Eddy Hartono Arbie (Chinese: 洪忠中; born 19 July 1964) is an Indonesian former badminton player who excelled in the late 1980s and early 1990s. After a brief stint competing in singles, he soon became a doubles specialist noted for his deft racket control and fluent strokes.[1] His two siblings, Hastomo and Hariyanto were world class shuttlers in men's singles.[2]

Eddy Hartono
Personal information
Birth nameEddy Hartono Arbie
洪忠中
CountryIndonesia
Born (1964-07-19) 19 July 1964 (age 59)
Kudus Regency, Central Java, Indonesia
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
HandednessRight
EventMen's & mixed doubles
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  Indonesia
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1992 Barcelona Men's doubles
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1989 Jakarta Mixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place 1989 Jakarta Men's doubles
World Cup
Gold medal – first place 1986 Bandung–Jakarta Mixed doubles
Silver medal – second place 1990 Bandung–Jakarta Men's doubles
Bronze medal – third place 1987 Kuala Lumpur Men's doubles
Bronze medal – third place 1988 Bangkok Men's doubles
Bronze medal – third place 1989 Guangzhou Men's doubles
World Masters Games
Silver medal – second place 2009 Sydney Men's doubles 45+
World Senior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Ankara Men's doubles 40+
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Helsingborg Men's doubles 45+
Sudirman Cup
Gold medal – first place 1989 Jakarta Mixed team
Silver medal – second place 1991 Copenhagen Mixed team
Thomas Cup
Gold medal – first place 1994 Jakarta Men's team
Silver medal – second place 1992 Kuala Lumpur Men's team
Bronze medal – third place 1988 Kuala Lumpur Men's team
Bronze medal – third place 1990 Nagoya–Tokyo Men's team
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 1990 Beijing Mixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place 1986 Seoul Men's team
Bronze medal – third place 1990 Beijing Men's doubles
Bronze medal – third place 1990 Beijing Men's team
Asian Championships
Silver medal – second place 1987 Semarang Men's team
SEA Games
Gold medal – first place 1987 Jakarta Men's doubles
Gold medal – first place 1987 Jakarta Mixed doubles
Gold medal – first place 1987 Jakarta Men's team
Gold medal – first place 1989 Kuala Lumpur Men's doubles
Gold medal – first place 1989 Kuala Lumpur Mixed doubles
Gold medal – first place 1991 Manila Men's doubles
Silver medal – second place 1989 Kuala Lumpur Men's team
Silver medal – second place 1991 Manila Men's team
BWF profile

Career edit

Hartono affiliated with PB Djarum since 1976.[2] He won the Indonesia junior national championships in 1981, and selected to join national team in 1983. He started his career in national team as singles player, and after two years he became a doubles specialist.[1] In 1987, he teamed-up with Liem Swie King, won the Chinese Taipei, Japan and Indonesia Open's.[1][3] Hartono shared numerous international men's doubles titles in a relatively brief time period, most of them with Rudy Gunawan, where Hartono played as front player.[1] These included the Indonesia (1989, 1992), Dutch (1989, 1991), Singapore (1990), and Thailand Open (1991). He won the World Badminton Grand Prix (1990), the Southeast Asian Games (1991), the prestigious All-England title (1992), and earned a silver medal at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, all with Gunawan. Hartono also captured several international mixed doubles titles, and placed second in mixed doubles at the 1989 IBF World Championships with Verawaty Fadjrin.

Personal life edit

Hartono married Yuliani Jusro on 19 April 1992, and the ceremony was held at the Wisma Karsa Pemuda, Senayan, Jakarta.[4] He is now works as commissioner residential area developers in PT. Duta Paramindo Sejahtera.[5]

Achievements edit

Olympic Games edit

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
1992 Pavelló de la Mar Bella, Barcelona, Spain   Rudy Gunawan   Kim Moon-soo
  Park Joo-bong
11–15, 7–15   Silver [6]

World Championships edit

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
1989 Senayan Sports Complex, Jakarta, Indonesia   Rudy Gunawan   Chen Hongyong
  Chen Kang
11–15, 7–15   Bronze [7]

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
1989 Senayan Sports Complex, Jakarta, Indonesia   Verawaty Fadjrin   Park Joo-bong
  Chung Myung-hee
9–15, 9–15   Silver [7]

World Cup edit

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
1987 Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia   Liem Swie King   Kim Moon-soo
  Park Joo-bong
7–15, 18–13, 13–15   Bronze [8]
1988 National Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand   Rudy Gunawan   Li Yongbo
  Tian Bingyi
15–8, 5–15, 11–15   Bronze
1989 Guangzhou Gymnasium, Guangzhou, China   Rudy Gunawan   Li Yongbo
  Tian Bingyi
4–15, 5–15   Bronze
1990 Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia   Rudy Gunawan   Jalani Sidek
  Razif Sidek
17–14, 8–15, 7–15   Silver [9]

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
1986 Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia   Verawaty Fadjrin   Steen Fladberg
  Gillian Clark
15–8, 17–15   Gold [10]

World Masters Games edit

Men's doubles

Year Age Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2009 45+ Sydney, Australia   Effendy Widjaja   Chaiyut Nilphang-Nga
  Nattapol Sanlekanun
walkover   Silver [11]

