Tontowi Ahmad Hanging Racket, This Is A Record Of His Performance

Tantowi ahmad (instagram @tantowiahmad_)

JAKARTA - Indonesia's mainstay mixed doubles player, Tontowi Ahmad, declared himself hanging racket. Owi, his nickname, conveyed his farewell through his official social media account @tontowiahmad_ on Monday, May 18.

Throughout his career in badminton and changing partners in the field, Owi has collected many titles.

Reporting from various sources, starting his career at PB Djarum Kudus in 2005, it didn't take long for Owi to record a champion title at the professional level. In 2007, he won the Thailand International, Indonesia International, and Vietnam Open while partnering with Yulianti.

With Shendy, Tontowi won the Vietnam Open 2008 after defeating Singaporean pair Riky Widianto / Vanessa Neo Yu Yan.

In 2009, Tontowi secured a title at the BWF International tournament in Vietnam when paired with Richi.

His best progress occurred when the athlete from Banyumas, Central Java, was paired with Liliyana Natsir or Butet from a decade ago to 2019. Owi / Butet won the 2011 SEA Games gold medal and won a bronze medal at the BWF World Championship.

Owi and Butet bagged two gold medals at the BWF World Championships, namely in 2013 (Guangzhou, China) and 2017 (Glasgow, Scotland).

Apart from scoring a brilliant record at the BWF event, Tontowi was also in the spotlight when he won the gold medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics. They won the mixed doubles after defeating the Malaysian pair Chan Peng Soon / Goh Liu Ying in the final with a score of 21-14, 21. -12.

Tontowi also recorded a hat-trick for the All England Open title, in 2012-2014. In addition, Tontowi also won the 2015 Asian Championship.

Meanwhile, for the BWF Super Series level, Owi won the Indonesia Open 2017, Hong Kong Open 2016, Singapore Open 2011 and 2013-2014, French Open 2014 and 2017, to India Open 2011-2013.

At the BWF Grand Prix level, including Macau Open 2010-2012, Indonesian Masters 2010, 2012 and 2015, Malaysia Masters 2011, to Swiss Open 2012.

The last tournament he participated in was the Indonesia Masters 2020. At that time, Owi, who was paired with Apriyani, had to stop in the second round after being defeated by Chris / Gabrielle Adcock from England.