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Maria Kristin Yulianti

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Maria Kristin Yulianti
Maria Kristin Yulianti in 2010
Personal information
CountryIndonesia
Born (1985-06-25) 25 June 1985 (age 39)
Tuban, East Java, Indonesia[1]
Height1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)[1]
HandednessRight
CoachMarleve Mainaky
Women's singles
Highest ranking10
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  Indonesia
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Beijing Women's singles
Sudirman Cup
Silver medal – second place 2007 Glasgow Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Guangzhou Mixed team
Uber Cup
Silver medal – second place 2008 Jakarta Women's team
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Kuala Lumpur Women's team
SEA Games
Gold medal – first place 2007 Nakhon Ratchasima Women's singles
Gold medal – first place 2007 Nakhon Ratchasima Women's team
Silver medal – second place 2009 Vientiane Women's team
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Vietnam Women's team
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Manila Women's team
BWF profile

Maria Kristin Yulianti (born 25 June 1985) is an Indonesian badminton player. She is a bronze medalist in women's singles at the 2008 Olympics.[1]

Career

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2004

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Yulianti played in some satellite competitions and won the Malaysian tournament.

2005

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Yulianti played in more satellite tournaments and won three: the Surabaya, Jakarta, and the Cheers Asian satellite tournaments.

2006

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Yulianti started to play tougher competitions but still played in satellite tournaments. She played in the Bitburger Open and achieved runner-up, beaten by Xu Huaiwen of Germany in the final, but she scored an upset by beating the seeded player Pi Hongyan of France in the quarterfinal. She played in the Singapore Satellite tournament and claimed the title. She became the most successful player on the national team.

2007

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This year, Yulianti was the dominant player on her team. She played in the World Championships as the 15th seed, her highest rank in 2007. She was beaten in the third round by the world number one, Zhang Ning of China. She reached her first quarterfinal of the Super Series tournament in Indonesia, by beating Lu Lan of China in a rubber set. She was stopped by Petya Nedelcheva of Bulgaria in straight sets. In December, she won the SEA Games in Thailand over fellow countrywoman Adriyanti Firdasari.

2008

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She competed in a few Super Series tournaments such as All England and the Swiss Open but was stopped in the first round in each. She entered the Uber Cup team and won against the second-seeded country, Japan, by a score of 4–1. While she was defeated by the Japanese, Eriko Hirose, 21–9, 20–22, 20–22, her teammates secured the team victory against the other Japanese players. They reached the final for the first time in 14 years by beating Hong Kong in the quarterfinal and Germany in the semifinal. They were defeated in the final by China, 0–3.

Yulianti competed in the Indonesia Open. She beat her compatriot, Pia Zebadiah Bernadet and Yao Jie of Netherlands in the first two rounds. She followed this by defeating the 7th seed, Zhou Mi of Hong Kong in three sets, 21–17, 15–21, 21–16. She accomplished a big upset by beating the Chinese senior player and second seed, Zhang Ning, in a very tight match, 21–14, 20–22, 22–20 and reached her first Super Series final. There she was beaten by the 1st seed, Zhu Lin, after fighting for more than an hour in three sets, 18–21, 21–17, 14–21.

Yulianti's biggest achievement in the sport, thus far, is earning the women's singles bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics as an unseeded player. She is only the third Indonesian woman, and the fifth woman not representing China, to be awarded a medal in women's singles since badminton entered the Games in 1992. In the round of 64, she saved a match point against Juliane Schenk of Germany and won the game in the rubber set, 18–21, 21–13, 22–20. She followed this by defeating Yoana Martínez of Spain in straight sets. She started to get noticed after she defeated the All England champion, Tine Rasmussen of Denmark, in three sets, 18–21, 21–19, 21–14. She reached the semifinal by beating Saina Nehwal of India after she saved 8 game points and won 26–28, 21–14, 21–15. She lost to eventual gold medalist Zhang Ning in the semifinal, 15–21, 15–21. However, Yulianti defeated the 3rd seed, Lu Lan, in the playoff for the bronze medal, 11–21, 21–13, 21–15.

After the Olympics, she competed in some Super Series tournaments, although she was always defeated by Lu Lan in three sets. Notable matches include her victory over the 6th-seeded Wong Mew Choo of Malaysia in the Japan Open, 18–21, 21–13, 21–6, as well as her defeat of Zhu Lin, the 5th seed, 21–15, 21–14, in the French Open.

2009

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This year might be her worst time in her career. She got injured from December last year, and played her first Super Series tournament in June. Before that time, she was followed Malaysia, but failed to enter the next round, after beaten by Zhang Beiwen in the first round. Then, she was represented Indonesia in Sudirman Cup by only winning her first match against Sayaka Sato.

