SportStar: Putri KW, Perjuangan Bersama Sang Papa Yang Berakhir Bahagia

Indonesian women's singles, Putri KW. (Photo: Doc. PBSI)

JAKARTA - The name of the women's singles badminton player, Putri Kusuma Wardani, began to rise and is known in 2021. At that time she won the Czech Open 2021 tournament after defeating Malaysian badminton player, Siti Nur Suhaini.

Before his name was known to the public, the player who is familiarly called Putri KW had to go through a journey full of obstacles.

Putri is an athlete from Tangerang who has been interested in the badminton world since she was in elementary school (SD).

The beginning of his interest in the badminton world was because he was invited by his father to watch a badminton match at the GOR near his house when he was 8 years old.

"I've been with papa since I was little, since I first played too. (We) rode a rain motorbike, it was also hot with papa. My struggle was with papa," said Putri after winning the first round of the Indonesia Masters 2023, Wednesday, January 26.

Putri Kusuma Wardani raih gelar juara di Czech Open. Gelar ini ia persembahkan untuk semua pihak yang mendukung karirnya selama ini terutama untuk sang ayahanda yang berulangtahun. pic.twitter.com/attsyoi06P

— BADMINTON INDONESIA (@INABadminton) October 24, 2021

Her talent only began to be directed when she entered Junior High School (SMP) by joining small clubs until she finally joined Exist Jakarta.

With the ability to increase rapidly from time to time, Putri KW successfully entered the National Training Center at the end of 2017. In 2018, the athlete who was born on July 20, 2002, had the opportunity to join as a member of the national team competing in the 2018 Asian Junior Badminton Championships and 2018 BWF Junior.

The game at the championship event was able to bring Putri KW to win her first bronze medal. One year later, Putri won her first title in the 2019 Jakarta Junior International Series by defeating fellow Indonesian badminton athlete, Maharani Sekar Batari.

His achievements then continued to soar and showed good progress. It is proven that in 2021 he won the super 300 title at the Spain Masters and Czech Open.

Title after title was successfully organized. Two of the concerns were the first winner in the Asian Women's Team Badminton Championships at the Uber Cup in 2022 and the title at the Orleans Masters in the same year.

While at the peak of a brilliant career, a big and surprising decision was taken by Putri KW. The 20-year-old athlete announced that she qualified for the selection of female police officers (Polwan) in July 2022.

This news is of concern because with this choice, it is clear that Putri KW must focus on undergoing education. This led to him being evacuated to appear in several major agendas of other badminton tournaments.

Unleaving responsibility, Putri KW promised that during her education she would work twice as hard as she could for a career on the field. The 2022 Malaysia Masters was the last tournament that Putri KW participated in before she focused on policewomen education.

After six months spent by Putri KW undergoing Polwan education, she returned to the field. Indonesia Masters 2023 became her first place to appear as a badminton player after completing her education.

Putri KW had the opportunity to appear in the qualifying round and immediately qualified for the main round. His journey in the Super 300 tournament in the country is also quite good by qualifying for the round of 16.

Unfortunately, he failed to reach the quarter-finals.

However, with her quite brilliant achievements and fairly young age, Putri KW can still catch up with more titles.

Full Name: Putri Kusuma Wardani

Stage Name: Putri KW

Call Name: KW

Place, Birth Date: Tangerang, Banten, July 20, 2002

Citizenship: Indonesia

High: 172 cm

Hobby: Traveling

Profession: badminton player, Member of the Indonesian National Police

Education: Women's Police School