Biodata And Profile Of Apriyani Rahayu Complete With Religion, Age, Social Media, To Achievement In Badminton

Apriyani Rahayu and Greysia Poli (Antara)

YOGYAKARTA Apriyani Rahayu was in the spotlight because of her achievements in badminton. He succeeded in making Indonesia proud after successfully winning a gold medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

Behind his achievements at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, there is something interesting behind the figure of Apriyani Rahayu. The VOI team will try to present information about the badminton player.

Biodata and Profile of Apriyani Rahayu

Apriyani Rahayu was born in Lawulo, Southeast Sulawesi on April 29, 1998. She was born to the couple Ameruddin and Sitti Jauhar who work as farmers. The mother herself passed away in 2015. Among the family, the youngest of these four brothers is familiarly called Ani by her family.

Quoted from several sources, Apri often fights with boys his age when he was a child. Seeing that his daughter had great energy, the father then pushed Ani, who was then three years old, to jump into badminton.

The selection of badminton is also not an unintentional thing. The reason is, at that time the sport was quite popular in Lawulo, so many children his age also followed badminton.

The following is Apriyani Rahayu's biodata

Apriyani Rahayu's Childhood

As explained earlier, Apriyani Rahayu was encouraged to pursue badminton. The father played a coach. They practice in artificial fields made in the garden behind the house. His rocket was very simple because it was only made of wood with rope strings. Apriyani only got a racket after her father was able to sell large amounts of vegetables.

Support from the mother is also one of the factors in Apriyani's success. He encouraged his daughter to continue practicing until his game developed. As a result, in 2005 Apriyani won the sub-district level badminton championship. In 2006, he also participated in the Porda at once at the national level. He won second place.

Apriyani's game turned out to be looked at a lot. In 2011 when he was 13 years old, Apri was brought to the Pelita Bakrie club in Jakarta. Although he had fallen up, Apriyani's career began to be brilliant after being paired with Greysia Polii in 2017.

Apriyani Rahayu's achievements

During his time in the badminton world, Apriyani Rahayu managed to make various achievements, both at the national and international levels.

At the world championship, he won a silver medal at the World Junior Championships in Malaysia 2014, won a bronze medal at the 2015 Junior World Championships in Peru, to win a bronze medal at the 2019 World Championships in Switzerland.

When paired with Greysia Poli, Apriyani's steps became increasingly unstoppable. He has successfully become a medal worker in various championships such as the 2017 Thailand Open Grand Prix Gold Champion, 2017 France Open Super Series Champion, 2017 Hong Kong Open Super Series Runner Up, HSBC HSBC WTS 500 2018 Runner, India Open HSBC WTS 500 2018 Champion, Thailand Open HSBC WTS 500 2018, 2018 Asian Games, 2018 BWF World Championship 2019, and Thailand Open 2021 Champion.

The proudest of Apriyani Rahayu and Greysia Poli was when they both won gold medals at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. The victory made the Red and White flag fly on the top podium in the Olympics after defeating the pair Chen Qinchen and Jia Yifan, two straight games with a score of 21-19 and 21-15 at Musashino Forest Plaza in July 2021.

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