Imelda Wiguna
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Birth name | Mustika Imelda Wiguna Kurniawan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Country | Indonesia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Slawi, Indonesia | 12 October 1951||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Imelda Wiguna (also known as Imelda Wigoena, Chinese: 黃祖金, born 12 October 1951) is a former badminton player from Indonesia who played at the world class level from the mid-1970s through the mid-1980s.
Career
A doubles specialist, Wiguna's two most impressive years in badminton were 1979 and 1980. In 1979 she won both doubles events, women's doubles with Verawaty Wiharjo and mixed doubles with Christian Hadinata, at the prestigious All-England Championships.[1] The following year she reached the final of both events at the then triennial IBF World Championships in Jakarta, losing the women's doubles with Verawaty but winning the mixed doubles with Christian.[2] Thereafter, though Wiguna continued to play at a high level, the demands of motherhood and strong competition from Chinese Mainland players made winning the biggest tournaments more difficult. Her other titles included women's doubles at the Asian Games (1978), the Danish Open (1978), the Canadian Open (1979), and the Southeast Asian Games (1979, 1985); and mixed doubles at the Canadian Open (1979), and the Southeast Asian Games (1979, 1981, 1985).
Wiguna played in five consecutive Uber Cup (women's international team) competitions for Indonesia between 1974 and 1986. She helped her nation to capture its first world title (over Japan) in 1975,[3] and to reach the final round in 1978, 1981, and 1986.
Achievements
Women's doubles
Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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1975 | All England | Theresia Widiastuti | Machiko Aizawa Etsuko Takenaka |
15–12, 12–15, 9–15 | Runner-up |
1975 | Denmark Open | Theresia Widiastuti | Lene Køppen Inge Borgstrøm |
3–15, 15–3, 15–10 | Champion |
1978 | Denmark Open | Verawaty Fadjrin | Emiko Ueno Yoshiko Yonekura |
15–8, 8–15, 15–4 | Champion |
1979 | All England | Verawaty Fadjrin | Atsuko Tokuda Mikiko Takada |
15–3, 10–15, 15–5 | Champion |
1979 | Badminton World Cup | Verawaty Fadjrin | Emiko Ueno Yoshiko Yonekura |
3–15, 7–15 | Runner-up |
1979 | Canadian Open | Verawaty Fadjrin | Mikiko Takada Atsuko Tokuda |
7–15, 15–12, 15–7 | Champion |
1980 | BWF World Championships | Verawaty Fadjrin | Nora Perry Jane Webster |
15–12, 15–3 | Runner-up |
1985 | Thailand Open | Rosiana Tendean | Guan Weizhen Wu Jianqiu |
2–15, 0–15 | Runner-up |
1986 | Indonesia Open | Rosiana Tendean | Ivana Lie Verawaty Fadjrin |
15–17, 2–15 | Runner-up |
1986 | Badminton World Cup | Rosiana Tendean | Li Lingwei Han Aiping |
7–15, 7–15 | Runner-up |
Mix's doubles
Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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1979 | All England | Christian Hadinata | Mike Tredgett Nora Perry |
15–1, 18–17 | Champion |
1979 | Canadian Open | Christian Hadinata | Ade Chandra Verawaty Wiharjo |
15–6, 15–1 | Champion |
1980 | All England | Christian Hadinata | Mike Tredgett Nora Perry |
13–18, 10–15 | Runner-up |
1980 | BWF World Championships | Christian Hadinata | Mike Tredgett Nora Perry |
15–12, 15–4 | Champion |
1981 | All England | Christian Hadinata | Mike Tredgett Nora Perry |
15–10, 14–18, 10–15 | Runner-up |
1981 | Denmark Open | Christian Hadinata | Mike Tredgett Nora Perry |
2–15, 2–15 | Runner-up |
1984 | Denmark Open | Billy Gilliland | Mike Tredgett Nora Perry |
ret | Runner-up |
References
- 1951 births
- Living people
- Indonesian female badminton players
- Indonesian Christians
- Asian Games medalists in badminton
- Badminton players at the 1974 Asian Games
- Badminton players at the 1978 Asian Games
- Badminton players at the 1986 Asian Games
- World Games bronze medalists
- Competitors at the 1981 World Games
- Asian Games gold medalists for Indonesia
- Asian Games silver medalists for Indonesia
- Asian Games bronze medalists for Indonesia
- Southeast Asian Games gold medalists for Indonesia
- Southeast Asian Games medalists in badminton
- Medalists at the 1974 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 1978 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 1986 Asian Games
- Competitors at the 1979 Southeast Asian Games
- Competitors at the 1981 Southeast Asian Games
- Competitors at the 1985 Southeast Asian Games
- Indonesian badminton biography stubs