Imelda Wiguna (also known as Imelda Wigoena, , born 12 October 1951) is a former badminton player from Indonesia who played at the world class level from the mid-1970s through the mid-1980s.
Career
A doubles specialist, Wiguna's two most impressive years in badminton were 1979 and 1980.
In 1979 she won both doubles events, women's doubles with Verawaty Wiharjo and mixed doubles with Christian Hadinata, at the prestigious All-England Championships.Pat Davis, The Guinness Book of Badminton (Enfield, Middlesex, England: Guinness Superlatives Ltd., 1983) 95, 108.
The following year she reached the final of both events at the then triennial IBF World Championships in Jakarta, losing the women's doubles with Verawaty but winning the mixed doubles with Christian.Davis, 110.
Thereafter, though Wiguna continued to play at a high level, the demands of motherhood and strong competition from Chinese Mainland players made winning the biggest tournaments more difficult.
Her other titles included women's doubles at the Asian Games (1978), the Danish Open (1978), the Canadian Open (1979), and the Southeast Asian Games (1979, 1985); and mixed doubles at the Canadian Open (1979), and the Southeast Asian Games (1979, 1981, 1985).
Wiguna played in five consecutive Uber Cup (women's international team) competitions for Indonesia between 1974 and 1986.
She helped her nation to capture its first world title (over Japan) in 1975,Davis 134, 135.
and to reach the final round in 1978, 1981, and 1986.
Achievements
Women's doubles
Mixed doubles
References
Category:1951 births Category:Living people Category:Indonesian female badminton players Category:Indonesian Christians Category:Asian Games medalists in badminton Category:Badminton players at the 1974 Asian Games Category:Badminton players at the 1978 Asian Games Category:Badminton players at the 1986 Asian Games Category:World Games bronze medalists Category:Competitors at the 1981 World Games Category:Asian Games gold medalists for Indonesia Category:Asian Games silver medalists for Indonesia Category:Asian Games bronze medalists for Indonesia Category:Southeast Asian Games gold medalists for Indonesia Category:Southeast Asian Games medalists in badminton Category:Medalists at the 1974 Asian Games Category:Medalists at the 1978 Asian Games Category:Medalists at the 1986 Asian Games Category:Competitors at the 1979 Southeast Asian Games Category:
Competitors at the 1981 Southeast Asian Games Category:Competitors at the 1985 Southeast Asian Games
