Darmadi

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Darmadi
Personal information
Birth name Wong Pek Sen
黄培森
Country Indonesia
Born 1945 (age 78–79)
Surakarta, Central Java, Indonesia

Darmadi (born 1945; as Wong Pek Sen; Chinese: 黄培森) is an Indonesian badminton player from the 60s to 70s.

Career

Darmadi competed at the 1966 Asian Games in Bangkok, Thailand. He managed to bring home two medals; a silver in the men's singles[1] and bronze in the mixed doubles.[2] He and with the men's team also succeeded in bringing Indonesia to conquer Malaysia in the third 1969 Asian Badminton Championships in the Philippines for the first time.[3] He also played in the men's doubles with partner Ang Tjin Siang (later known as Muljadi) and won the French Open in 1966.[4] Partnered with Minarni in the mixed doubles, they won 1967 Singapore and Canada Opens.[5] Darmadi and the Indonesian men's team also succeeded in bringing Indonesia back to the winner of the 1970 Thomas Cup men's team championship after defeating Malaysia in the final.[6]

Achievements

Asian Games

Men's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
1966 Kittikachorn Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand Indonesia Ang Tjin Siang 5–3, retired Silver Silver

Mixed's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
1966 Kittikachorn Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand Indonesia Minarni Malaysia Teh Kew San
Malaysia Rosalind Singha Ang
15–3, 8–15, 6–15 Bronze Bronze

International tournaments

Men's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
1967 Malaysia Open Denmark Erland Kops 10–15, 3–15 2nd Runner-up
1968 Singapore Pesta Indonesia Rudy Hartono 15–9, 7–15, 15–10 1st Winner
1969 All England Indonesia Rudy Hartono 1–15, 3–15 2nd Runner-up

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
1966 French Open Indonesia Ang Tjin Siang 1st Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
1967 Malaysia Open Indonesia Minarni Indonesia Tan Joe Hok
Indonesia Retno Koestijah
9–15, 8–15 2nd Runner-up
1967 Singapore Open Indonesia Minarni Malaysia Ng Boon Bee
Malaysia Rosalind Singha Ang
15–4, 15–5 1st Winner
1969 Canada Open Indonesia Minarni Malaysia Ng Boon Bee
Indonesia Retno Koestijah
15–5, 17–15 1st Winner

References

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  4. Herbert Scheele, The International Badminton Federation Handbook for 1971 (Canterbury, Kent, England: J. A. Jennings Ltd., 1971) 174, 204, 225, 334.
  5. Scheele, 137, 204, 229, 230, 252, 253, 281, 282, 312, 313, 325, 334.
  6. Pat Davis, TheGuinness Book of Badminton (Enfield, Middlesex, England: Guinness Superlatives Ltd., 1983) 123 - 125.