Candra Wijaya
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| Country |  Indonesia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 16 September 1975 Cirebon, Indonesia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 67 kg (148 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Handedness | Right | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Highest ranking | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Candra Wijaya (Chinese: 陳甲亮, born 16 September 1975 in Cirebon, West Java) is a male Chinese Indonesian badminton player.
Career
Wijaya is a doubles specialist. He has been rated among the best men's doubles players in the world for over a decade. Noted for his ability in all phases of the doubles game, he has reached the final of the BWF World Championships three times with countryman Sigit Budiarto. They won the 1997 edition in Glasgow, Scotland and finished second in 2003 and 2005. With Tony Gunawan he captured the men's doubles gold medal at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney. Though Budiarto has been his most frequent partner, Wijaya has won top tier men's doubles events (and a mixed doubles event or two) with a variety of players, recently renewing an earlier partnership with Gunawan. Wijaya was a member of the world champion Indonesia Thomas Cup (men's international) teams of 1998, 2000, and 2002.
In 2007 he joined the Japanese club owned by Tonami.[1]
Personal life
When he was young, he joined the Jaya Raya Jakarta badminton club. His parent's names are Hendra Wijaya (father) and Indranita (mother). His hobby is listening music. Normally people called him Candra.
Participation at Indonesian Team
- 6 times at Sudirman Cup (1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007)
- 6 times at Thomas Cup (1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008)
Men's Doubles
| Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2000 | Brunei | Tony Gunawan
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Halim Haryanto Sigit Budiarto
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7–5, 8–6, 7–2 |  Gold
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| 1999 | Brunei | Tony Gunawan
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 Ha Tae-kwon Kim Dong-moon
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15–7, 8–15, 15–11 | Gold
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| 1997 | Indonesia | Sigit Budiarto
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 Cheah Soon Kit Yap Kim Hock
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17–15, 11–15, 15–5 | Gold
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Open Tournaments
Men's Doubles
Mixed Doubles
| Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2001 | Thailand Open | Jo Novita
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Ronne Maykel Runtolalu Eny Widiowati
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8-6, 7-1, 8-7 | Winner |
References
- ^ Candra Wijaya joins Japanese club, BadZine.info, 24 April 2007
External links
- Candra Wijaya Terpacu Prestasi sang Kakak (In Indonesian)
- Candra Wijaya Teman Curhat yang Asyik (In Indonesian)
- Candra Wijaya at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Candra Wijaya". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-12-04.
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- 1975 births
- Living people
- Indonesian male badminton players
- Olympic badminton players of Indonesia
- Badminton players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for Indonesia
- Indonesian people of Chinese descent
- Sportspeople of Chinese descent
- People from Cirebon
- Olympic medalists in badminton
- Asian Games medalists in badminton
- Badminton players at the 2002 Asian Games
- Badminton players at the 1998 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics