Sarwendah Kusumawardhani Sukiran (born 22 August 1967) is a retired badminton player from Indonesia.
She was the women's singles champions at the 1990 World Cup and 1993 Southeast Asian Games.
Kusumawardhani was part of Indonesia winning team at the inaugural Sudirman Cup, also the women's team event of Southeast Asian Games in 1987, 1989, 1991 and 1993.
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 World Cup (1990), and the Southeast Asian Games (1993).
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 narrowly missed reaching the medal rounds after an extremely tight quarterfinal loss to the eventual silver medalist Bang Soo-hyun.
Personal life
Kusumawardhani is married to Hermawan Susanto who was one of Indonesia's and the world's leading men's singles players in the 1990s.
Her elder sister, Ratih Kumaladewi is also a former national badminton player.
Achievements
World Championships
Women's singles
World Cup
Women's singles
Southeast Asian Games
Women's singles
IBF World Grand Prix
The World Badminton Grand Prix has been sanctioned by the International Badminton Federation from 1983 to 2006.
Women's singles
Women's doubles
IBF Grand Prix tournament
IBF Grand Prix Finals tournament
References
External links
Category:1967 births Category:Living people Category:People from Madiun Category:sportspeople from East Java Category:Indonesian female badminton players Category:Badminton players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic badminton players of Indonesia Category:Badminton players at the 1986 Asian Games Category:Badminton players at the 1990 Asian Games Category:Asian Games silver medalists for Indonesia Category:Asian Games bronze medalists for Indonesia Category:Asian Games medalists in badminton Category:Medalists at the 1986 Asian Games Category:Medalists at the 1990 Asian Games Category:Competitors at the 1987 Southeast Asian Games Category:Competitors at the 1989 Southeast Asian Games Category:Competitors at the 1991 Southeast Asian Games Category:Competitors at the 1993 Southeast Asian Games Category:Southeast Asian Games gold medalists for Indonesia Category:
Southeast Asian Games silver medalists for Indonesia Category:Southeast Asian Games medalists in badminton
