Ricky Subagja

Ricky Subagja
Personal information
Birth name	Ricky Ahmad Subagja
Country	Indonesia
Born	(1971-01-27) January 27, 1971 Bandung, Indonesia
Height	172 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Handedness	Right
Men's doubles
Highest ranking	1
Medal record Men's badminton Representing Indonesia Olympic Games 1996 Atlanta Doubles World Championships 1993 Birmingham Doubles 1995 Lausanne Doubles 1997 Glasgow Doubles Asian Games 1994 Hiroshima Doubles 1998 Bangkok Doubles Badminton World Cup 1993 New Delhi Doubles 1995 Jakarta Doubles 1997 Yogyakarta Doubles Asian Games 1994 Hiroshima Team 1998 Bangkok Team Thomas Cup 1994 Jakarta Team 1996 Hong Kong Team 1998 Hong Kong Team 2000 Malaysia Team 1992 Malaysia Team

Ricky Ahmad Subagja (born January 27, 1971) is a Bandung, Indonesia born former world-class badminton player. He rates among the greatest doubles specialists in the sport's history.

Career

In 1993 the fast moving, faster hitting Subagja won men's doubles at the then biennial IBF World Championships in Birmingham, England with fellow countryman Rudy Gunawan. However, Subagja's regular partner for most the 90s was another fellow countryman, the equally fast and hard-hitting Rexy Mainaky, and they formed the most successful team of the decade. Subagja and Mainaky won more than thirty international titles together, including all of badminton's major championships at least once. They captured Olympic gold at Atlanta in 1996, the IBF World Championships in 1995 at Lausanne, Switzerland (a repeat title for Subagja), and the prestigious All-England Championships back to back in 1995 and 1996. A partial listing of their other titles includes the open championships of the five strongest nations in men's badminton: China (1992), Indonesia (1993, 1994, 1998, 1999), Malaysia (1993, 1994, 1997), South Korea (1995, 1996), and Denmark (1998); as well as the World Badminton Grand Prix (1992, 1994, 1996), the Badminton World Cup (1993, 1995, 1997), and the quadrennial Asian Games (1994, 1998).

Subagja and Mainaky were bronze medalists at the 1997 IBF World Championships in Glasgow, Scotland. They were eliminated in the quarterfinals at both the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona and the 2000 Olympics in Sydney. They paired together on Indonesian Thomas Cup (men's international) teams that won consecutive world team titles in 1994, 1996, and 1998.

Asian Games

Year	Location	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1998	Bangkok, Thailand	Rexy Mainaky	Pramote Teerawiwatana Siripong Siripool	15-5, 15-10	Gold
1994	Hiroshima, Japan	Rexy Mainaky	Cheah Soon Kit Soo Beng Kiang	15-10, 15-2	Gold

IBF/BWF World Championships Finals

Year	Location	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1997	Glasgow, Scotland	Rexy Mainaky	Cheah Soon Kit Yap Kim Hock	9-15, 15-2, 12-15	Bronze
1995	Lausanne, Switzerland	Rexy Mainaky	Jon Holst-Christensen Thomas Lund	15-5, 15-2	Gold
1993	Birmingham, England	Rudy Gunawan	Cheah Soon Kit Soo Beng Kiang	15-11, 15-3	Gold

Open Tournaments

Men's Doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2000	Korea Open	Rexy Mainaky	Lee Dong-soo Yoo Yong-sung	8-15, 15-9, 4-15	Runner-up
1999	Indonesia Open	Rexy Mainaky	Candra Wijaya Tony Gunawan	15–12, 15–8	Winner
1998	Singapore Open	Rexy Mainaky	Candra Wijaya Sigit Budiarto	5-15, 5-15	Runner-up
1998	Denmark Open	Rexy Mainaky	Flandy Limpele Eng Hian	15–11, 15–6	Winner
1998	Indonesia Open	Rexy Mainaky	Flandy Limpele Eng Hian	15–5, 15–4	Winner
1997	Vietnam Open	Rexy Mainaky	Lee Dong-soo Yoo Yong-sung	15-11, 15-5	Winner
1997	Malaysia Open	Rexy Mainaky	Antonius Ariantho Denny Kantono	17-15, 15-12	Winner
1997	Japan Open	Rexy Mainaky	Antonius Ariantho Denny Kantono	15-11, 7-15, 15-7	Winner
1996	China Open	Rexy Mainaky	Sigit Budiarto Candra Wijaya	12-15, 5-15	Runner-up
1996	Japan Open	Rexy Mainaky	Rudy Gunawan Bambang Suprianto	15-8, 12-15, 15-12	Winner
1996	Korea Open	Rexy Mainaky	Cheah Soon Kit Yap Kim Hock	15-5, 17-14	Winner
1996	All England Open	Rexy Mainaky	Cheah Soon Kit Yap Kim Hock	15–6, 15-5	Winner
1995	Japan Open	Rexy Mainaky	Rudy Gunawan Bambang Suprianto	15-8, 15-9	Winner
1995	All England Open	Rexy Mainaky	Antonius Ariantho Denny Kantono	15–12, 15–18, 15–8	Winner
1995	Singapore Open	Rexy Mainaky	Antonius Ariantho Denny Kantono	15-7, 18-16	Winner
1994	Japan Open	Denny Kantono	Sakrapee Thongsari Pramote Teerawiwatana	15-11, 12-15, 18-16	Winner
1994	Malaysia Open	Rexy Mainaky	Sakrapee Thongsari Pramote Teerawiwatana	15-5, 18-16	Winner
1994	Indonesia Open	Rexy Mainaky	Rudy Gunawan Bambang Suprianto	10–15, 15–4, 18–17	Winner
1994	Singapore Open	Rexy Mainaky	Jon Holst-Christensen Thomas Lund	15-6, 15-8	Winner
1994	All England Open	Rexy Mainaky	Rudy Gunawan Bambang Suprianto	12-15, 12-15	Runner-up
1994	Hong Kong Open	Rexy Mainaky	Rudy Gunawan Bambang Suprianto	15-12, 14-17, 15-7	Winner
1994	Swedish Open	Rexy Mainaky	Peter Axelsson Pär-Gunnar Jönsson	15-11, 15-12	Winner
1993	German Open	Rexy Mainaky	Jon Holst-Christensen Thomas Lund	14-17, 12-15	Runner-up
1993	Swedish Open	Rexy Mainaky	Peter Axelsson Pär-Gunnar Jönsson	15-12, 15-10	Winner
1993	Malaysia Open	Rexy Mainaky	Cheah Soon Kit Soo Beng Kiang	15-7, 15-5	Winner
1993	Indonesia Open	Rexy Mainaky	Eddy Hartono Richard Mainaky	15-13 15-10	Winner
1992	China Open	Rexy Mainaky	Razif Sidek Jalani Sidek	17-15, 15-11	Winner
1992	Hong Kong Open	Rexy Mainaky	Huang Zhanzhong Zheng Yumin	15-13, 15-10	Winner
1992	Thailand Open	Rexy Mainaky	Huang Zhanzhong Zheng Yumin	15-9, 12-15, 15-11	Winner
1992	Indonesia Open	Rexy Mainaky	Eddy Hartono Rudy Gunawan	12-15, 5-15	Runner-up

References

• Smash – Ricky Subagja
• Profile in Koni
• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ricky Subagja". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-12-04.