Achievements

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Olympic Games

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Women's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2008 Beijing University of Technology Gymnasium, Beijing, China China Lu Lan 11–21, 21–13, 21–15 Bronze

SEA Games

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Women's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result Ref
2007 Wongchawalitkul University, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand Indonesia Adriyanti Firdasari 21–16, 21–15 Gold Gold [2]

BWF Superseries (1 runner-up)

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The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007,[3] was a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries levels were Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries consisted of twelve tournaments around the world that had been introduced since 2011.[4] Successful players were invited to the Superseries Finals, which were held at the end of each year.

Women's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2008 Indonesia Open China Zhu Lin 18–21, 21–17, 14–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
  BWF Superseries Finals tournament
  BWF Superseries Premier tournament
  BWF Superseries tournament

IBF Grand Prix (1 runner-up)

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The World Badminton Grand Prix was sanctioned by the International Badminton Federation from 1983 to 2006.

Women's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2006 Bitburger Open Germany Xu Huaiwen 18–21, 21–17, 14–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

BWF International Challenge/Series/Asian Satellite (5 titles, 1 runner-up)

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Women's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2004 Malaysia Satellite Indonesia Adriyanti Firdasari 8–11, 11–2, 11–8 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2005 Jakarta Satellite Indonesia Fransisca Ratnasari 2–11, 11–5, 11–2 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2005 Surabaya Satellite Indonesia Silvi Antarini 8–11, 11–6, 11–4 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2006 Cheers Asian Satellite Malaysia Julia Wong Pei Xian 21–13, 22–20 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2006 Surabaya Satellite Malaysia Julia Wong Pei Xian 21–16, 21–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2011 White Nights Indonesia Fransisca Ratnasari 15–21, 23–21, 11–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series/Satellite tournament

Performance timeline

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Key
W F SF QF #R RR Q# A G S B NH N/A DNQ
(W) won; (F) finalist; (SF) semi-finalist; (QF) quarter-finalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze medal; (NH) not held; (N/A) not applicable; (DNQ) did not qualify.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

National team

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  • Senior level
Team events 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
SEA Games B NH B NH G NH S NH
Uber Cup NH QF NH A NH S NH B
Sudirman Cup A NH A NH S NH B NH

Individual competitions

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  • Senior level
Events 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
SEA Games G NH A NH A
Asian Championships A 1R 1R
World Championships 3R NH 3R A
Olympic Games NH B NH
Tournament IBF Grand Prix BWF Superseries / Grand Prix Best
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Korea Open A 1R A 1R ('07)
Malaysia Open A 2R A 2R ('07)
German Open A QF A QF ('08)
All England Open A 1R A 1R ('08)
Swiss Open A 1R A 1R ('08)
Australian Open N/A A 1R 1R ('11)
India Open NH A 1R A 1R ('09)
Singapore Open A 2R A Q1 A 2R ('07)
Indonesia Open 2R QF F 1R QF A F ('08)
Malaysia Masters NH A 2R A 2R ('10)
Thailand Open A NH Q3 Q3 ('11)
Russian Open NH A 1R 1R ('11)
Taipei Open A QF QF A QF ('07, '08)
Bitburger Open F A F ('06)
China Masters A 2R A 2R ('07)
Japan Open A 2R QF 1R A QF ('08)
Vietnam Open A QF A QF ('10)
Indonesia Masters NH 1R A 1R ('10)
Dutch Open QF A QF ('06)
Denmark Open 3R 1R 2R A 3R ('06)
French Open NH 1R QF A QF ('08)
Hong Kong Open A 1R A 1R ('09)
China Open A 2R A 2R ('09)
Philippines Open A 1R NH A NH 1R ('07)
Year-end ranking 53 86 140 11
Tournament 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Best

Record against selected opponents

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Record against year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi-finalists, and Olympic quarter-finalists.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Maria Yulianti. Sports-reference.com. Retrieved on 26 January 2017.
  2. ^ Nurikhsani, Gregah (22 April 2022). "Mengenang Kejayaan Bulutangkis Indonesia pada SEA Games 2007: Perang Saudara Berujung Panen Emas" (in Indonesian). Bola.com. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
  3. ^ "BWF Launches Super Series". Badminton Australia. 15 December 2006. Archived from the original on 6 October 2007.
  4. ^ "Yonex All England Elevated To BWF Premier Super Series Event". IBadmintonstore. Archived from the original on 2 October 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
  5. ^ "Maria Kristin Yulianti Head to Head". BWF. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
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