Candra Wijaya

Rafael Candra Wijaya (Chinese: 陳甲亮; born 16 September 1975) is a retired Indonesian badminton player.[1]

Candra Wijaya
Personal information
Birth nameRafael Candra Wijaya
CountryIndonesia
Born (1975-09-16) 16 September 1975
Cirebon, West Java, Indonesia
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight67 kg (148 lb)
HandednessRight
CoachChristian Hadinata
Herry Iman Pierngadi
Men's doubles
Highest ranking1
BWF profile

Career

Wijaya started his career in badminton at the age of five, motivated by his brother Indra Wijaya and later joined a club in Cirebon. His father, Hendra Wijaya, then took him to a club Pelita Jakarta when he was fourteen. In 1991, he was selected to join the national team. In 1998, he moved to Jaya Raya Jakarta.[2]

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. He was named IBF Player of the Year and received the Eddie Choong awards in 2000.[3]

In 2007 he joined the Japanese club owned by Tonami.[4]

Personal life

Wijaya was born in a badminton family. His father Hendra Wijaya introduced him to badminton at the young age. His siblings, Indra Wijaya, Rendra Wijaya and Sandrawati Wijaya also a former national badminton players.[5] He married to Maria Caroline Indriani on 20 January 2001 at St. Thomas Rasul Church in Cengkareng.[1] They have two children Gabriel Christopher Wintan Wijaya and Christina Joshephine Wintania Wijaya.[6]

He was a founder of Candra Wijaya International Badminton Centre,[7] and Candra Wijaya badminton club.[8]

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)

Achievements

Olympic Games

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2000 The Dome, Sydney, Australia Tony Gunawan Lee Dong-soo
Yoo Yong-sung
15–10, 9–15, 15–7 Gold

World Championships

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
1997 Scotstoun Centre, Glasgow, Scotland Sigit Budiarto Cheah Soon Kit
Yap Kim Hock
8–15, 18–17, 15–7 Gold
2003 National Indoor Arena, Birmingham, United Kingdom Sigit Budiarto Lars Paaske
Jonas Rasmussen
7–15, 15–13, 13–15 Silver
2005 Arrowhead Pond, Anaheim United States Sigit Budiarto Howard Bach
Tony Gunawan
11–15, 15–10, 11–15 Silver

World Cup

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
1997 Among Rogo Sports Hall, Yogyakarta, Indonesia Sigit Budiarto Lee Dong-soo
Yoo Yong-sung
15–8, 8–15, 12–15 Bronze
2005 Olympic Park, Yiyang, China Sigit Budiarto Cai Yun
Fu Haifeng
11–21, 18–21 Silver

Asian Championships

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
1995 Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium, Beijing, China Ade Sutrisna Cheah Soon Kit
Yap Kim Hock
6–15, 8–15 Bronze
1996 Pancasila Hall, Surabaya, Indonesia Ade Sutrisna Ha Tae-kwon
Kang Kyung-jin
15–8, 15–17, 15–11 Gold
2000 Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia Antonius Ariantho Choong Tan Fook
Lee Wan Wah
12–15, 5–15 Bronze
2001 PhilSports Arena, Manila, Philippines Tony Gunawan Tri Kusharjanto
Bambang Suprianto
15–8, 13–15, 13–15 Silver
2002 Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand Sigit Budiarto Ha Tae-kwon
Kim Dong-moon
6–15, 8–15 Silver
2004 Kuala Lumpur Badminton Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Halim Haryanto Tri Kusharjanto
Sigit Budiarto
13–15, 5–15 Silver
2008 Bandaraya Stadium, Johor Bahru, Malaysia Nova Widianto Jung Jae-sung
Lee Yong-dae
16–21, 16–21 Silver

Asian Cup

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
1995 Xinxing Gymnasium, Qingdao, China Ade Sutrisna Huang Zhanzhong
Jiang Xin
Bronze

Southeast Asian Games

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
1997 Asia-Africa hall, Gelora Bung Karno Sports Complex, Jakarta, Indonesia Sigit Budiarto Rexy Mainaky
Ricky Subagja
15–4, 14–17, 15–11 Gold
2001 Malawati Stadium, Selangor, Malaysia Sigit Budiarto Tony Gunawan
Bambang Suprianto
15–4, 15–6 Gold

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
1997 Asia-Africa hall, Gelora Bung Karno Sports Complex, Jakarta, Indonesia Eliza Nathanael Tri Kusharjanto
Minarti Timur
12–15, 15–7, 15–2 Gold

World Junior Championships

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
1992 Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia Susi Chusnul Jim Laugesen
Rikke Olsen
Bronze

BWF Superseries

The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007,[9] is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries levels are Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries consists of twelve tournaments around the world that have been introduced since 2011.[10] Successful players are invited to the Superseries Finals, which are held at the end of each year.

