Yohan Hadikusumo Wiratama

Yohan Hadikusumo Wiratama (Chinese: 魏仁君; pinyin: Wèi Rénjūn; born 6 April 1977) is a badminton player from Indonesia. He is a younger brother of Olympic gold medalist from Indonesia, Alan Budikusuma. He moved to Hong Kong due to tight competition in Indonesia. In Hong Kong, he partnered with another Indonesian who moved to Hong Kong, Albertus Susanto Njoto, in men's doubles.^[2]

Yohan Hadikusumo Wiratama
Personal information
Birth name	魏仁君
Country	Hong Kong
Born	(1977-04-06) 6 April 1977 (age 47)
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	76 kg (168 lb)
Handedness	Right
Men singles, doubles, & mixed doubles
Highest ranking	9 (MS), 7 (MD), 8 (XD)[1]
Medal record Men's badminton Representing  Hong Kong East Asian Games 2009 Hong Kong Mixed doubles Representing  Indonesia Southeast Asian Games 1999 Bandar Seri Begawan Men's team
BWF profile

Career

Wiratama came from the Djarum Kudus badminton club, and in 2002, he started to represent Hong Kong.^[3][4] He competed at the 2006 and 2010 Asian Games.^[5] He was the mixed doubles bronze medallist at the 2009 East Asian Games.^[6]

In Men's Single Yohan Hadikusumo won gold medal in Indonesian games in 2000, also defeated 2 olympics gold medalist, 1st defeated Ji Xinpeng from China at Singapore Open 2001, 2nd defeated Taufik Hidayat from Indonesia at Hongkong open 2003,

In Men's Doubles Yohan paired Albertus Susanto Njoto defeated another Olympic gold medalist in men's doubles Cai Yun and Fu Hai Feng from China at All England 2008.

Wiratama played at the 2007 BWF World Championships in men's doubles with Albertus Susanto Njoto. They were seeded #12 Yohan Hadikusumo Wiratama is the current world record holder for the most head shots in a badminton game. his record is 15 head shots in one single game. In 2017, Wiratama who was 40 years old, plays for Australia and won the men's doubles title at the Sydney International tournament with Albertus Susanto Njoto.^[7]

Achievements

East Asian Games

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2009	Queen Elizabeth Stadium, Hong Kong	Chau Hoi Wah	Zhang Nan Ma Jin	14–21, 16–21	Bronze

BWF Grand Prix (3 titles, 5 runners-up)

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

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2006	Philippines Open	Albert Susanto Njoto	Hendra Aprida Gunawan Joko Riyadi	18–21, 21–12, 21–19	Winner
2007	New Zealand Open	Albert Susanto Njoto	Chan Chong Ming Hoon Thien How	14–21, 22–20, 11–21	Runner-up
2009	Chinese Taipei Open	Wong Wai Hong	Chen Hung-ling Lin Yu-lang	21–14, 12–21, 19–21	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2008	Macau Open	Chau Hoi Wah	Xu Chen Zhao Yunlei	15–21, 16–21	Runner-up
2009	Australian Open	Chau Hoi Wah	Henry Tam Donna Haliday	21–11, 21–5	Winner
2009	New Zealand Open	Chau Hoi Wah	Fran Kurniawan Pia Zebadiah Bernadet	13–21, 19–21	Runner-up
2010	German Open	Tse Ying Suet	Robert Blair Imogen Bankier	15–5 retired	Winner
2010	Vietnam Open	Tse Ying Suet	He Hanbin Ma Jin	18–21, 11–21	Runner-up

  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series/Satellite (2 titles, 4 runners-up)

Men's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2003	Western Australia International	Ng Wei	7–15, 12–15	Runner-up

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2003	Western Australia International	Yau Tsz Yuk	Hendri Kurniawan Saputra Denny Setiawan	8–15, 9–15	Runner-up
2006	Vietnam Satellite	Albertus Susanto Njoto	Patapol Ngernsrisuk Sudket Prapakamol	16–21, 11–21	Runner-up
2010	Polish International	Wong Wai Hong	Vladimir Ivanov Ivan Sozonov	17–21, 21–14, 14–21	Runner-up
2017	Sydney International	Albertus Susanto Njoto	Chuang Pu-sheng Lin Yu-chieh	21–14, 21–6	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2010	Singapore International	Tse Ying Suet	Lee Jae-jin Yim Jae-eun	21–13, 21–19	Winner

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series/ Satellite tournament

References

1. "Yohan Hadikusumo WIRATAMA". tournamentsoftware.com. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
2. "Menunggu Prestasi Vertikal Keluarga Bulutangkis". bulutangkis.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 13 September 2015.
3. "RI Badminton League struggling to prepare for February launch". The Jakarta Post. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
4. "印尼名将魏仁芳之弟披上中国香港队战袍" (in Chinese). Wayback Machine. Archived from the original on 6 September 2014. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
5. "The 15th Asian Games Thomas-Kumar in quarterfinal of men's badminton". Portal Bulutangkis Indonesia. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
6. "Medallists - Badminton". Sports Federation & Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
7. "Sydney Int'l – 11-year wait for 2nd title". Badzine.net. Retrieved 21 September 2017.

External links

• BWF Player Profile