World Senior Championships edit

Men's doubles

Year Age Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2013 40+ Ankara Spor Salunu Stadium,
Ankara, Turkey
  Rudy Wijaya   Stefan Edvardsson
  Joacim Fellenius
21–10, 21–15   Gold [12]
2015 45+ Helsingborg Arena,
Helsingborg, Sweden
  Tri Cahyo   Liu En-horng
  Wu Chang-jun
16–21, 15–21   Bronze [13]

Asian Games edit

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
1990 Beijing Gymnasium, Beijing, China   Rudy Gunawan   Kim Moon-soo
  Park Joo-bong
10–15, 8–15   Bronze

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
1990 Beijing Gymnasium, Beijing, China   Verawaty Fadjrin   Park Joo-bong
  Chung Myung-hee
7–15, 15–7, 3–15   Silver

SEA Games edit

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
1987 Kuningan Hall, Jakarta, Indonesia   Liem Swie King   Sawei Chanseorasmee
  Sakrapee Thongsari
17–14, 15–9   Gold
1989 Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia   Rudy Gunawan   Jalani Sidek
  Razif Sidek
15–11, 15–12   Gold
1991 Camp Crame Gymnasium, Manila, Philippines   Rudy Gunawan   Jalani Sidek
  Razif Sidek
15–11, 15–6   Gold

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
1987 Kuningan Hall, Jakarta, Indonesia   Verawaty Fadjrin   Richard Mainaky
  Yanti Kusmiati
15–9, 17–14   Gold
1989 Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia   Verawaty Fadjrin   Aryono Miranat
  Minarti Timur
16–17, 15–9, 15–2   Gold

IBF World Grand Prix edit

The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) from 1983 to 2006.

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
1986 World Grand Prix Finals   Hadibowo   Jalani Sidek
  Razif Sidek
15–10, 5–15, 13–18   Runner-up
1987 Chinese Taipei Open   Liem Swie King   Mark Christiansen
  Stefan Karlsson
15–4, 15–5   Winner
1987 Japan Open   Liem Swie King   Lee Deuk-choon
  Shon Jin-hwan
15–4, 15–7   Winner
1987 Thailand Open   Liem Swie King   Li Yongbo
  Tian Bingyi
13–15, 11–15   Runner-up
1987 Indonesia Open   Liem Swie King   Bobby Ertanto
  Rudy Heryanto
15–6, 15–8   Winner
1988 Dutch Open   Rudy Gunawan   Michael Kjeldsen
  Jens Peter Nierhoff
12–15, 15–7, 4–15   Runner-up
1988 World Grand Prix Finals   Rudy Gunawan   Jalani Sidek
  Razif Sidek
15–10, 6–15, 8–15   Runner-up
1989 All England Open   Rudy Gunawan   Lee Sang-bok
  Park Joo-bong
8–15, 7–15   Runner-up
1989 Dutch Open   Rudy Gunawan   Jan Paulsen
  Henrik Svarrer
15–11, 15–2   Winner
1989 Indonesia Open   Rudy Gunawan   Jalani Sidek
  Razif Sidek
15–9, 15–7   Winner
1990 Singapore Open   Rudy Gunawan   Li Yongbo
  Tian Bingyi
15–4, 15–8   Winner
1990 World Grand Prix Finals   Rudy Gunawan   Cheah Soon Kit
  Soo Beng Kiang
15–6, 15–8   Winner
1991 Indonesia Open   Rudy Gunawan   Kim Moon-soo
  Park Joo-bong
15–18, 13–15   Runner-up
1991 Dutch Open   Rudy Gunawan   Jan Paulsen
  Henrik Svarrer
15–2, 15–11   Winner
1991 German Open   Rudy Gunawan   Jon Holst-Christensen
  Thomas Lund
15–9, 15–11   Winner
1991 Thailand Open   Rudy Gunawan   Cheah Soon Kit
  Soo Beng Kiang
15–3, 15–11   Winner
1992 All England Open   Rudy Gunawan   Jan Paulsen
  Henrik Svarrer
15–10, 15–12   Winner
1992 Indonesia Open   Rudy Gunawan   Rexy Mainaky
  Ricky Subagja
15–12, 15–5   Winner
1993 Indonesia Open   Richard Mainaky   Rexy Mainaky
  Ricky Subagja
13–15, 10–15   Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
1988 Indonesia Open   Erma Sulistianingsih   Bobby Ertanto
  Verawaty Fadjrin
15–9, 15–11   Winner
1988 Malaysia Open   Verawaty Fadjrin   Wang Pengren
  Shi Fangjing
15–9, 15–7   Winner
1989 Dutch Open   Verawaty Fadjrin   Rudy Gunawan
  Rosiana Tendean
15–5, 15–5   Winner
1989 Indonesia Open   Verawaty Fadjrin   Rudy Gunawan
  Rosiana Tendean
15–7, 15–2   Winner
1989 World Grand Prix Finals   Verawaty Fadjrin   Thomas Lund
  Pernille Dupont
12–15, 15–7, 15–6   Winner
  IBF Grand Prix tournament
  IBF Grand Prix Finals tournament

IBF International edit

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
1987 Konica Cup   Liem Swie King   Hadibowo
  Rudy Heryanto
15–2, 15–4   Winner
1989 Konica Cup   Rudy Gunawan   Jalani Sidek
  Razif Sidek
12–15, 8–15   Runner-up

References edit

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  10. ^ "Gutsy Icuk subdues Frost in rubber". The Straits Times. 10 November 1986. p. 23. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
  11. ^ "2009 World Masters Games All Badminton Results" (PDF). Cloudfront. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
  12. ^ "BWF World Senior Championships 2013". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
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