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2007 Malaysia Open Tony Gunawan Koo Kien Keat
Tan Boon Heong
15–21, 18–21 Runner-up
2007 Japan Open Tony Gunawan Luluk Hadiyanto
Alvent Yulianto
21–18, 21–17 Winner
2007 Hong Kong Open Tony Gunawan Markis Kido
Hendra Setiawan
12–21, 21–18, 13–21 Runner-up
2008 Indonesia Open Tony Gunawan Mohd Zakry Abdul Latif
Mohd Fairuzizuan Mohd Tazari
21–19, 18–21, 14–21 Runner-up
  BWF Superseries Finals tournament
  BWF Superseries Premier tournament
  BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) which was held from 2007 to 2017. The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) from 1983 to 2006.

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
1994 Canadian Open Ade Sutrisna Yap Yee Guan
Yap Yee Hup
15–10, 15–12 Winner
1994 U.S. Open Ade Sutrisna Yap Yee Guan
Yap Yee Hup
15–8, 15–14 Winner
1995 German Open Ade Sutrisna Jon Holst-Christensen
Thomas Lund
8–15, 13–15 Runner-up
1996 Swedish Open Ade Sutrisna Sigit Budiarto
Dicky Purwotjugiono
15–12, 15–6 Winner
1996 U.S. Open Sigit Budiarto Cheah Soon Kit
Yap Kim Hock
18–16, 15–10 Winner
1996 China Open Sigit Budiarto Rexy Mainaky
Ricky Subagja
15–12, 15–5 Winner
1996 Thailand Open Sigit Budiarto Ha Tae-kwon
Kang Kyung-jin
15–11, 10–15, 15–12 Winner
1997 Chinese Taipei Open Sigit Budiarto Antonius Ariantho
Denny Kantono
15–11, 15–2 Winner
1997 Swiss Open Sigit Budiarto Lee Dong-soo
Yoo Yong-sung
15–5, 11–15, 4–15 Runner-up
1997 Indonesia Open Sigit Budiarto Lee Dong-soo
Yoo Yong-sung
15–9, 15–10 Winner
1997 Singapore Open Sigit Budiarto Lee Dong-soo
Yoo Yong-sung
15–8, 15–10 Winner
1997 Thailand Open Sigit Budiarto Lee Dong-soo
Yoo Yong-sung
9–15, 14–17 Runner-up
1997 World Grand Prix Finals Sigit Budiarto Cheah Soon Kit
Yap Kim Hock
17–15, 11–15, 15–5 Winner
1998 Swedish Open Tony Gunawan Yang Ming
Zhang Jun
15–3, 15–6 Winner
1998 All England Open Tony Gunawan Lee Dong-soo
Yoo Yong-sung
10–15, 10–15 Runner-up
1998 Singapore Open Sigit Budiarto Rexy Mainaky
Ricky Subagja
15–5, 15–5 Winner
1998 Hong Kong Open Tony Gunawan Jens Eriksen
Jesper Larsen
15–10, 15–9 Winner
1999 All England Open Tony Gunawan Lee Dong-soo
Yoo Yong-sung
15–7, 15–5 Winner
1999 Malaysia Open Tony Gunawan Eng Hian
Flandy Limpele
15–6, 15–11 Winner
1999 Singapore Open Tony Gunawan Choong Tan Fook
Lee Wan Wah
7–15, 15–14, 12–15 Runner-up
1999 Indonesia Open Tony Gunawan Rexy Mainaky
Ricky Subagja
12–15, 8–15 Runner-up
1999 World Grand Prix Finals Tony Gunawan Ha Tae-kwon
Kim Dong-moon
15–7, 8–15, 15–11 Winner
2000 Chinese Taipei Open Tony Gunawan Cheah Soon Kit
Yap Kim Hock
15–7, 15–7 Winner
2000 Japan Open Tony Gunawan Lee Dong-soo
Yoo Yong-sung
15–6, 15–7 Winner
2000 Indonesia Open Tony Gunawan Eng Hian
Flandy Limpele
14–17, 15–8, 15–8 Winner
2000 World Grand Prix Finals Tony Gunawan Sigit Budiarto
Halim Haryanto
7–5, 8–6, 7–2 Winner
2001 All England Open Sigit Budiarto Tony Gunawan
Halim Haryanto
13–15, 15–7, 7–15 Runner-up
2001 Japan Open Sigit Budiarto Martin Lundgaard Hansen
Lars Paaske
15–7, 15–11 Winner
2001 Malaysia Open Sigit Budiarto Tony Gunawan
Halim Haryanto
7–4, 4–7, 7–2, 2–7, 7–5 Winner
2001 Indonesia Open Sigit Budiarto Tony Gunawan
Halim Haryanto
7–2, 7–3, 7–5 Winner
2001 Singapore Open Sigit Budiarto Tony Gunawan
Halim Haryanto
7–5, 3–7, 2–7, 0–7 Runner-up
2002 Chinese Taipei Open Bambang Suprianto Ha Tae-kwon
Kim Dong-moon
15–9, 13–15, 3–15 Runner-up
2003 All England Open Sigit Budiarto Lee Dong-soo
Yoo Yong-sung
15–5, 15–7 Winner
2003 Denmark Open Halim Haryanto Ha Tae-kwon
Kim Dong-moon
17–16, 6–15, 8–15 Runner-up
2004 China Open Sigit Budiarto Chew Choon Eng
Choong Tan Fook
Walkover Winner
2005 Korea Open Sigit Budiarto Jens Eriksen
Martin Lundgaard Hansen
15–7, 13–15, 13–15 Runner-up
2005 Swiss Open Sigit Budiarto Eng Hian
Flandy Limpele
8–15, 15–11, 15–11 Winner
2005 Japan Open Sigit Budiarto Jens Eriksen
Martin Lundgaard Hansen
10–15, 3–15 Runner-up
2005 Singapore Open Sigit Budiarto Mathias Boe
Carsten Mogensen
8–15, 15–8, 15–7 Winner
2005 Malaysia Open Sigit Budiarto Cai Yun
Fu Haifeng
15–11, 17–14 Winner
2005 Indonesia Open Sigit Budiarto Markis Kido
Hendra Setiawan
10–15, 15–12, 3–15 Runner-up
2005 China Open Sigit Budiarto Jens Eriksen
Martin Lundgaard Hansen
17–16, 11–15, 15–13 Winner
2006 Korea Open Tony Gunawan Hwang Ji-man
Lee Jae-jin
21–18, 21–18 Winner
2006 Indonesia Open Tony Gunawan Markis Kido
Hendra Setiawan
21–11, 21–16 Winner
2006 Japan Open Tony Gunawan Koo Kien Keat
Tan Boon Heong
21–15, 21–14 Winner
2008 Chinese Taipei Open Tony Gunawan Mathias Boe
Carsten Mogensen
21–14, 22–20 Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2001 Thailand Open Jo Novita Ronne Maykel Runtolalu
Eny Widiowati
8–6, 7–1, 8–7 Winner
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF & IBF Grand Prix tournament

