5–15, 10–15	Runner-up
2000	Dutch Open	Sigit Budiarto	Jim Laugesen Michael Søgaard	15–11, 15–4	Winner
2000	World Grand Prix Finals	Sigit Budiarto	Tony Gunawan Candra Wijaya	5–7, 6–8, 2–7	Runner-up
2001	All England Open	Tony Gunawan	Sigit Budiarto Candra Wijaya	15–13, 7–15, 15–7	Winner
2001	Malaysia Open	Tony Gunawan	Sigit Budiarto Candra Wijaya	4–7, 7–4, 2–7, 7–2, 5–7	Runner-up
2001	Indonesia Open	Tony Gunawan	Sigit Budiarto Candra Wijaya	2–7, 3–7, 5–7	Runner-up
2001	Singapore Open	Tony Gunawan	Sigit Budiarto Candra Wijaya	5–7, 7–3, 7–2, 7–0	Winner
2003	Denmark Open	Candra Wijaya	Ha Tae-kwon Kim Dong-moon	17–16, 6–15, 8–15	Runner-up
2005	Bitburger Open	Tony Gunawan	Mike Beres William Milroy	15–3, 15–6	Winner
2005	Chinese Taipei Open	Tony Gunawan	Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen	15–13, 15–13	Winner
2006	U.S. Open	Tony Gunawan	Vitalij Durkin Aleksandr Nikolaenko	21–10, 21–19	Winner
2008	U.S. Open	Raju Rai	Howard Bach Khan Malaythong	14–21, 19–21	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1995	Sydney Open	Indarti Issolina	Peter Blackburn Rhonda Cator	17–14, 15–3	Winner
2008	U.S. Open	Peng Yun	Mike Beres Valerie Loker	21–13, 21–16	Winner

  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

  BWF & IBF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series/Satellite

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1997	French International	Davis Efraim	Tony Gunawan Victo Wibowo	10–15, 8–15	Runner-up
1997	Indonesia International	Davis Efraim	Eng Hian Hermono Yuwono	15–5, 15–5	Winner
2009	Santo Domingo Open	Phillip Chew	Kevin Cordón Rodolfo Ramírez	23–21, 15–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2009	Puerto Rico International	Phillip Chew	Kevin Cordón Rodolfo Ramírez	19–21, 21–13, 16–21	Runner-up
2010	Canadian International	Phillip Chew	Ruud Bosch Koen Ridder	13–21, 10–21	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2010	Brazil International	Eva Lee	Hock Lai Lee Priscilla Lun	21–11, 22–20	Winner
2011	Peru International	Eva Lee	Toby Ng Grace Gao	11–21, 21–14, 15–21	Runner-up
2011	Brazil International	Eva Lee	Glenn Warfe Leanne Choo	21–11, 21–15	Winner
2013	USA International	Hong Jingyu	Toby Ng Michelle Li	16–21, 15–21	Runner-up

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series/ Satellite tournament

Invitation tournament

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2000	Copenhagen Masters	Tony Gunawan	Flandy Limpele Eng Hian	7–8, 7–5, 4–7, 7–5, 5–7	Runner-up
2003	Copenhagen Masters	Candra Wijaya	Lars Paaske Jonas Rasmussen	15–11, 15–4	Winner

References

1. "Haryanto Ho". Profile. Archived from the original on April 25, 2012. Retrieved February 5, 2013.
2. "3 Talented Badminton Players Become US Citizens". Web Article. BirdieEvents. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved February 5, 2013.

External links

• BWF Player Profile