Pioneered By Alan Budi Kusuma And Susy Susanti, Greysia/Apriyani Completes The Triumph Of Indonesian Badminton At The Olympics

Greysia/Apriyani (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - The victory of Greysia Polii/Apriyani Rahayu over the Chinese pair Chen Qing Chen/Jia Yi Fan made Indonesia successfully carve a gold record in all badminton events at the Olympics.

Greysia/Apriyani completes the list of Indonesian gold medalists for the women's doubles sector, after the men's singles, women's singles, men's doubles and mixed doubles sectors have won gold medals in previous Olympics.

Launching Antara, Indonesia's gold medal in the Olympics was pioneered by the men's singles and women's singles through Alan Budi Kusuma and Susy Susanti at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, when badminton was officially competed for the first time at the Olympics.

The men's singles sector then repeated its glory through Taufik Hidayat who won the gold medal in Athens in 2004.

Men's doubles sector successfully won three gold medals. It started with Ricky Subagja/Rexy Mainaki at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.

The men's doubles gold trend continued four years later. Tony Gunawan/Candra Wijaya became the best at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.

The last gold in the men's doubles was presented by Hendra Setiawan/Markis Kido. They won it at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

In the mixed doubles sector, Indonesia won a gold medal through the pair Tontowi Ahmad/Lilyana Natsir at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics.

The following is a list of Indonesian badminton athletes who won gold medals at the Olympics.

Men's Singles:

Alan Budikusuma (Barcelona 1992)

Taufik Hidayat (Athens 2004)

Women's Singles:

Susy Susanti (Barcelona 1992)

Men's Doubles:

Ricky Subagja/Rexy Mainaki (Atlanta 1996)

Tony Gunawan/Candra Wijaya (Sidney 2000)

Hendra Setiawan/Markis Kido (Beijing 2008)

Mixed Doubles:

Lilyana Natsir/Tontowi Ahmad (Rio de Janeiro 2016)

Women's Doubles

Greysia Polii/Apriyani Rahayu (Tokyo 2021)