Ivana Lie Ing Hoa (; born 7 March 1960) is an Indonesian former badminton player who played at the world level from the late 1970s to the late 1980s.
Early life
She was born in Bandung, Indonesia on March 7, 1960.
She came from a poor family; her mother was a dressmaker.
She became interested in Badminton during her childhood; she won a Junior Championship in West Java in 1975.
Career
In the 1980 IBF World Championships in Jakarta she earned a silver medal in women's singles, losing the final to fellow countrywoman Verawaty Wiharjo, after defeating defending champion Lene Køppen in the semifinal.Craig Reedy, "Indonesia Take Four Titles."
World Badminton, June 1980, 10, 11.
She won singles at the Taiwan Open in 1982, the Indonesia Open and the Southeast Asian Games in 1983, and at the Chinese Taipei Masters Invitation in 1984.
She was runner-up at the 1984 World Badminton Grand Prix to China's formidable Han Aiping.
Though primarily a singles player early in her career, she eventually achieved success in the other games; winning mixed doubles at the quadrennial Asian Games (1982), the Badminton World Cup (1983), and the Indonesia (1983, 1984) and U.S. (1988) Opens, all with Christian Hadinata; and winning the Indonesia Open twice (1986, 1987), the first China Open (1986), and reaching the final of the World Badminton Grand Prix (1986) in women's doubles .
She played on four Indonesian Uber Cup (women's international) squads, three of which (1978, 1981, and 1986) finished second in this world team competition.
Attractive and popular, she became a badminton commentator after her playing career was over.
Achievements
World Championships
Women's singles
World Cup
Women's singles
Women's doubles
Mixed doubles
Asian Games
Mixed doubles
Southeast Asian Games
Women's singles
Mixed doubles
International tournaments
The World Badminton Grand Prix has been sanctioned by the International Badminton Federation from 1983 to 2006.
Women's singles
Women's doubles
Mixed doubles
Invitational tournaments
Women's doubles
References
Category:1960 births Category:Living people Category:Sportspeople from Bandung Category:Indonesian people of Chinese descent Category:Indonesian Hokkien people Category:Indonesian female badminton players Category:Badminton players at the 1978 Asian Games Category:Badminton players at the 1982 Asian Games Category:Badminton players at the 1986 Asian Games Category:Asian Games gold medalists for Indonesia Category:Asian Games silver medalists for Indonesia Category:Asian Games bronze medalists for Indonesia Category:Asian Games medalists in badminton Category:Medalists at the 1978 Asian Games Category:Medalists at the 1982 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 1983 Southeast Asian Games Category:
Competitors at the 1985 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
