Profile Of Jonatan Christie, 2024 All England Champion

Jonatan Christie won the All England 2024 (doc. PBSI).

JAKARTA Jonathan Christie is one of Indonesia's mainstay badminton players in the men's singles sector. He has made the name Red and White proud in many prestigious events.

The badminton player whose full name is Leonardus Jonatan Christie is the result of coaching from the club PB Tangkas Specs, Jakarta. In his career journey, he has contributed many titles for Indonesia.

He won the latest successful title is All England 2024 on Sunday, March 17, 2024. It is the oldest tournament in the world and the most prestigious with a Super 1000 BWF level.

In the final of the championship, Jonathan defeated Anthony Sinisuka Ginting, who is a compatriot and friend at the PBSI Cipayung national training camp (Pelatnas), East Jakarta.

The title ended the Indonesian men's singles title drought at All England which lasted 30 years. Hariyanto Arbi won the last title before that in 1994.

Jonathan started his focus on badminton since he was six years old. He became familiar and loved this sport after his father introduced him.

His achievements began to appear five years after that, namely in 2008. He began to collect various trophies at the level of the capital city of Jakarta and internationally. One of them is the gold medal at the Southeast Asian Elementary School Student Olympic in Jakarta.

This achievement made Jonathan known to many people. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in 2009 even gave him an important Satya Lencana award thanks to a graph of achievements that continued to rise.

At a young age, Jonathan also made achievements by becoming the champion of the U-15 Asian Junior in Japan in 2010.

In 2012, Jonathan was also called into the PBSI National Training Center. He got the ticket after successfully stepping into the National Championships semifinals which took place in Solo, Central Java.

Then, at the age of 15, Jonathan sharpened his sweet record by winning his first senior international title in the 2013 Indonesia International Challenge tournament.

Jonathan later became one of Indonesia's mainstays at the SEA Games. In the multi- Southeast Asian event, he also helped the men's team get the 2017 SEA Games gold medal.

One of the peaks of his biggest achievement after that was to win the 2018 Asian Games men's singles gold medal, which took place in Jakarta and Palembang.

At that time, apart from being in the individual number, Jonathan also contributed to the team team. In this number, he succeeded in helping the Indonesian team bring home a silver medal.

In addition, Jonathan was also included in the men's team that won the 2020 Thomas Cup in Aarhus, Denmark, in 2021. It was a title that ended Indonesia's wait for a maximum of 19 years.

Jonatan Christie Statistics

Win: 305 Loses: 153 Highest Ranks: 2 (January 31, 2023) Current Rates: 5 (19 March 2024)

Title

Sudirman Cup

Bronze - 2015 Dongguan (Mixed Team) Bronze - 2019 Nanning (Mixed Team)

Thomas Cup

Silver - 2016 Kunshan (Men's Team) Bronze - 2018 Bangkok (Men's Team) Gold - 2020 Aarhus (Men's Team) Perak - 2022 Bangkok (Men's Team)

Asian Games

Gold - 2018 Jakarta-Palembang (Men's Singles) Silver - 2018 Jakarta-Palembang (Men's Team)

Asian Badminton Team Championships

Gold - 2016 Hyderabad (Men's Team) Gold - 2018 Alor Setar (Men's Team) Gold - 2020 Manila (Men's Team)

SEA Games

Gold - 2015 Singapore (Men's Team) Gold - 2017 Kuala Lumpur (Men's Team) Gold - 2017 Kuala Lumpur (Men's Singles) Gold - 2019 Manila (Men's Team)

BWF Junior World Championship

Silver - 2013 Bangkok (Mixed Team) Silver - 2014 Alor Setar (Mixed Team)