IBF International

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
1994 Polish International Ade Sutrisna Kenneth Jonassen
Jan Jørgensen
11–15, 15–8, 15–8 Winner

Performance timeline

National team

  • Senior level
Team events19972001
Southeast Asian Games Gold Silver
Team events19982002
Asian Games Gold Silver
Team events199820002002200420062008
Thomas Cup Gold Gold Gold Bronze Bronze Bronze

Individual competitions

  • Senior level
Event19972001
Southeast Asian Games Gold (MD)
Gold (XD)
Gold
Event199719992000
World Grand Prix Finals Gold Gold Gold
Event1997199920012003200520062007
World Championships Gold QF R2 Silver Silver A QF
Event2000
Olympic Games Gold
Tournament200720082009201020112012Best
BWF Superseries
All England Open SF R2 R1 A W (1999, 2003)
Swiss Open SF QF R2 A GPG W (2005)
Malaysia Open F SF QF A R1 A W (1999, 2001, 2005)
Singapore Open SF A A R2 A R1 W (1997, 1998, 2005)
Indonesia Open SF F A R1 A W (1997, 2000, 2001, 2006)
Korea Open SF A R1 A W (2006)
Japan Open W QF R1 QF A W (2000, 2001, 2006, 2007)
China Open R1 SF R1 A W (1996, 2004, 2005)
Hong Kong Open F R1 R1 R2 A W (1998)
BWF Superseries Finals N/A GS DNQ GS (2008)
Tournament20072008200920102011Best
BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold
Chinese Taipei Open A F R1 QF A W (1997, 2000)
India Open N/A SF SF A SF (2008, 2009)
Indonesian Masters N/A R1 A R1 (2010)
Macau Open A R2 A R2 (2009)
Malaysia Masters N/A R2 QF A QF (2010)
Philippines Open R2 N/A R1 N/A R2 (2007)
Syed Modi International N/A A R1 R1 (2011)
Tournament1994199519961997199819992000200120022003200420052006Best
IBF World Grand Prix
All England Open SF F W SF F SF W R1 R3 R2 W (1999, 2003)
Canadian Open W N/A N/A W (1994)
China Open A QF W N/A N/A SF A QF W W W (1996, 2004, 2005)
Chinese Taipei Open QF W N/A SF W N/A F QF W (1997, 2000)
Denmark Open SF SF F F (2003)
German Open F F (1995)
Hong Kong Open R2 QF W N/A N/A R1 N/A R2 QF W (1998)
Indonesia Open w/d SF QF W SF F W W SF SF R3 F W W (1997, 2000, 2001, 2006)
Japan Open QF SF SF W W R2 QF QF F W W (2000, 2001, 2006)
Korea Open R2 N/A QF R3 SF R1 F W W (2006)
Malaysia Open R2 W SF W R2 R1 W W (1999, 2001, 2005)
Singapore Open N/A W W F N/A F R2 QF W W (1997, 1998, 2005)
Swedish Open SF W W N/A W (1996, 1998)
Swiss Open QF SF F R2 W A W (2005)
Thailand Open R2 W (MD) F N/A W (XD)
SF (MD)
N/A W (1996, 2001)
U.S. Open W W W (1994, 1996)
Tournament1994199519961997199819992000200120022003200420052006Best

References

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